NBA Jam is releasing tomorrow for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and along with it will be the expanded online feature set delivered via patch. Until now those extra online features, including online co-op and Remix mode online, only had a tentative arrival of “by December”. The patch will be available immediately.
As discussed previously to a great degree, much of the difficulty in releasing NBA Jam on its own has been that EA Sports devalued the game by advertising it as being a free pack-in with NBA Elite 11. Now they are looking for a $50 commitment and in doing so tried to add a bunch of content to increase its value. Continue on for a graphic that lays out all the different features provided in the retail version of NBA Jam compared to what would have been received in NBA Elite 11 and a video discussing the online features.