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NBA 2K10 Now Available
New York, NY - October 6, in the year of our Lord 2009 - 2K Sports announced today that NBA® 2K10, the #1 selling basketball video game*, is now available for fans to purchase. A limited-edition NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition is also available that comes packaged in a specially designed 2K Sports locker configured for game storage, with exclusive items featuring 2009 NBA Finals MVP and cover athlete for NBA 2K10, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. This season, NBA 2K10 delivers the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise - from gameplay to graphics, presentation and online features.
"I take great pride in aligning myself with NBA 2K10 as it is simply the most authentic basketball game out there, bar none," said Kobe Bryant, 11-time NBA All-Star. "I was fortunate enough to win a world championship when I was announced to be on the cover. I have learned, in my time working with the 2K Sports team that they, too, strive to be the absolute best."
"NBA 2K10 is the dream package for any diehard basketball fan and will be available on more platforms than ever before," said Greg Thomas, senior vice president of sports development for 2K. "It's the 10th anniversary of the NBA 2K franchise and we're celebrating in a huge way with Kobe Bryant on our cover and the NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition that includes many awesome collectables. NBA 2K10 challenges basketball fans of all ages - How will you take over?"
NBA 2K10 raises the bar for authenticity this year with groundbreaking new features:
NBA Today:
Real world matchups, news and stats automatically stream right
into the game. NBA Today keeps commentary and
overlays fresh and up to date based on what is really happening
in the NBA.
My Player:
Giving fans what they have long requested, the all-new My
Player career mode allows fans to create their own ultimate
NBA player and guide his every career move. Players start
as an undrafted rookie in the Summer Circuit, and if their
skills become advanced enough, they may get an invite to
participate in an NBA team's training camp or end up in the NBA
Development League. The road to being an NBA star is long and
hard, and each player has the opportunity to create their own
unique experience making it to the League.
The Association:
The Association strives to be the best franchise mode
in sports video games. Full incorporation of the NBA Development
League and the ability to control all 30 NBA teams at once,
including restricted free agency, real-time practice, an all-new
player progression system, and a host of other enhancements
gives NBA 2K10 players the tools to
rule the court and lead their team to victory.
Crews:
Crews, a new online feature, allows dedicated online
players to round up their friends and build the ultimate squad
using either created players from My Player or an
actual NBA team. Players can go online and challenge other
Crews for bragging rights and progression points as
they try to climb their way to the top of the Crew
leaderboard rankings.
Signature Play:
Signature Play pulls together all of NBA 2K's player
Signature Styles and adds in all-new Signature Tendencies and
facial expressions, creating NBA 2K10
teams that play and react like their real life counterparts for
an unbelievably realistic NBA experience. Improved easy-to-use
offensive controls for dribbling and post game let players pull
off ankle breaking IsoMotionTM moves and dominate from the
perimeter to the paint. Gamers can shut down teams like never
before with innovative defensive controls that allow you to
shadow your opponent's every move, deny position off-ball, and
even select different approaches to contest shots.
Developed by 2K Sports' Visual Concepts studio, NBA 2K10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available on October 6 for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. NBA 2K10 ships to retailers for Windows PC on October 12 and for Wii system from Nintendo on October 19.
* According to The NPD Group estimates of U.S. retail video game sales of Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 NBA titles from October 2008 through August 2009.