Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Gets Another Roster Update; This Time Adds Players
After being pressured a great deal EA Sports finally provided a roster update for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition at the end of January. That satisfied the requirement given it was a prominently advertised feature and to an extent even met the realistic expectations for the title making another update - which has just arrived - a pleasant surprise. The first update only moved players around and didn't add any rookies or others who had increased their relevance enough to include on the limited ...
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EA Sports Has Already Botched the Handling of NBA Live’s Return
Having become the underdog after years of eroding the fan base with sub-par releases and the aborted attempt at a reboot EA Sports is attempting a comeback with NBA Live 13. It will be an uphill battle to reestablish credibility and grow sales - one that really can't afford blunders along the way. Despite that they've already made one warranting serious criticism. (more...)...
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Roster Update for NBA 2K12 Delivers Trade Deadline Deals
2K Sports released a roster update earlier today for NBA 2K12 that executes all the trades that took place prior to the deadline yesterday. That includes the swap between the Bucks and Warriors from earlier in the week and others that happened right up against the deadline with the Lakers and Blazers especially active and a major three team deal between the Nuggets, Wizards, and Clippers. Nate McMillan and Mike D'Antoni have not been replaced however as they remain as coaches for their resp...
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NBA Trade Deadline Brings Numerous Deals
The NBA trade deadline always provides an opportunity for teams in contention to bolster up for the coming playoffs while those out of it can position themselves better for the future. Dwight Howard waiving his opportunity to opt-out of his contract meant the biggest attraction was off the market however a number of trades went down in the final minutes. The Lakers and Blazers were especially active and a big three team deal involving the Nuggets, Wizards, and Clippers was pulled off. The...
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Early Promotional Effort for NBA Live 13 May Be Providing Hints at Direction
The announcement of the name going back to NBA Live, as well as the tagline of "The Future of Basketball", has stirred up a surprisingly high level of interest in EA Sports' return to a sim NBA offering. However there may be more to glean from the recent events that provide some clues into the company's plans for the franchise. (more...)...
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NBA 2K12 on PS3 Gets Patched to Address Freezing Issue at Boot
For several weeks many consumers of NBA 2K12 on the PS3 have had difficulties in getting the game to a load up completely and advance to the main menu - instead being met by a game freeze when the saved settings would attempt to load. A workaround, to delete game files, seemed to allow access to the game in the meantime though even that didn't work for everyone and frustration from those locked out completely from playing NBA 2K12 had been building. Yesterday an update was released on the...
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EA Sports Going Back to NBA Live Name
Last night I tweeted that the opportunity was there for EA Sports to start promoting their new sim NBA product by taking advantage of All Star Weekend. Not only will fans be engaged with the festivities and the sports media focused on the league but the Tiburon studio that is now developing the series is just minutes away from Orlando. Now that promotion, viral or otherwise, seems to have started as first noted by Kotaku. Cavs rookie and #1 pick Kyrie Irving tweeted that he was playing ...
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Amazon Offering Promo Credit on MLB 2K12 and Combo Pack with NBA 2K12
It has been notable that neither publisher of the baseball titles this year are offering any sort of pre-order incentive. Stepping in then to do so on the retailer end is Amazon who today added a $10 promotional credit for MLB 2K12 along with release day delivery which is free for Prime subscribers and just for 99 cents otherwise. Not only will standard copies of MLB 2K12 (360 - PS3) get the promo credit but so will the recently announced combo pack (360 only) with NBA 2K12. That will mak...
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Jeremy Lin Boosted Again in NBA 2K12
When the NBA 2K12 roster update earlier this week arrived and only moved Jeremy Lin up to 69 overall most fans felt that was still too low considering the impact he was having on games and his rising prominence in the league. Essentially what Lin was doing in real life simply couldn't be replicated in NBA 2K12 given the ratings he had. Today 2K Sports released another update and this one takes Lin to a more respectable level and in the range of what most people anticipated he would land...
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Reevaluating Expectations: EA Sports NBA 13 and Challenging NBA 2K13
There are less than eight months until the new crop of NBA games arrive - and after a two year absence that'll mean competition for 2K Sports with EA Sports debuting their new sim series being developed out of the Tiburon studio. Following the release of NBA 2K12 I discussed the environment surrounding NBA video games and whether consumer discontent with that game was opening the door for EA Sports to succeed in their return. The conclusion was that the impact would be minimal with the '1...
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