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2K Sports Caters To The Baseball/Basketball Crossover Crowd

1:15AM Yesterday | Mike Fahey

2K Sports pulls a Jordan on March 6, combining its stellar basketball game with its so-so baseball franchise in the Xbox 360 exclusive $US69.99 MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack.


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Justin Verlander Throws Heat In MLB 2K12 Trailer

8:30AM January 31, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

You’ll get a glimpse of the Detroit Tigers ace and video-game cover boy crushing the dreams of a newly ascended rookie in the first trailer for 2K Sports’ baseball sim. Great if you’re playing as Verlander, not so much if you’re facing him. More »


In Real Life

A Puzzling Resurgence In Popularity For NBA 2K11

10:30AM January 27, 2012 | Owen Good

At first blush it doesn’t seem to stand out: NBA 2K11 cracked the top 20 of most played titles on the Xbox 360 for the week of Jan. 16. But when you peel it back, that’s actually quite astonishing, to see an old version of a sports video game resurface more than 15 months after its release. More »


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The Long-Forgotten Threat That ‘Always’ Made Madden Nervous

12:00PM January 20, 2012 | Owen Good

So much is made of NFL 2K5 and the blaze-of-glory conclusion to its rivalry with Madden NFL that it’s easy to forget another title once threatened EA Sports’ glamour franchise. In fact, the Madden team also feared NFL GameDay until the end. More »


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2K Sports Opens Doors On MLB 2K12 Million-Dollar Challenge

8:30AM January 13, 2012 | Pierre Bienaimé

2K Sports is offering a cool million to the winner of a public, eight-person Major League Baseball 2K12 tournament… this April. From the MLB’s Opening Day on April 4 (definitely learned something just now) to the end of that cheerfully prank-filled month, athletes (read: gamers) will be clawing their way to the top of the leaderboards, where a spot in the tourney awaits. More »


In Real Life

When NBA2K12 Hates Your Name

9:30AM January 5, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Rich Funk is a glorious name. Rich Funk is not only a Kotaku (hi Rich Funk!), Rich Funk is also a NBA 2K12 owner. More »


In Real Life

An MVP Graces MLB 2K12′s Cover

2:00PM December 29, 2011 | Owen Good

Adam Larson, the artist behind the three custom covers for NBA 2K12, has also supplied the base art of the Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander for the cover of MLB 2K12. More »


In Real Life

Looking Back On Sports’ Movers, Makers, And Video Gamers In 2011

10:00AM December 25, 2011 | Owen Good

A walk-on running back; a dad who couldn’t tell his kids what he did; a fat kid who started going to the gym and never stopped. A guy who came to know his sport’s greatest venue in ways some champions never will. The top man at sports video gaming’s dominant publisher, and a college student who considers himself a “virtual athlete,” watching every out from his wheelchair. More »


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The Rookies Arrive This Weekend In NBA 2K12

5:30PM December 10, 2011 | Owen Good

With the NBA set to get back to work on Christmas, NBA 2K12 can start bringing in rookies who were drafted in June but went unsigned throughout the league’s lockout. More »


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The Lockout’s End Brings Peace To NBA 2K

3:00PM December 4, 2011 | Owen Good

In Los Angeles six months ago, Erick Boenisch gave me my first look at NBA 2K12. I think I watched about a quarter of play in it, with no additional commentary or guidance. He just wanted me to see that it was a good-looking game, and indeed it was. My first question had nothing to do with that, though. It was about the NBA lockout — which at that time hadn’t even begun. More »