News

NBA Elite 11 To Include Standard Controls Alongside New Analogue Set

EA Sports put out three more screens of the newly renamed NBA Elite 11, and series producer David Littman – you might recognise that name from NHL 11 – gave an interview explaining how the new controls will work.


June 3, 2010
News

Oh, BTW, EA Sports Confirms NBA Live’s Name Change

EA Sports picked one hell of a day to confirm its NBA title’s name change. Not like anyone will remember today for Michael Jordan returning to video games, Ken Griffey Jr. retiring, or the worst umpiring mistake in baseball history.


May 27, 2010
News

NBA Live Is Now NBA Elite

Earlier today, the NBA Live page on Facebook put up that image, and the answer seems to be “What is the new name of EA Sports’ NBA franchise?” Correct! I’ll take “Potpourri” for a thousand, Alex …


May 12, 2010
News

What Sports Gamers Can Expect, If There’s No More Free Passes

Strong users of rental services and resale or trade-in options, sports gamers justifiably feel blindsided by EA Sports’ new “Online Pass”, which requires a ton of once-standard game content to be activated by a one-use code.


March 26, 2010
News

Hey, EA Sports, Why Aren’t Basketball Games As Good As Football Games?

When you think football games, you think Madden. When you think football games, you think FIFA. When you think basketball, you think NBA Live, NBA 2K, and the fact neither of them is really that huge. Why is that, EA?


February 3, 2010
News

2K’s NBA Team Steals Key Player Back From EA

Mike Wang (pictured), hired away from 2K Sports by EA Sports to help turn around the sagging NBA Live franchise, is back with the NBA 2K team after just one year working on Live.


February 1, 2010
In Real Life

Your Final Shot At 100 Gamerscore Just For Showing Up

Friendly reminder that beginning in about 30 minutes, Xbox 360 Achievements.org is staging one last run on NBA Live 07′s “Online with 1,000 People” achievement. This is the last chance to do it before EA shuts down the servers on Tuesday.


January 5, 2010
News

Cheevers Try One Last Time For NBA Live Mark

Achievement boosters failed back in October to claim the 100-point bounty for being signed in with 1000 others to NBA Live 07. With servers for the game deactivating February 2, they’ll take another crack at it on January 31.


November 2, 2009

NBA Live Micro-Review: More Than Pick-Up Hoops

EA Sports continues its full-court press into the mobile games space with NBA Live. Madden and FIFA delivered enjoyable football and soccer experiences, can the iPhone and iPod Touch hope to contain five-on-five basketball?


October 27, 2009
News

EA Sports Pushes Out Comprehensive NBA Patch

The NBA’s opening day tomorrow means also the beginning of NBA Live 10′s Dynamic Season, in which real-life results are melded with your own gameplay. It also means a sizeable patch release for the 360 version.