NBA Unrivaled? Tecmo Getting Into NBA Gaming

[Steve_OS]

Kotaku has some info on an upcoming 360/PS3 downloadable game called NBA Unrivaled.

"NBA Unrivaled will be a new option for players looking for an NBA video game alternative.

A bottom-of-the-press-release surprise from Tecmo today was the news that the publisher is backing an NBA game, NBA Unrivaled for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade later this year.

Tecmo joins a field currently occupied by EA and Take Two's NBA Live and NBA 2K series, respectively, though only Tecmo's game is announced as download-only."

[jusmegamer]

Obviously I don't know if the game will be any good or not, but I love the fact that they can freely make a NBA game because NBA didn't sell out to some silly exclusive licenses deals.

[jyoung]

I wonder if this will be based on their Tecmo NBA Basketball series from the NES/SNES days?

The SNES version was my go-to basketball game for a long time until EA revolutionized things with NBA Live '95.

[rm217]

Awesome. It's good to see that the NBA cares about it's fans and is willing to let anyone willing to fork out the cash develop a game. Competition breeds innovation. That can only be looked at as a positive for fans of sporting games.

[Mos1ted]

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Yeah I remember Tecmo NBA Basketball back in the day.

[marcoyk]

probably won't be downloading this game unless it's free ha

[aholbert32]

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Yeah I remember Tecmo NBA Basketball back in the day.

Still play it on my iphone.

[plasticbeast]

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Yeah I remember Tecmo NBA Basketball back in the day.

It was my favorite nba game for a long time on Snes. Loved it!

[Tha_Kid]

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Hooray for roster updates for an 8-bit game. I can't mess with "old school" past 16 bit unless its Castlevania, mario or ninja turtles lol.

[DC]

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I hope they show the world how SIm Basketball should be. They have NOTHING to lose

[WDaniel]

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This sounds promising. I'd love to see some screens....

[videlsports]

Tecmo nba Basketball ..... I can still see the rabbit running out before the intro of all the teams. Like the earlier fans said.. good for the nba, at least some one else can make a game.

[Tigerman23]

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Are there screenshots for this yet? This sounds like it could be fun.

[jaosming]

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Kotaku said

We would have screenshots for you, but Tecmo bundled them in a 2GB file. So expect them later. Much later.

http://kotaku.com/5274869/tecmo-getting-into-nba-gaming

[Tigerman23]

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I saw that last week. I was expecting them to be uploaded like a few hours after, though =(