NBA 2K13 Footage Coming Next Week

2K Sports has announced that the first gameplay footage from NBA 2K13 will debut Monday night during the GameTrailers E3 Special on Spike at 10pm. It will feature a segment from a game between the Western Conference Finalists – Thunder and Spurs – along with a look at some of the recently announced All-Star Weekend content in action. 

It isn’t a complete surprise that at look at the upcoming NBA 2K would be unveiled at E3. Last year NBA 2K12 was played live onstage at the Sony Press Conference – but that was more of a promotion around the PlayStation Move functionality than it was the gameplay which wasn’t represented especially well in that setting. That 2K is pushing the NBA game a little more heavily at the event this year could be related to returning competition as NBA Live 13 will have a presence there as well.

It’s important still, as was the case with the “big announcement” that turned out to be All-Star Weekend content as a pre-order incentive, to temper expectations. The show will feature a number of huge titles – and there isn’t the need to show off a significant amount of footage at this stage – so there may only be a brief few minutes dedicated to NBA 2K13.