Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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NBA Jam: On Fire Edition Finally Gets Its First Roster Update
It took until practically a third of the NBA season was complete, and pressure from outside sources, but EA Sports has finally met their obligation to provide at least one roster update for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition after advertising it as a feature. An update arrived today and can be grabbed by going to the 'Online Arena' section of the game. Don't expect much out of this roster update though. Players have been moved around - the Chris Paul and Blake Griffin tandem is now available - but ...
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NBA 2K12 Updates Toronto’s Court With 3D-Style Baseline Logo
This season the Toronto Raptors added what comes across on television as a 3D graphic to the baseline of their court. While it has drawn mixed reviews it presented itself as a very visible and publicized alteration and as such 2K Sports could take advantage of the feature brought in for NBA 2K12 that provides the ability to dynamically make art updates for elements of the game such as player models and courts. Having been criticized for not utilizing the feature much (really only the slim...
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New NBA 2K12 Roster Update Arrives; Finally Adds Remainder of Second Rounders
It may have taken until an entire quarter of the NBA season was complete but now NBA 2K12 has every rookie included in the game that should be in. The latest roster update arrived this morning and delivered names like Isaiah Thomas, E'Twaun Moore, and Charles Jenkins that had been missing. With the "Living Rosters" feature turned on and the console connected online the update will download automatically upon starting 2K12. The most significant move of note in the update is Nate Robinso...
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EA Sports Decides They’ll Provide Advertised Roster Updates for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
As noted yet again in the article from earlier today EA Sports had notably been avoiding the topic of roster updates for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition since first announcing it as a feature way back in July. At all costs they ignored consumer and media inquiries into the matter. It seemed as though they hoped the topic would fade out of relevance and thus refused to respond to requests for comment not just from here but other prominent media outlets including Kotaku. Putting the pressure on...
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Both EA and 2K Fail to Meet Post-NBA Lockout Expectations
The anticipation and excitement of a returning NBA stretched from fans to game publishers as EA Sports and 2K Sports hoped to capitalize on a quasi re-release period and make up for some of the losses that had been incurred due to the league lockout. The extent to which they have been successful though has been limited. NBA 2K12 was able to get a decent sales bump out of it but in terms of support have come up short while EA flat out misled consumers by advertising a feature that has not bee...
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Ninth Roster Update for NBA 2K12 Out Now
Just about two weeks removed from the start of the season 2K Sports has finally delivered a follow-up roster update for NBA 2K12. A number of second rounders have been added - however not all that should be are in yet and some included aren't even usable online - while some other players inexplicably continue to be missing despite officially being on teams for quite a while. The update does bring Andrew Bynum back into the Lakers lineup which was long overdue because of the extended break...
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NFL Blitz Arriving With a Whimper – Lack of NBA Jam Support Partially Responsible
Based on the results of the poll posted last week regarding purchase plans for NFL Blitz - which releases tomorrow on XBLA and PSN for $15 - enthusiasm has dropped considerably since the original announcement of the game. Only 13% plan to buy Blitz and 59% are dead set against it. The remaining chunk is in wait and see mode and may base a decision on the trial version. Considering the only unedited gameplay video generated pure indifference it might be tough to hook those people who are o...
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EA Sports Yet To Follow Through With Roster Updates for NBA Jam
EA Sports made the addition of roster updates for NBA Jam: On Fire Edition a big selling-point considering the original reboot from the company the year prior was not supported post-release. They used the disappointment and frustration with that title to market OFE with everything from roster updates to "Team Fire" and "Tag Mode" touted as hype-worthy additions given the disappointment over their omission from the original. (more…)...
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