In this writer's humble opinion, the best Xbox tennis game of all time is 2K's Top Spin 4 on the Xbox 360 (sorry Virtua Tennis fans, it's just how I feel!). Now, over a decade later, a rumour is suggesting 2K might bring the series back.
This comes courtesy of journalist Shepshal_Nick on the XboxEra podcast (who also talked about an apparent 'Gears Collection' on the same show), mentioning that 2K's Hangar 13 Czech team appears to be working on it:
"I don't want to get anyone too excited about this, because remember a lot of this stuff is never 100%, it's all rumours and mumblings and stuff that we hear... I'm hearing that we may be seeing a new Top Spin game. I think this would be Top Spin 5."
"So, yeah. At the moment the rumour is that Hangar 13's Czech team I think might be working on a Top Spin tennis game which we would most likely hear about next year."
In addition, it was also mentioned on the podcast that EA might be thinking of bringing back the old Grand Slam Tennis series, although Nick didn't seem quite as sure about this one, suggesting he needs to look into it more.
In the meantime, don't forget that we've got Matchpoint: Tennis Championships arriving day one on Xbox Game Pass this July, and here's hoping we can add Top Spin 5 to Xbox's lineup of tennis games in the not so distant future.
Excited about a potential new Top Spin? Would you rather it was Virtua Tennis? Tell us down below.
[source youtube.com]
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Finally!!! This is for me a console selling game. No sarcasm really. I bought a ps3 a few years back just for topspin 4
I wasn't the biggest fan of the Top Spin games after 2 but I'd still look into a new one just because it'd be a game with a higher budget and production values and would at least be competent. The other recent tennis games are all on small budgets and it's noticeable.
The one I want to see the most actually is Grand Slam 3. I still play 2 to this day and would love to see that dev team return for another round.
Top Spin 4 is arguably the best tennis game around so news of the 5th game is great!
Virtua Tennis 1+2 are the best Tennis games ever
Top Spin 3 was my favourite..played that game online loads
lol older Xbox fans, remember how good the original Xbox sports games were? Top Spin especially, was amazing to me, I put tens of hours into it. I even liked the NFL game they made (my GOD I miss when there was more than 1 NFL game). it was a little rough, but it was fun! Project Gotham racing...the OG Xbox is kinda underrated sometimes!
Hope it's true. Top Spin 3 + 4 are two of my favourite games ever. Top Spin game play is already perfect, imagine if they could add a creation mode like Ao tennis, what a game that could be!!
@fabisputza007 I bought a 360 a few years ago just for top spin 2!
@armondo36 I loved the original top spin as well, great game, I found it had a steep learning curve but great fun once mastered, also made it easier to play top spin 3 & 4
We need big budget tennis games. I hope these rumours about 2K and EA turn out to be true.
Been hanging for a good tennis game for years. Loved Top Spin back in the day.
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