NBA Live Renamed As NBA Elite
NBA Live 10NBA Live has been around for no less than 16 years but EA thinks it's time to shake things up.
According to the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine as noted by 1Up, EA plans to change the name of their long-running basketball franchise. Instead of "NBA Live," it seems they'll be going with "NBA Elite" from here on out. Live debuted back in 1994 as NBA Live 95, which at the time replaced NBA Showdown and The NBA Playoffs, so perhaps another name change has been long overdue. As to the new entry, it will apparently "expand on the use of the right analog stick, allowing players to use it in place of a player's hands." EA also wants to remove canned animations in favor of real-time physics, so perhaps both upgrades will prove beneficial to fans of the series. And in all honesty, the franchise really hasn't delivered the AAA simulation experiences we've hoped for, so perhaps a simple name change and a few advancements and alterations will restore the series to its former glory. One can always hope, at any rate.
So, as it should be called, NBA Elite (which may or may not come with a year attached to the title) will be out this fall.
Tags: nba live, nba elite, nba live new name, new nba live
5/27/2010 9:28:23 PM Ben Dutka
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fluffer nutter
Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 10:50:06 PM
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JcBball717
Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 11:02:23 PM
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Dealnightfire
Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 11:03:37 PM
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___________
Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 2:35:57 AM
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ill be the decider of that thank you, the last decent NBA game was 2004.
so if the games not "elite" than does that mean i can sue them for false advertisement ;)
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Deleted User
Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 5:36:55 AM
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currenly playing
Ps3 - Red Dead Redemption
360 - Alan Wake and waiting for Crackdown 2
hey ______ did u use your code u got with alan wake yet ? mine won't work
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Hitch
Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 6:54:11 AM
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 @ 8:52:41 AM
how am i suppose to remember everything till jully?
honestly ive already forgotten what happened ill have to play through it again before the DLC releases to refresh my memory.
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phade2blaq
Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 7:38:47 AM
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I remember the good ol days of playing "Bulls vs Blazers", "NBA Showdown", "Lakers vs Celtics", "Bulls vs Lakers" and then "NBA Live 95" ! Had a ton of fun plating those games !
For some odd reason I also liked playing Tecmo's Super NBA !
Last edited by phade2blaq on 5/28/2010 7:39:56 AM
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DeathOfChaos
Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 3:47:40 PM
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hadouken
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 9:41:46 PM