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2K Sports Recreates Basketballs Greatest Rivalries in NBA 2K12
New York, NY – August 4, in the year of our Lord 2011
– 2K Sports today revealed “NBA’s Greatest” mode, an all-new
playable game feature for the next installment of the top-rated
and best-selling NBA video game simulation franchise*, NBA®
2K12. Through “NBA’s Greatest” mode, gamers can relive
professional basketball’s most memorable rivalries with 15
historic NBA teams and their greatest players, including Michael
Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and
Julius “Dr. J” Erving among other basketball icons.
“The NBA 2K franchise has become an essential part of the NBA
culture, and our fans can now take control of legendary teams
and athletes from the NBA’s rich history,” said Jason Argent,
vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “With ‘NBA’s
Greatest’ mode, NBA 2K12 will allow fans to prove once and for
all who are the greatest basketball icons of all time.”
Gamers will now have the ability to take Larry Bird’s sweet
stroke against Julius Erving’s legendary above-the-rim offense,
or pit Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers’ “Showtime”
offense against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to see
which iconic teams and legends would dominate in an ultimate
showdown. By recreating the historic matchups of basketball’s
fiercest rivalries, NBA 2K12 pays tribute to the teams and
heroes that defined them -- in doing so, players will be able to
unlock these legendary athletes and teams to create matchups
against any current NBA franchise.
Finally, the debate among diehard basketball fans as to which
team - past or present - would rule the hardwood will be settled
in NBA 2K12. “NBA’s Greatest” mode will allow fans to match
Jordan’s Bulls against the Miami Heat’s “Big 3” of LeBron James,
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh; Bird’s Celtics against the Lakers’
with Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol; and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Lakers
against the Orlando Magic with Dwight Howard.
NBA 2K12 can now be pre-ordered from leading video game
retailers nationwide, and will be available on October 4, 2011,
for the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft , PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Wii™ system, PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) system and Windows PC.
NBA 2K12 is currently rated RP-E by the ESRB. Visit
www.esrb.org
for updated rating information.
For more information on 2K Sports, visit
www.2KSports.com.
2K Sports is a division of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two
Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
*According to 2008 - 2011 Gamerankings.com and The NPD Group
estimates of U.S. retail video game sales through June 2011.