EA Sports Cancels Partnership With Tiger Woods
You may want to keep your copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 in as good of condition as possible because it may, or may not, become a collectible. EA Sports has announced that it is ending its relationship with Tiger Woods after 15-plus years together.
The news was announced via Eric Fisher of the Sports Business Journal.
EA statement in part: We've always been big fans of Tiger and we wish him continued success in all his future endeavors.
— Eric Fisher (@AEricFisher) October 28, 2013
But as Tiger's impact in game has lessened and game industry goes through big transition, deal made less business sense
— Eric Fisher (@AEricFisher) October 28, 2013
The company has announced that it is currently working on a next-gen PGA Tour title without the golfing legend being involved. Fisher tweeted out a screenshot of the next-gen games.
It’s unsure just how much pull Woods had with what was in the game other than his persona during his time as a partner, but it would be right to assume that his likeness is unlikely to be included in the first post-Tiger PGA video game.
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