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NBA 2K16 offering extensive customization options with tattoos
Player customization remains one of the bigger elements of the NBA 2K series, as a user's MyPlayer is tied into various modes including MyCareer, MyGM, and the 2K Pro-Am. For NBA 2K16 tattoos are taking on a bigger role. There are over 1,500 designs that can be moved, scaled, rotated, and layered onto a created character's chest, back, neck, arms and legs. Please enable Javascript to watch this video...
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New system for calculating player ratings implemented for NBA 2K16
2K Sports has slowly started to trickle out ratings for NBA 2K16, and while Kevin Durant is the only real noteworthy one at this point there is a considerable shift in how the ratings are being calculated this year to discuss in the meantime. Essentially, rather than having 99 Ratings reflect the best in the league at the present time, a 99 now represents the best in the history of the league. (more…)...
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Demo for NBA Live 16 gives the game a stage to itself on September 15
EA Sports recently announced that NBA Live 16 will be getting a demo on Xbox One and Playstation 4 on Tuesday, September 15. The info on the demo was originally revealed along with all the news on the Live Pro-Am mode. Alongside all the features of LIVE Pro-Am, you can also check out exhibition style play in Tip Off with six NBA teams (Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers), and the Learn LIVE tuto...
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FIFA 16 demo now confirmed for September 8
Earlier this month news made it out that a demo for FIFA 16 would be coming in September and that it would feature 12 clubs. EA Sports denied that the image making the rounds was from them, but notably at the time did not claim the information to be inaccurate. That's because all the details about the demo were actually legit. The demo will be out on September 8 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, 360, and PS3. It will include the traditional Kick-Off exhibition games, the new FIFA Ultimate T...
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Patch being worked on to address many Madden NFL 16 bugs
While there's a lot to like about Madden NFL 16, it's also arguably the buggiest release for the series in recent memory. At the top of the list is the encroachment bug during gameplay, as well as several that are extremely detrimental to Connected Franchise. It's probably wise to wait on starting up a franchise until a patch has been delivered that fixes the known issues. [Update] Even EA is now publicly stating to wait on starting a franchise until a patch goes out. There may not be...
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MyCareer Mode is growing up in NBA 2K16
When Spike Lee was brought on to write and direct the MyCareer Mode story for NBA 2K16, many wondered what kind of influence he would have in a game that has to have widespread appeal to various demographics which includes children. Would the story end up that much grittier than those found in the first two years of the mode? The first indication of that being yes came when the ESRB rated it E10+ for the first time ever as opposed to the usual E. Now the ESRB has revealed the reasoning fo...
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Review: Madden NFL 16
Madden NFL 16 offers up some intriguing additions and improvements on the field, with new receiver-defender interactions and controls, inaccuracy from quarterbacks, and more realistic penalties - plus the introduction of the brand new Draft Champions Mode. How are those things reconciled with what appears to be an especially buggy release for the series and disappointment with general presentation and Connected Franchise? All of that is examined and more in my reviews of the game which ha...
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First extended gameplay trailer for NBA 2K16
Please enable Javascript to watch this video 2K Sports today released the first gameplay trailer for NBA 2K16. The game this year features a MyCareer Mode story written and directed by Spike Lee, the new Pro-Am online mode, MyLeague Online and team relocation in MyGM and MyLeague, the limited return of colleges, and those who pre-order it will get it on September 25....
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