Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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First extended trailer for NBA 2K17
Please enable Javascript to watch this video 2K Sports today released a gameplay trailer for NBA 2K17, which follows a teaser trailer that featured the USA Olympic teams earlier this month. There isn't a whole lot to learn from the trailer - for some gameplay related observations head over to check out the hands-on impressions that come from Polygon - but considering how starved everyone is for anything 2K17 with just over three weeks until release it's at least a start that will hopefull...
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New Press Row Podcasts: Madden NFL 17 First Impressions and NBA 2K’s antagonistic relationship with fans
Two brand new episodes of the Press Row Podcast have gone live today! The first is a discussion on early impressions of Madden NFL 17 (full panel review roundtable will be next week). We go into personal experiences and features that are being delivered upon and some issues that need to be resolved or improved. The second episode is an examination of the contempt-filled treatment by 2K Sports of their fans on social media, which lately has been fueled by consumers aggressively attempting to ...
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Lack of info on NBA 2K17 enters unprecedented territory with a month to go
There's now just barely over four weeks until NBA 2K17 releases. It's the second-earliest a licensed NBA video game will have ever released (NBA Shootout 2002 came out 9/1/2001). Yet here with are with practically nothing known about the game even still. Now, 2K Sports is pretty well known for releasing info later in the yearly cycle than other publishers. But what's different this time around is that it's much later than even their typical M.O. for handling the massively popular NBA 2K f...
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Soundtrack for NBA 2K17
With the likes of Jay-Z, Pharrell, and LeBron James helping to make the selections for NBA 2K soundtracks in recent years 2K Sports has put a lot of weight behind the music found in the series. Curated by Imagine Dragons, Noah Shebib, and Grimes the soundtrack (which can be listened to on Spotify) for NBA 2K17 was revealed today. (more…)...
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First teaser trailer for NBA 2K17
With just five weeks until NBA 2K17 releases the game still remains largely a mystery. Outside of the franchise modes getting league expansion and the inclusion of the USA's Olympic teams there's practically nothing else known about what'll be new this year. Now though 2K Sports has provided at least a glimpse at the game with the first trailer which is naturally focused on showcasing the 2016 National Team and 1992 Dream Team. Unfortunately the trailer acts as only a tease as it's sti...
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First screenshots for NBA 2K17 feature Team USA for Rio Olympics and 1992 Dream Team
It's somewhat hard to believe but with NBA 2K17 releasing earlier than all but one league-licensed NBA game ever before there aren't even seven full weeks to go now until it's out. The announcement of this year's Olympic Men's National Team made on Wednesday however didn't even bring with it the first screenshot from 2K17. Later that day though the Team USA website included the first look at the game which had all sorts of graphical errors most notable among them players embar...
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3on3 Freestyle now slated for end of summer release
It has been an interesting journey for publisher JoyCity in taking the street basketball Freestyle series from PC to console. 3on3 Freestyle, coming only to the PlayStation 4, was supposed to release in May but it took until the very last day of that month for the company to announce a delay. The plan then became about a "beta" for the summer. The first update since then has now been made on what is happening with the unlicensed game. 3on3 Freestyle will release "at the end of the summ...
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2016 Olympic Team and 92 Dream Team made official for NBA 2K17
Four years ago in NBA 2K13 the 2012 Men's National Team and 1992 Dream Team were featured. When Paul George was revealed as the cover athlete for NBA 2K17, and the cover included him wearing a Team USA jersey, it became clear that this year's team would be part of the upcoming game. Today 2K Sports confirmed that along with the return of the 1992 Dream Team as part of the pre-order bonus. The official release from 2K Sports failed to mention any new unique ways in which the teams will be ...
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