NBA Live 10 Gameplay Enhancements
EA Sports has released a new video featuring a few of the improvements that have been made directly to the gameplay for NBA Live 10. Producer Mike Wang describes the hustle plays, sizeups, and rebounding. The hustle plays and rebounding especially were areas that needed to be worked on going into this year and it looks like they've made significant enhancements in those areas.
Continue on to watch the video and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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NBA Live 10 Presentation Blog
The weekly series of blogs for NBA Live 10 continues with a focus this time around on upgrades to the presentation. Several areas are touched on including playoff atmosphere, authentic sounds, new replays, removal of cut scenes, and storylines in dynasty mode. Click here to head over and read through the full posting which includes videos of real life examples that can be expected in the game.
Presentation was a big focus for us this year and encompassed a lot of different things: The bro...
NBA Live and NHL Soundtracks
The official soundtracks for NBA Live 10 and NHL 10 have also been revealed. While they are no where near as influential as Madden there is still a great deal of interest from artists looking for added exposure. I'm far less familiar with the artists on these soundtracks and the one for Live seems light on songs so maybe more will ended up being added before release. Continue on to check out the soundtracks for both games and leave your thoughts in the comments.
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NBA Live 10 Visuals Blog
A new posting has gone up on the Inside EA Blog detailing some of the visual enhancements in NBA Live 10. Several screenshots of Carmelo Anthony are featured to show off the work that has been done in areas such as player likenesses, accurate tattoos, shoes, and uniforms. There is also a look at the new gym "The Hanger" that will replace the one from last year that was used for shooting around and the NBA Academy. You can check out the full article and screens here.
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First Trailer for NBA Live 10
The "first look" trailer for NBA Live 10 is out now courtesy of IGN and focuses on footage from the Cavs @ Magic. This is one of those trailers that will show a lot of flash so the value will come from checking out the graphics, signature additions, and flow of movement and animations. I'm usually not impressed by early hype trailers but this one looks especially good. Continue on to check out the video and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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New NBA Live 10 Features Listed
The initial features list on the NBA Live 10 website displayed highly regarded returning features and modes such as Live 365 and Online Team Play. The only new element had to do with Playoff atmosphere. So while the focus may be on gameplay it seemed likely they were holding back on revealing any other additions. Now the website has updated to include more features minus full descriptions, leading to speculation about what they could be.
Advanced User Control - Brings you never before us...
NBA Live 10 Feature Descriptions
The launch of the NBA Live 10 website also brought about a page describing some of the features in the game. Of the items listed only one is actually new. At this point it is probably safe to assume that they are holding back on describing the larger improvements or additions after the events of last year proved why holding off can sometimes be necessary. However it also could signal strong attention to gameplay enhancements rather than adding features. The strength of the 09 was its wide fe...
New NBA Live 10 Screens
The website for NBA Live 10 launched earlier this evening and with it came new screenshots and what appears to be the slogan for this year. The site also confirms the already known date of Tuesday October 6th for release.
The slogan is "Authentic basketball experience...all season long". This is clearly referring to the Live 365 feature but also points towards the desire to produce more of a sim game that has the authentic touches (such as unique player routines) that fans can get really ...