NBA showdown: NBA Live 10 and NBA 2K10 in stores

2K Sports’ NBA 2K10 is available as a regular vanilla release and a limited-edition NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition 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 promises realistic, stylistic, NBA branded gameplay with new features like a revamped career mode, training mode, franchise mode, and support for social features. Developed by 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts studio, NBA 2K10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PSP. A windows version ships Oct. 12 and a Wii version will be released Oct. 19.

EA Sports’ entry, NBA LIVE 10 is available PS3, PSP and Xbox 360. Developed by EA Canada, NBA LIVE 10 promises a higher level of user control giving them command of dribbling, passing, shooting and driving the lane.

In addition to gameplay, visuals and in-game presentation have also received an overhaul in NBA LIVE 10. NBA LIVE 10 also introduces a premium service called Dynamic Season to this year’s seminal release. Dynamic Season allows users to play along with the regular season as it happens. Dynamic Season will update your game daily with the real results, injuries, statistics, trades and tendencies that happen in the NBA. As users play each game, their results are merged with the real NBA season, giving players the opportunity to alter reality and make their own 2010 NBA Finals.

Both games are available at retail this week.

NBA 2K10 demo released

2K Sports today announced that a free demo of NBA 2K10 is now available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The demo lets fans relive this past season’s exciting NBA Finals and play in a four minute quarter as either the Orlando Magic or Los Angeles Lakers at a virtual Staples Center in Los Angeles. A demo on PlayStation Network will follow shortly.

Developed by 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts studio, NBA 2K10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available on October 6th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 2, and PSP. NBA 2K10 ships to retailers for Windows PC on October 12th and Wii on October 19th.

Baseball Blast! detailed

2K Sports revealed more details on Baseball Blast! today. The casual leaning baseball mini-game and trivia collection gives fans the opportunity to test their abilities in a variety of game modes, including skill challenges, puzzles, and trivia matches. Over 20 different baseball-themed mini-games will be available in Baseball Blast! such as Fly Ball Fury, Carni-ball, Power Pitcher, Bumper Base, Pennant Race, Galaxy Ball.

Naturally every MLB team and today’s top baseball stars will be in the game, along with play-by-play commentary by popular baseball personalities Rob Dibble and “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker.

Baseball Blast!, rated E for Everyone by ESRB, is published by 2K Sports and will be available exclusively for Wii on September 29 a for $19.99.

NBA star Derrick Rose signs on for NBA 2K10: Draft Combine

2K Sports has signed rising NBA star, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, as the official spokesman for NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, a download-only title that promises a pre-season basketball experience leading up to the fall launch of NBA 2K10. Rose, the 2009 T-Mobile NBA Rookie of the Year, has quickly become one of the most prolific playmakers in the league, and this season NBA 2K10: Draft Combine will tap into Rose’s personal knowledge and experience training for the NBA Draft.

Rose, who led the University of Memphis to the NCAA Championship game in his freshman year, was selected the top overall pick by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA Draft after only one college season. This past year, he averaged 16.8 points, 6.3 assists, and 3.9 rebounds per game and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Additionally, Rose led the Chicago Bulls back to the NBA playoffs, and his 36 points tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA record for the most points scored by a rookie in his playoff debut.

NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, developed by Visual Concepts, is planned for release in North America, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and India on August 26 for Xbox LIVE Arcade (400 Microsoft Points), and North America and Korea on September 3 for the PlayStation Network

NBA 2K10: Draft Combine announced for XBLA, PSN

2K Sports today announced NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, a download-only game that ptromises some pre-season fun for basketball fans leading up to the fall launch of NBA 2K10. Planned for release this September on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network, NBA 2K10: Draft Combine lets players create their own custom player, begin their career at the ATTACK Athletics gym in Chicago.

Gamers build up their custom players by working with a mentor called the 2K Insider and increase their NBA worth through a variety of basketball drills and 5-on-5 games. When you create that player you will allegedly have access to over 300 different signature customizations, including player-specific shooting animations, dunk and dribble packages and more.

Custom built players from NBA 2K10: Draft Combine and use them in the all-new My Player career mode in NBA 2K10 launching this fall. NBA 2K10: Draft Combine is being developed by Visual Concepts, and will be released in North America, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and India this September on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 (400 Microsoft Points) and PlayStation Network for PLAYSTATION 3 system ($4.99).

For more information about NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, visit www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k10dc.

NHL 2K10 Feature List

If you are interested in what new features NHL 2K10 brings to the table, then we’ve got some wonderful news for you from 2K Sports: they want to tell you all about it - including specific features for the Wii. NHL 2K10 launches on September 15th for Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and PlayStation 2 for those of you that care.

At a glance these new features include improved gameplay mechanics, enhanced defensive controls, a new defensive skating model, better AI, and plenty of other features that (they hope) will deliver a better looking game with a huge emphasis on social gaming. You can check out 2K Sports’ list of features after the break:

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2K Sports gets casual with Baseball Blast!

2K Sports announced Baseball Blast!, an officially licensed Major League Baseball mini-game experience, will be available this fall exclusively for the Wii. Baseball Blast! gives fans the opportunity to test their abilities in a variety of ways including including skill challenges, puzzles, and trivia matches. Featuring every MLB team and today’s top baseball stars, Baseball Blast! will also include play-by-play commentary by popular baseball personalities Rob Dibble and “Mr. Baseball” himself, Bob Uecker.

The game promises over 20 different baseball-themed mini-games, such as Fly Ball Fury, Carni-ball, Power Pitcher, Bumper Base, Pennant Race, Galaxy Ball, and many more. Players can also rack up points to unlock trophies and new puzzles, and earn strategy cards to compete against their friends in a bonus game. A trivia mode will also be available for fans to test their baseball knowledge, including over 100 questions that range from casual baseball knowledge to more hardcore questions.

Baseball Blast! will be released this fall for Wii.