After months of speculation, EA Sports has confirmed that NBA Live 20 has been cancelled. The series is set to return on the next generation of consoles.

It’s official – there won’t be any basketball game coming from EA Sports this year. During an earnings report, EA finally confirmed that NBA Live 20’s development has been halted and the team behind the title has already started working on a next-generation basketball game.

NBA Live 20 has been cancelled, publisher EA has confirmed. This year’s entry in the long-running series was previously delayed before it was even formally revealed, but it is now not happening at all.

NBA Live 20, which was never actually officially announced, has been cancelled. EA broke the news overnight alongside the reveal of its Q2 FY2020 earnings. In July, EA announced NBA Live 20 had been delayed to sometime between October and December - instead of its usual September release window.