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Kotaku article, " Argent said 2K Sports reached out to Jay-Z about partnering up, but after initial meetings that explored a traditional endorsement or promotional arrangement, "neither of us really wanted that. "One of the most important things to both of us is that this would be a true collaborative effort," Argent said. "

So basically at 1st, it was going to be promotional/commercials/ads, sound track, and name being slapped on the cover. But, he wanted to be more involved.

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But having the hip-hop superstar as a playable character in the game doesn't seem to be on the table either. "That didn't feel authentic to the game of basketball," Argent said. "We chose each other as partners on this to add to the presentation side of things." That would mean Jay-Z's influence will be seen in the introductions and epilogues bracketing games played in all of NBA 2K13's modes.

Not surprised, but I am not sure if he will still have a cyberface.

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"If we took Jay-Z out of the equation here, 100 percent you'd see the gameplay has taken an incredible leap forward," Argent said. That suggested to me that the Visual Concepts team responsible for core gameplay features wasn't the unit most involved with Jay-Z.

Sounds great. I just want to see the changes.