Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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EA Sports Going Back to NBA Live Name
Last night I tweeted that the opportunity was there for EA Sports to start promoting their new sim NBA product by taking advantage of All Star Weekend. Not only will fans be engaged with the festivities and the sports media focused on the league but the Tiburon studio that is now developing the series is just minutes away from Orlando. Now that promotion, viral or otherwise, seems to have started as first noted by Kotaku. Cavs rookie and #1 pick Kyrie Irving tweeted that he was play...
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Amazon Offering Promo Credit on MLB 2K12 and Combo Pack with NBA 2K12
It has been notable that neither publisher of the baseball titles this year are offering any sort of pre-order incentive. Stepping in then to do so on the retailer end is Amazon who today added a $10 promotional credit for MLB 2K12 along with release day delivery which is free for Prime subscribers and just for 99 cents otherwise. Not only will standard copies of MLB 2K12 (360 - PS3) get the promo credit but so will the recently announced combo pack (360 only) with NBA 2K12. That will mak...
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Jeremy Lin Boosted Again in NBA 2K12
When the NBA 2K12 roster update earlier this week arrived and only moved Jeremy Lin up to 69 overall most fans felt that was still too low considering the impact he was having on games and his rising prominence in the league. Essentially what Lin was doing in real life simply couldn't be replicated in NBA 2K12 given the ratings he had. Today 2K Sports released another update and this one takes Lin to a more respectable level and in the range of what most people anticipated he would ...
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Reevaluating Expectations: EA Sports NBA 13 and Challenging NBA 2K13
There are less than eight months until the new crop of NBA games arrive - and after a two year absence that'll mean competition for 2K Sports with EA Sports debuting their new sim series being developed out of the Tiburon studio. Following the release of NBA 2K12 I discussed the environment surrounding NBA video games and whether consumer discontent with that game was opening the door for EA Sports to succeed in their return. The conclusion was that the impact would be minimal with the '1...
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Latest NBA 2K12 Roster Update Boosts Jeremy Lin But Only to 69 Overall
"LINsanity" has taken over as one of the best sports stories in recent memory continues to roll. In the last 6 games (5 of which he's started) Jeremy Lin is averaging 26.8 PPG, 8.5 APG, 3.8 RPG and last night even hit the game-winning shot. The Knicks, playing without Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony for most of it, are undefeated in the 6 games. Given the fan and media attention on the story the first opportunity to reflect the remarkable stretch made for quite possibly the most high...
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Next NBA 2K12 Roster Update Delayed; 2K Sports Still Working on PS3 Freezing Issue
Those eager for an update to Jeremy Lin's ratings in NBA 2K12 - or changes to anyone else in the league for that matter - will have to hold out for a little while longer. 2K Sports has announced their next planned roster update has been pushed back as focus has instead shifted to addressing the freezing issue that was reported on last week which is still affecting many PS3 gamers from loading 2K12 successfully. The "workaround" to get the game to start-up has worked for som...
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Jeremy Lin Due for Attention in NBA 2K12
The most astonishing story of the NBA season has been the emergence of Jeremy Lin who has practically reached superstar status overnight. Lin, who went undrafted in 2010 out of Harvard, had been cut by the Warriors, Rockets, and was literally days away from the same fate with the Knicks. However he got his chance and has scored 89 points in his first three career NBA starts which is the most for any player since 1976. He's averaging 28.5 points on 58% shooting and 8 assists in the last four ...
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Widespread Freeze Issues with NBA 2K12 Being Encountered on PS3
Many consumers are currently dealing with a situation on the PS3 that has made them unable to even reach the main menu for NBA 2K12. The game is freezing upon start-up when it makes the attempt at "loading settings". This has been reported by a growing number of people with it exploding on forums and through social media in the last two days. Given how many are being affected by this severe issue 2K Sports has responded with a "workaround" (suggesting the deletion of the "Game Data Utilit...
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