Archive for the ‘NBA 2K’ Category
  • NBA 2K12 Legends Showcase DLC Arrives Next Week; Full Roster Revealed
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    Posted November 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 pm 23 Comments »
    2K Sports has announced the 'Legends Showcase' downloadable content will release on Tuesday November 29th for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The DLC will go for $10 and features a cel-shaded art style with various "blacktop" modes and HORSE. It also will unlock the ability to edit historic team rosters offline as well as provide the opportunity to use the historic teams in online match-ups against others who have purchased the DLC. As documented over the build-up from its early discovery to t...
  • Likely Loss of NBA Season Creates Immediate Problem For 2K Sports
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    Posted November 21st, 2011 at 11:00 am 45 Comments »
    While both 2K Sports and EA Sports have to be concerned about the effect of the lockout on the consumer base for next year and beyond, 2K now faces the dilemma of how to sustain and improve current and future sales levels of NBA 2K12 in the face of fan frustration or indifference. In a quick poll posed across multiple social networks and combined with a large number of comments the response was clear - without an NBA season interest in the game that represents the league has already been ...
  • First Videos of NBA 2K12 Legends Showcase DLC in Action
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    Posted November 17th, 2011 at 1:15 pm 31 Comments »
    Even with the lockout costing a season of support for the product 2K Sports will be rolling out downlaodable content for NBA 2K12 soon. The DLC pack is currently expected to arrive late this month or in December and will sell for $10. It features cel-shaded "blacktop" modes and HORSE in a Times Square setting along with the introduction of a number of new legends who will only be available for use within them. Gamespot recently unveiled the first gameplay videos which show off 1-on-1, 2-on-2...
  • After Six Week Wait NBA 2K12 Website Partially Launches
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    Posted November 15th, 2011 at 3:45 pm 9 Comments »
    One of the most glaring failures relating to NBA 2K12 has been the continued absence of the official website which was advertised as carrying several anticipated features. While online problems have been discussed 2K Sports had left the case of the missing website to remain a mystery. Today the website finally launched but with only limited functionality. Users log in with the My2K accounts that were required upon first starting up NBA 2K12. Currently operational is viewing of video and s...
  • NBA Lockout Heads to Courts – Potential of a Season Bleaker Than Ever
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    Posted November 14th, 2011 at 11:30 am 18 Comments »
    Today the NBPA announced they have rejected the NBA's final labor offer and have filed a notice of disclaimer. The Player's Association is disbanding, avoiding the decertification process which would have taken 45 days, and the players now become a trade organization. That allows for anti-trust action to be taken immediately as things will now move to the courts and be handled by lawyers with no further collective bargaining. The court process will be a lengthy one - many analysts have op...
  • 2K Sports Reverses Course on Planned NBA 2K11 Server Shutdown
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    Posted November 10th, 2011 at 5:15 pm 9 Comments »
    Last week 2K Sports made the surprising announcement that the servers for NBA 2K11 would be taken offline in the middle of November. The company immediately took a great deal of PR heat for the decision. Timing wise the move couldn't have been worse (due to the league lockout and 2K12's admitted online problems) and there had been no precedent for ending online services only 13 months after release of a game. NBA 2K11 was immensely popular, it is among the highest selling games this calendar...
  • New NBA 2K12 Patch Out for Xbox 360
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    Posted November 9th, 2011 at 9:45 am 16 Comments »
    The latest patch for NBA 2K12, that arrived last week for the PS3, has gone live today for the Xbox 360. This particular update was pushed out to address some of the more pressing issues with gameplay and online - and impressions of its impact from the PS3 side have been mixed. Encouragingly it hasn't seemed to introduce any new issues to deal with at the very least. Most are finding online games are connecting quicker but not much improvement to online performance and stability otherwis...
  • NBA 2K12 Receives First Gameplay Patch
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    Posted November 3rd, 2011 at 3:30 pm 55 Comments »
    A new patch for NBA 2K12 released today for the PS3 and is expected to arrive soon for the Xbox 360. Attempts to address some of the biggest gripes have been made with reduced success of steals and three-point percentages reduced specifically when challenged by a defender. It's not a huge patch in terms of number of fixes (and bypasses My Player issues) but if it works as intended it should greatly improve the gameplay experience. Of course the effectiveness of the patch will have to be m...