Basketball

In Real Life

Guy Utterly Destroys An Arcade Basketball Machine

4:40AM December 17, 2011 | Chris Carolan

This dude takes arcade basketball to the next level. He went through the effort of hijacking all of the extra basketballs in the arcade, and then proceeds to hurl rocks like a champion. More »

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If This Is The Only NBA On Your TV All Year, NBA 2K12 Supplies The Proper Camera Angle

11:30AM October 27, 2011 | Owen Good

Baseball parks’ larger, varying dimensions and nonstandard playing areas make for unique camera angles, familiar for fans who watch the local broadcasts but markedly different to others. MLB 2K11 (and MLB The Show 11) sought to replicate this in this year’s game. More »

In Real Life

Locked Out LeBron Finds Work In Madden

11:30AM October 14, 2011 | Owen Good

With the first two weeks of the NBA season canceled thanks to the lockout, some players have gone looking for alternative employment. Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz, for example, was in a Starcraft pro gaming tournament this past weekend, just barely finishing out of the money. More »

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NBA 2K12: The Kotaku Review

8:00AM October 13, 2011 | Owen Good

Midway through an early season Hornets-Heat contest the screen cuts to a promotion telling me Friday night, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers take on the Denver Nuggets at Staples centre. Sounds like a good game, I think to myself. What time is that on? 7.30pm, the screen tells me. More »

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It Takes Two To Make NBA Jam Go Right

2:00PM October 10, 2011 | Owen Good

The inability to switch off between players was one of the few drawbacks of an otherwise rollicking NBA Jam revival last year. It required some clunky manipulation of your starting lineup and defence, for those who actually played it, often left a man open as you instinctively swarmed to the guy your CPU partner was guarding. More »

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Every Night Is Basketball Appreciation Night In NBA 2K12

8:00AM October 5, 2011 | Owen Good

It is 2am and I’m going to score 60 points with Dell Curry. Having unlocked the 1992-1993 Charlotte Hornets — you had better believe it was the first thing I did in NBA 2K12 — I’ve started Dell in place of Kendall Gill and he is, well, he’s beating his son. More »

In Real Life

I Could Never Stay Mad At You, NBA 2K12

1:20PM September 30, 2011 | Owen Good

NBA 2K12 has had a rough couple of weeks. A lot of the goodwill built up in August for the game’s nostalgic “NBA’s Greatest” mode was washed out by news of lockout-frozen rosters and repackaged premium DLC. And then Kurtis Blow comes up over the speakers, and Dikembe wags his finger at you, and you find yourself willing to forgive a lot. More »

Mobile

NBA 2K12 Debuts On iPhone Next Week

9:30AM September 30, 2011 | Owen Good

2K Sports’ award-winning NBA 2K series will debut on iOS mobile devices next week with NBA 2K12 the same day the title releases on consoles and PC. The game will include the popular “Jordan Challenge” that made last year’s NBA 2K11 such a hit. More »

News

NBA 2K12′s Legendary Teams Are Pay-To-Play For Online Multiplayer

9:30AM September 29, 2011 | Owen Good

Earlier this month Kotaku reported, per 2K Sports itself, that the historic teams featured in NBA 2K12‘s “NBA’s Greatest” mode would not be available for online play. That turns out not to be the case. More »

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NBA 2K12 Is Not A ‘Roster Update’ — And That’s The Problem

6:00AM September 18, 2011 | Owen Good

Roster update. In sports video games, it’s not a selling point as much as it is a term of abuse, one that implies that accurate rosters in annual titles have almost no value to a discerning video gamer. Well, in a couple of weeks, we may find out how important this baseline expectation really is. More »