Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
  • NBA 2K10 Draft Combine Impressions
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    Posted August 26th, 2009 at 6:16 pm 347 Comments »
    The downloadable NBA 2K10 Draft Combine released early this morning for the 360. The offering involves the beginning of the My Player career mode and presents an opportunity to improve your player prior to the NBA Draft through a series of drills and games. Continue on to read through my thoughts on Draft Combine along with a video and feel free to leave yours in the comments. (more…)...
  • NBA 2K10 My Player Mode Detailed
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    Posted August 25th, 2009 at 7:17 pm 167 Comments »
    2K Sports has posted up a blog posting detailing the My Player career mode that arrives with NBA 2K10. The article details areas such as player creation, camp, D-League, day-to-day action in the NBA, and online pickup games. The release of Draft Combine in the early AM hours tomorrow for the 360 and next week for the PS3 will offer a jump start to the mode. You can read it in full here. NBA is a Team Sport. Piggybacking off of the Authenticity point, we felt that emphasizing team play over ...
  • Will You Be Purchasing Draft Combine?
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    Posted August 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm 108 Comments »
    NBA 2K10: Draft Combine releases this Wednesday for the 360 and on September 3rd for the PS3 with a price of $5/400 MS points. Essentially a jump-start on the "My Player" career mode it allows for player creation and the running through of drills and scrimmages. In doing so the player can increase the chances of being drafted by improving attributes. This could also be viewed as a quasi-demo considering NBA 2K10 is still six weeks from releasing and allows for an opportunity to get an early ...
  • NBA Live 10 Fact Sheet
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    Posted August 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm 96 Comments »
    Despite the numerous blogs and previews that have come out for NBA Live 10 recently there is still a lot to learn about the game. That remains the case even with the release of the official fact sheet. Some of the features have not been revealed and are apparently being saved for discussion over the next six weeks until release. The fact sheet does however provide a good overview of the general improvements made and overall theme of the game this year. (more…)...
  • Full NBA Live 10 Preview
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    Posted August 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm 122 Comments »
    Gamespot has posted up a full preview of NBA Live 10 that focuses on player ratings and Dynamic DNA. Different gameplay elements such as changes to controls are also discussed. You can check the preview out here. According to producers, the NBA Live team barely scratched the surface of what Dynamic DNA could do with NBA Live 09. This time around, the data being pulled into the game has been expanded--with more categories of stats being used--and that data will surface in the game in a sligh...
  • NBA Live 10 Blocks and Rebounds
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    Posted August 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm 124 Comments »
    A new gameplay focused trailer for NBA Live 10 has gone out thanks to IGN that features the improvements made to rebounding and blocking. These are two areas that had been talked about receiving attention for this year and now this trailer shows off examples through actual gameplay footage. Continue on to check out the video and leave your thoughts in the comments. (more…)...
  • Full NBA 2K10 Preview
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    Posted August 19th, 2009 at 5:14 pm 114 Comments »
    IGN has posted up a hands-on preview of NBA 2K10 that goes over the already announced additions but also actual impressions of the game in action. NBA Today, My Player, and 82games features are discussed before going into the gameplay evaluation. Check out the entire article here. NBA 2K10 is bringing a lot of game this year. The gameplay feels more realistic than ever because of many of the refinements that have been made to the overall formula. I liked the new dribbling and the new, more ...
  • Latest NBA Live 10 Updates
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    Posted August 15th, 2009 at 8:34 pm 110 Comments »
    The last couple of days have brought about a flurry of NBA Live 10 blogs and videos. Not only do they provide new information and clarity on previously announced enhancements but there are also side-by-side comparisons to 09 that display the stark differences between the two iterations. Following up on the Hustle Plays earlier in the week comes a look at the dribble moves being referred to as "Size Ups". There are a couple of videos here to show off the (in some cases) player specific siz...