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Steve_OS · 04-27-2012, 12:03 AM

NBA Live 13 will feature full ESPN branding. Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy will handle the commentary in NBA Live 13. Since Mark Jackson is coaching the Warriors, he will no longer be a part of the game.

The NBA Live 13 team will focus on gameplay, presentation and online, according to a recent article at Kotaku.

The Creative Director is a former college point guard and his father played for John Wooden, at UCLA. The NBA Live 13 team is made up of over 70 people.

Source - Two Years Out of the NBA, EA Sports Puts Its Live Back Together (Kotaku)

BigB0iFresh · 04-27-2012, 12:12 AM

Sounds good so far

bigbob · 04-27-2012, 12:18 AM

Honestly, as long as they bring back "Club" where you're an actual team and not where you just pick an individual player at that position you picked, I'll be happy. I don't think I could complain about much from NBA Live 10.

Let's just hope that the magical "Time-Out/Pause Glitch" doesn't find it's way back in the game.

22cedric · 04-27-2012, 12:33 AM

I hope they show the commentators faces in the game like Madden NFL 13 is doing.

Dantecamp21 · 04-27-2012, 12:54 AM

I'm worried after this read...animation was one of Elite's weakest points and now they are praising the motion capture library?

Also, the presentation in Elite had the ESPN overlays and stuff, ok...but it was totally bare bones. And it doesn't seem they added new audio material from Breen and JVG.

I don't know, it's not looking like an "all-out, despite raw it will rock our world" effort.

Hopefully I'm wrong...

Tha_Kid · 04-27-2012, 01:36 AM

I'm very interested to see this contextual passing in action. Gamer instinct says "no, don't make any choices for me, i want granular control" but seeing as how passing has yet to be done "well" in any nba game, i'll reserve judgment.

DamnYanks2 · 04-27-2012, 02:00 AM

Full ESPN Branding will probably be awesome, but I'm skeptical on the Gameplay front.

RUFFNREADY · 04-27-2012, 03:54 AM

It starting to sound like EA is making up excuses for their lack of "Game" or "competition" they will give 2K13 already. There is an old saying; " The Battle/war is already over before it has begun!".
This is EA that we are dealing with here; dont eat that apple from THEIR tree. They have lost their hype with me, and should be eating a really big piece of humble pie.

cheers

04-27-2012, 12:03 AM	#1
Steve_OS Editor-in-Chief OVR: 77 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: OS Eastern Office Posts: 31,666 Blog Entries: 556	NBA Live 13 Features Full ESPN Branding, Focusing on Gameplay, Presentation & Online NBA Live 13 will feature full ESPN branding. Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy will handle the commentary in NBA Live 13. Since Mark Jackson is coaching the Warriors, he will no longer be a part of the game. The NBA Live 13 team will focus on gameplay, presentation and online, according to a recent article at Kotaku. The Creative Director is a former college point guard and his father played for John Wooden, at UCLA. The NBA Live 13 team is made up of over 70 people. Source - Two Years Out of the NBA, EA Sports Puts Its Live Back Together (Kotaku) Platform: Xbox 360 / PS3 asusundevil22, AnnihilusLivius and Ermolli like this.

04-27-2012, 12:12 AM	#2
BigB0iFresh Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Mar 2012	Re: NBA Live 13 Features Full ESPN Branding, Focusing on Gameplay, Presentation & Onl Sounds good so far

04-27-2012, 12:18 AM	#3
bigbob MVP OVR: 28 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Inwood, West Virginia Posts: 10,466	Re: NBA Live 13 Features Full ESPN Branding, Focusing on Gameplay, Presentation & Onl Honestly, as long as they bring back "Club" where you're an actual team and not where you just pick an individual player at that position you picked, I'll be happy. I don't think I could complain about much from NBA Live 10. Let's just hope that the magical "Time-Out/Pause Glitch" doesn't find it's way back in the game. __________________ -- Have you ever wanted to coach or play basketball at the next level, but something prevented you from achieving that dream? Fret no more. Ask me about SimWorld Hoops to see how you can create your virtual self, and follow your path from the prep-level to the pros. *#SeeTheGameBeTheGame*

04-27-2012, 12:54 AM	#5
Dantecamp21 Rookie OVR: 14 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Blog Entries: 1	I'm worried after this read...animation was one of Elite's weakest points and now they are praising the motion capture library? Also, the presentation in Elite had the ESPN overlays and stuff, ok...but it was totally bare bones. And it doesn't seem they added new audio material from Breen and JVG. I don't know, it's not looking like an "all-out, despite raw it will rock our world" effort. Hopefully I'm wrong... NoTiCe_O, NINJAK2, mlp111 and 1 others like this.

04-27-2012, 01:36 AM	#6
Tha_Kid All Star OVR: 30 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Burke, VA Blog Entries: 2	Re: NBA Live 13 Features Full ESPN Branding, Focusing on Gameplay, Presentation & Onl I'm very interested to see this contextual passing in action. Gamer instinct says "no, don't make any choices for me, i want granular control" but seeing as how passing has yet to be done "well" in any nba game, i'll reserve judgment.

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04-27-2012, 12:33 AM	#4
22cedric Pro OVR: 11 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Montgomery AL	I hope they show the commentators faces in the game like Madden NFL 13 is doing.

04-27-2012, 02:00 AM	#7
DamnYanks2 Hall Of Fame OVR: 17 Join Date: Jun 2007	Re: NBA Live 13 Features Full ESPN Branding, Focusing on Gameplay, Presentation & Onl Full ESPN Branding will probably be awesome, but I'm skeptical on the Gameplay front. Jasong7777 and Dalsanto0026 like this.

04-27-2012, 03:54 AM	#8
RUFFNREADY Rookie OVR: 48 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Whitby, ON, Canada Blog Entries: 59	It starting to sound like EA is making up excuses for their lack of "Game" or "competition" they will give 2K13 already. There is an old saying; " The Battle/war is already over before it has begun!". This is EA that we are dealing with here; dont eat that apple from THEIR tree. They have lost their hype with me, and should be eating a really big piece of humble pie. cheers NoTiCe_O and mlp111 like this.

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