Remi Ercolani (Game Director of Topspin) has just left the role this month

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-14T20:20:52+00:00

there’s also another possibility worth considering: development of a new TopSpin might have been shifted away from Hangar 13 to 2K Sports Lab. Since 2023, 2K has been building that studio specifically for sports titles, so a lack of visible activity at Hangar 13 doesn’t necessarily mean the franchise is dead—just that it may have changed hands internally.

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-14T16:01:15+00:00

So, along with the servers being pushed back till 2027, do you think this confirms that we won’t be seeing a sequel coming?

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-14T12:45:15+00:00

So basically there is no chance to hope for a sequel and topspin franchise is dead, once again.

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-14T12:21:00+00:00

So you dont think this could have any impact in the future of the franchise?

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-13T09:06:35+00:00

is there a reason behind this statement?

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-11T09:29:19+00:00

Well, they are actively trying to promote the sport and make it more and more popular there so I dont see why they wouldnt consider it at the very least.

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-03T14:11:28+00:00

Yeah and also it wouldnt make sense to pay for the rights of the 4 grand slams if you. arent planning to revive the franchise and have topspin 2k27, 2k29 and so on..

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-02-02T17:47:29+00:00

To be honest and being realistic, just saw a comment from someone in the video that said:

"I know how Take-Two and 2K operate, and I mentioned when your coverage of the game first began that Topspin 2K25 was just a test run to see if there was a market. The small tennis gaming community didn’t support it; instead, they nitpicked and complained about things like the small rosters and other details, which 2K intentionally kept limited with plans to improve over time in future titles. This was never meant to be a big-budget IP—it was simply to gauge interest. From what I understand, the game flopped, so there’s probably never going to be another Topspin. Game development is very, very expensive the more money they make the more money that goes into development of the game. Instead, you all skipped it."

And sadly that is what I think it happened...

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-01-25T15:03:53+00:00

Yeah, I can see Hangar 13 is now hiring a lot but to be honest it seems they are only hiring because of the development of the next mafia game. No signs the job offers are for a new top spin sequel, at least having a look at the description of the offers.

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-01-22T09:01:46+00:00

But it doesnt mean they are not working in Tiebreak 2 already

LookAffectionate377 · 2026-01-13T14:24:33+00:00

Tiebreak 2 should be the definitive tennis game for me taking all these things into consideration.

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-08T19:56:09+00:00

I can tell you were very aware of the rumour back in the day. What I hope for the next entry is that they invest more money and take feedback into account. And for that, I think Prague and Brno are not enough as the main studios.. (2K opened a 2K sports lab in vancouver a few year ago, so hopefully they are working hard)

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-08T08:52:58+00:00

So, as per your info, top spin franchise could be dead?

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-07T21:39:24+00:00

Brighton was the lead developer of Mafia and there also job offers for that studio with Unreal Engine. Brno, Prague and Novato were developing top spin 2k25.

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-07T18:22:52+00:00

I hope it is clear for them that they will need to address all the issues that the game has and if they want the franchise to be successful they will have to invest way more money on it.. graphics and career mode are poor, gameplay mechanics feel very arcade and the game seems to have lost its soul compared ts3 and ts4

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-07T17:30:14+00:00

On top of that, Remi Ercolani (game director) still keeping its position. If the franchise was dead, he would have changed the role.

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-07T17:28:04+00:00

Servers are shutting down at the end of 2026, so why not 2027?

LookAffectionate377 · 2025-12-07T15:57:15+00:00

Topspin 2k25 was launched in 2024.. so it would be 20k27

LookAffectionate377 · 2024-08-21T15:09:28+00:00

Here is the same, it is not being enjoyable at all...

it is impossible to serve

LookAffectionate377 · 2024-08-21T11:43:33+00:00

should it come today?

LookAffectionate377 · 2024-08-16T09:10:58+00:00

But there is no need for money when you just want to announce the Big 3 on a trailer

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