basketball
PlayStation

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

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.

September 17, 2011
PlayStation

NBA 2K12 Demo Arrives Next Week

2K Sports just announced on the Facebook page for NBA 2K12 that the game’s demo will arrive on Tuesday, for both PS3 and Xbox 360, two weeks before its October 4 release.

September 16, 2011
News

NBA Boss Is The First League Commissioner To Appear In A Video Game

Some ramped-up role-playing sequences in NBA 2K12‘s “My Player” career mode have delivered an unlikely first: David Stern, the NBA commissioner, is the first league officer — to anyone’s recollection — to appear, both in voice and in motion capture, in a video game.

September 10, 2011
Xbox

The 6 Biggest Sports In The World In One Kinect Game

Why worry about which sports game to play on your Xbox 360 when you can get baseball, hockey, basketball, golf, football, and other football, all in one handy Kinect game?

September 9, 2011
PlayStation

NBA 2K12 Offers In-Game Ads You May Actually Enjoy Watching

That’s because you’ll star in them. In the “My Player” career mode, if you become a superstar you’ll be pitched to appear in official league advertisements, including the league’s well known “Where Amazing Happens” campaign, with you as the amazing happening.

PlayStation

Rookies Won’t Appear In NBA 2K12 Until The Lockout Is Over

Interesting tidbit surfaced from a hands-on post about NBA 2K12 over at Operation Sports: None of the rookies taken in the NBA Draft will appear in the game until the league resolves its labour dispute with the players’ union.

September 5, 2011
Xbox

Peter Moore: EA Sports’ NBA Game "Will Take A Few Years" Before It Competes With NBA 2K

Though recently promoted to Electronic Arts’ chief operating officer, EA Sports’ old boss, Peter Moore, still is involved with products coming out of that division. And in an interview with IndustryGamers, he said he doesn’t expect their next NBA simulation, due in 2012 after a two-year hiatus, to compete with NBA 2K

September 1, 2011
News

Sure, It’s Hype, But NBA 2K12′s Latest Trailer Is Still Pretty Badass

This is all marketing, OK? This is a sizzle trailer, even if it is two-and-a-half minutes long and packed with gameplay (and one outstanding choice of music). But in addition to hyping the living hell out of NBA 2K12 it does offer a few things of value: One, a look at the presentation of old-time games within the NBA’s Greatest mode. And, two, many of the actions selected were deliberate. Check out Bill Cartwright going into the air but still managing to block Alonzo Mourning on the way down, at 1:15. I don’t think I’ve seen that before. I’m sure others will spot more.

August 29, 2011
PlayStation

Achievement List Hints At New Features In NBA 2K12

In my preview on Wednesday all I got to look at was “NBA’s Greatest” and the play-now mode of NBA 2K12. So I can’t tell you anything about an “Online Association” mode, other than the fact the game’s achievement list hints it will have one.

August 26, 2011
News

NBA 2K12 Still Adding Players To Its Classic Teams

Interesting tweet out of 2K Sports’ digital marketing manager, Ronnie Singh, this afternoon: “We have just secured the NBA 2K12 rights to ’93 Denver Nuggets LaPhonso Ellis and added him to roster.”

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