Top Spin 2K25 Q&A – Hangar 13 Unveils the Feature Set of the Long Awaited Tennis Game

12.04.2024 - 15:39 / wccftech.com / Jason Schreier / Alessio Palumbo

Nearly two years after the rumor shared by Jason Schreier, developer Hangar 13 (Mafia III, Mafia Definitive Edition) is almost ready to release Top Spin 2K25, the first new entry in the beloved tennis franchise since 2011's Top Spin 4.

With only three months between the official announcement and the launch date (slated for April 26), there's a lot that fans are still eager to know about the game. To remedy that, we sent a list of questions to Hangar 13. Below, you can find the replies penned by Top Spin 2K25 Game Director Remi Ercolani.

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As a reminder, the game will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X, featuring full cross-play between all platforms.

How long has Top Spin 2K25 been in development?

TopSpin 2K25 has been in development for around two and a half years.

How many custom players can we create? Will it be possible to share custom players with the community?

In TopSpin 2K25, it’s possible to have up to 6 different MyPLAYERS at a time. That allows players to create both male and female MyPLAYERs and to experiment with various play styles, attributes, and skills. The game does not support the ability to share custom players with the community.

How deep is the MyCareer mode? Can you put other created players into it as AI players?

MyCAREER presents players with the opportunity to create their own custom MyPLAYER and to live their journey as an unknown pro player entering the Tour and trying to make a name for themselves through smaller tournaments, and eventually climb in the rankings and unlock access to more prestigious tournaments until they can take on the World’s best players in the most prestigious venues and fight for the World #1 spot. Incorporating a wide variety of unique hairstyles, skin tones, body types, prosthetics, apparel, animations, and play style options, MyPLAYER offers players the opportunity to truly customize their appearance and experience.

In addition to customizing their MyPLAYER and demonstrating the skills they’ve developed, MyCAREER also lets you handle some aspects of a pro player’s career such as what events to play or skip, traveling, managing fatigue, and building a support team. The game does not support adding MyPLAYERs as AI opponents in MyCAREER.

How important is the surface court going to be relative to the player's stats? Can we expect certain playstyles to suffer significantly on certain surfaces (e.g., serve and volley on clay)?

Different surfaces do not affect player stats directly, but when playing on a surface like clay, players get access to new sliding animations that allow them to return balls they may not have been able to return on other