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NBA 2K11 My Player Mode Detailed
2K Sports has released a video and accompanying blog going into further detail on the My Player career mode in NBA 2K11. Throughout the week we’ve learned of press conferences, signature shoes, and trade demands. Now there is even more including character traits such as fan support and chemistry, tweaks to grading, and attribute caps. You can check out the full blog here. Continue on to check out the video as well as leave your thoughts in the comments!
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Second NBA Elite 11 Gameplay Video
Last night EA Sports released the first footage directly captured from NBA Elite 11. It seemed to have been put together in reaction to the off-screen footage that made it out over last weekend. Even with what was meant to display the game under ideal conditions the general reaction was quite heavily negative.
Now a second gameplay vid has arrived via Operation Sports. This one features the Oklahoma City Thunder @ Detroit Pistons and is the first look at CPU vs User (all prior videos have been head-to-head). Continue on to check it out and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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NBA 2K11 Features Through Pictures
While the full features list for NBA 2K11 arrived a few days ago 2K Sports has released a set of images that go through many of those features and some of the improvements to My Player career mode. While most of them just recap what is already known there is one new addition that hadn’t been revealed and that is “trade demands” in My Player. Continue on to check out the screens and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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First Directly Captured NBA Elite 11 Gameplay
Over the weekend the first chance to see NBA Elite 11 in action arrived and the results weren’t pretty. That EA Sports has held back on releasing gameplay footage has been notable and allowing those recorded sessions to be the first opportunity to see the game has raised even more eyebrows. Now EA seemingly in response has released a directly captured gameplay video via Operation Sports featuring the Bucks @ Knicks that runs 5:35.
Keeping in mind that this is a carefully selected segment of gameplay, does it change your perception of NBA Elite 11 at all? At the very least the video brings in the element of audio with the new three man crew of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson. Continue on to watch the video and as always leave your thoughts in the comments!
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NBA 2K11 My Player Adds Endorsements
Continuing with the My Player mode related announcements for NBA 2K11 this week is the addition of endorsements. So far this week 2K Sports has revealed press conferences and signature shoes and now comes the endorsements. “Become a star in My Player mode and you’ll get sponsorships from iconic brands. What sponsor would you most like to have? Jordan Brand? Gatorade? Sprite? 2K Sports???”
As I alluded to yesterday I think this particular aspect of off-the-court development being brought in can potentially take the mode to the next level. Again though it has to be engaging and dynamic. Other games have had career modes that have attempted these things unsuccessfully. What do you think about the addition of endorsements to My Player?
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Early Madden 11 Play Statistics
EA Sports has released some statistics as to how Madden 11 has been played in the opening weeks following release of the game. A little effort has to be taken though to ultimately judge the significance of the numbers they’ve provided.
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NBA 2K11 My Player Adds Signature Shoes
All throughout the week 2K Sports is announcing improvements to NBA 2K11′s My Player career mode. Yesterday it was post-game press conferences and today it is signature shoes. “If you’re gonna Become The Greatest, you gotta have your own signature shoe. Dominate in this year’s version of My Player mode and you’ll see your customized kicks on the feet of other guys in the league. What’s your signature shoe gonna be called?”
I’ve never quite understood the fascination that some have with shoes in NBA games. But there are undeniably many out there who intently follow what shoes are in and how accurately replicated they are. Personally I can’t remember ever even paying attention or noticing shoes while playing the games, but for those who do this sounds like a nice touch for the mode especially if it includes the player signing a shoe deal with a company.
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Madden NFL Superstars Has Launched
Earlier today EA Sports launched Madden NFL Superstars, a free-to-play but microtransaction supported Facebook team management sim game. This offering had been talked about since the beginning of the year, prior to FIFA Superstars arriving to big success, and was discovered to be in beta just a couple weeks ago. Click here to access the app on Facebook!
At first glance Madden NFL Superstars seems to have borrowed some of its properties from the Ultimate Team mode and the generic team logos available will be familiar to those who have created teams in Madden. I’ll be spending some time with the game in order to form impressions. In the meantime if you check it out feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!
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NHL 2K11 iPhone Impressions
By Corey Andress
Being Canadian I can tell you first hand that there are certain things expected of us. We have to be overly nice (not really true), like bacon (very true), say things completely wrong (about, eh?!), and most of all – love hockey. Now I’ll admit up front that I’m a much bigger fan of the NBA or NFL, but hockey is religion to us Canadians. Even if there are some of us that hate it, when our team plays on a national level the whole country stops.With that said, I love hockey video games. EA’s NHL series is near and dear to my heart and it’s somewhat surprising that a licensed NHL game hasn’t found its way to the iPhone earlier. Being that hockey games have always made for a fun and fast experience on consoles it can be considered shocking that the sport is so underrepresented on the iPhone. But after a long wait (especially for us Canucks), 2K’s NHL 2K11 has arrived. More so, it holds up relatively well for a first time effort.
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EA Sports MMA LW and WW Rosters
The final two weight classes in EA Sports MMA were revealed today with full fighter listings for both lightweight and welterweight. They are headlined by current Strikeforce WW Champion Nick Diaz and LW Champion Gilbert Melendez. You can check out the previous weight classes: Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight.
Lightweight: Lyle Beerbohm, Josh Thomson, Gilbert Melendez, Mizuto Hirota, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Gesias Cavalcante, Vitor Ribeiro, Eddie Alvarez, Shinya Aoki, Satoru Kitaoka, Hayato Sakurai, Billy Evangelista, Kron Gracie, Joachim Hansen.
Welterweight: Joachim Hansen, Pat Miletich, Shinya Aoki, Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz, Jake Shields, Matt Lindland, Kazuo Misaki, Joe Riggs, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Jay Hieron, Marius Zaromskis, Lyman Good, Frank Trigg, Nick Thompson, Hayato Sakurai, Tyron Woodley.
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