Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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The most intriguing teams for the stretch run using Start Today in NBA 2K17
Back at the beginning of the year there were various challenges that could be undertaken depending on team selection when utilizing the new Start Today feature for MyLeague in NBA 2K17. With the window on the regular season narrowed starting in the mode now is more about establishing the final seeding and making a final push for and through the playoffs than potentially looking at a number of rebuild opportunities. Battle for the #1 Seed In the East the reigning champ Cavaliers and u...
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Reviews of Disc Jam and 3on3 Freestyle
Two untraditional sports games have recently arrived in Disc Jam and 3on3 Freestyle. The former a tennis and air hockey mashup generating great word-of-mouth while the latter the first street basketball game for a console in 10 years and free-to-play but gone largely unnoticed. With Disc Jam free to PlayStation Plus members (it's also available on PC where it's on sale for its first week) both of the games offer the opportunity to play without any initial investment. Disc Jam will b...
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Player ratings movement for early March in NBA 2K17
NBA 2K17 has had two major updates affecting player ratings since last checking in on the rosters in late January. Back then Nikola Jokic was in the midst of a meteoric rise and that has since continued as he is up another 2 points now to 87 Overall. A couple new players have reached the 90 Overall threshold replacing those who dropped out. Kyrie Irving and John Wall have moved up to 90 while DeMar DeRozan and Jimmy Butler are down to 89. Recently acquired DeMarcus Cousins, who has had so...
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3on3 Freestyle officially launched on PS4
After nearly three months of an open beta the free-to-play arcade-style basketball game 3on3 Freestyle officially launched today as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. 3on3 Freestyle can be queued for download through its PlayStation Store page here. (more…)...
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DeMarcus Cousins trade shakes up NBA 2K17
The long-anticipated trade of DeMarcus Cousins finally materialized last night with a deal that sends him and Omri Casspi to the New Orleans Pelicans. In return the Sacramento Kings receive 2017 1st and 2nd round picks, Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, and Langston Galloway. The Kings organization is being ridiculed for the deal and NBA 2K17 agrees that they got a poor return for their superstar who is ranked as the 7th best player in the league. The Kings won't do this deal in NBA 2K17 pic.twi...
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MyLeague Online in NBA 2K17 appears to be broken for in-progress leagues
The numerous patches to go out recently for NBA 2K17 have attempted to address a variety of issues but in the process may have contributed to creating another one. In the days following the release of the patch this last weekend reports have begun to flow in through social media and sites such as Operation Sports and Reddit from users who have found their online leagues are no longer functioning properly. Whether this will ultimately be dealt with server side, or as another painf...
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Yet another NBA 2K17 patch has gone out
Another update is now available to download in NBA 2K17 and becomes the ninth post-release patch of substance this year. For whatever reason on PS4 the updates have required a massive download of 7.6GB on each occasion. Considering four of them have been rolled out in the last 10 days, those who own the game on that system have been forced to download over 30GB of data over that short stretch of time which is problematic to say the least. This latest patch deals with matchmaking issues in...
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NBA to run eSports league with 2K Sports
The NBA and 2K Sports today announced an unprecedented partnership with the hopes of creating the next big eSport. NBA 2K eLeague will launch in 2018 and eventually every NBA team will run one of the eSport franchises within a professional sports league structure. It'll be important for money not to be a factor in shaping the characters utilized in the NBA 2K eLeague. Competitive balance will be key as currently the competitions with the game involve characters that have been built up thr...
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