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NBA 2K16
The Stephen Curry version of NBA 2K16's cover
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)2K Sports
SeriesNBA 2K
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Xbox 360
Xbox One
ReleaseSeptember 29, 2015[1]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NBA 2K16 is an upcoming basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It will be the 17th installment in the NBA 2K franchise and the successor to NBA 2K15. It is expected to be released on September 29, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. There are three different covers for the main game, one featuring Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, another featuring Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, and the last featuring James Harden of the Houston Rockets.[2] A special edition version of the game will be available; it will feature Michael Jordan on the cover.[3][4] Additionally, the French version of NBA 2K16 will feature Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs as the cover athlete, the German version, Dennis Schröder of the Atlanta Hawks, and the Spanish version, Marc and Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and Chicago Bulls respectively.[5][6][7]

NBA 2K16 simulates the experience of the National Basketball Association. Players play NBA games with real or created players and teams, in various game modes, such as MyCareer, MyTeam, and standard games. Players may play regular season NBA games, playoff games, Summer League games, and others. Apart from the NBA, Euroleague teams are also featured, thus simulating the Euroleague. Players may create their own player and take them through a basketball career, with the central goal of being the greatest basketball player of all time. The game offers many customization options for the player; the player may customize the physical appearance, attributes, and skill set of any player. Players may also create, build, and customize their own teams. The soundtrack was curated by DJ Premier, DJ Mustard, and DJ Khaled. It consists of 50 different songs.

Director Spike Lee was heavily involved in the development of the game's MyCareer mode. Lee's goal was to create a more story focused MyCareer mode than previous installments. Lee worked with real world basketball players, following them and documenting their experience in high school and college competition, in an effort to more accurately depict the lifestyle of real professional basketball players. Several improvements and new additions were made to NBA 2K16, such as full body scanning, and overall aesthetic improvements. Several versions of the game will be released, such as a special edition, which includes several physical and digital extras. If players pre-order the game, they receive it several days earlier than those who don't.

Gameplay

NBA 2K16 is a basketball simulation video game based on the National Basketball Association. Like past games in the series, NBA 2K16 simulates the experience of the NBA. Players play NBA games with any real life or custom team, and can customize many aspects, such as camera angles, the presentation of players, the sound levels, and the level of realism. Like other NBA 2K games, NBA 2K16 is marketed as being as realistic as the actual NBA, with all the things featured in NBA games, such as commentary, halftime shows, pregame shows, post game shows, replays, crowds, and real player movement, among many other things.[8] The pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows are hosted by Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith.[9][10] Meanwhile, the mid-game play-by-play commentary is performed by Kevin Harlan, Clark Kellogg, and Greg Anthony, while Doris Burke is the sideline reporter.[11][12] The game features several online and offline game modes where players can play alone against the CPU, or against other players online.[8][13]

NBA 2K16, like last past games in the series, is marketed as being 'better' than the predecessor, as many features are added and improved. One such improvement, is the tattoos; when creating a player, there are over 1500 different designs available, whereas past games only had a few dozen individual tattoos.[14][15] Other things that are touted as being improved are the visuals, the player customization (haircuts, accessories, etc.), several of the game modes, and the overall gameplay. Many aesthetical improvements are made as well, such as new animations, and redesigned menus.[8] New animations include mouth guards, and photobombs.[12][16]

Along with the current real world teams, such as the Los Angeles Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Classic teams (first introduced in NBA 2K11)[17] that have been featured before, like the 1985–86 Boston Celtics and the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls,[13] 12 new Classic teams are introduced in NBA 2K16.[18] The 1999–2000 Toronto Raptors, featuring Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady, the 2000–01 Los Angeles Lakers, featuring Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the 2002–03 Dallas Mavericks, featuring Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki, and the 2007–08 Boston Celtics, featuring Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen, are some of the new Classic teams.[19][20][21][22] The Euroleague teams, first featured in NBA 2K14, return for the third time. Some of the 25 Euroleague teams include Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos Athens, FC Barcelona Lassa, Real Madrid, Alba Berlin, and CSKA Moscow.[5][23]

NBA 2K16 again, for the fourth time in the series, features MyTeam mode. MyTeam mode was first introduced in NBA 2K13,[24] and is based around the idea of building the ultimate basketball team, and maintaining a virtual trading card collection. Players build their own custom team, selecting the players, current and past, jerseys, coach, court, and other basketball related things, and play with their team in basketball tournament-style competitions against other players' teams. Players collect cards that unlock players, playbooks, and other items that can be used in their team or sold. Players purchase card packs with Virtual Currency (VC) which gives the player random items. Cards have different levels that indicate how good the card is. A player will commonly receive Bronze cards if they purchase cheaper card packs. However, if the player purchases high priced packs, the chances of getting Gold cards are higher. There are also rare cards, such as Amethyst and Diamond cards, that are rarer and better than other cards. The level of a card isn't always the most important factor as the abilities of the actual player, and their rating indicating how good they are, is most often more important. Players can freely customize their team on the fly; players may change the coach, players, jerseys, and anything else at anytime. Customization aspects were touted as being the major improvements for the mode.[25][26]

In addition to the MyTeam team customization, players may create their own brand new team from scratch and play 5-on-5 games against other players and their teams online, in the 2K Pro-Am game mode. Similar to previous games' Crew mode, players customize team logos, colour schemes, court designs, jersey styles, and other basketball related things such as the players. Players use custom created basketball players as well as real players, and have the ability to create past NBA teams, such as the Seattle SuperSonics. Players may also play 5-on-5 games against other players using regular teams. Regular online games are played in a mode called Play Now. In Play Now, the player essentially levels up as they win games and move through the online ranks.[27][28][29][30]

Also returning in NBA 2K16 is the MyCareer mode; MyCareer is a story-driven campaign that first appeared in NBA 2K10.[31][32][33] The story is called Livin' Da Dream and focuses on an up and coming basketball prospect. The story starts with the player in high-school, but the player eventually enters college and then the NBA.[32] Players create their basketball player, giving basic information, such as height, weight, position, background information, and name. (Even though the player may choose a name, the character is mostly referred to as "Frequency Vibrations" or "Freq".)[33] Players follow the story of being a basketball player as they upgrade their players abilities with the ultimate goal of becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time. The mode has a more cinematic presentation than previous games, with more cutscenes and stories.[32][33] The player character enters the NBA via the draft, but not before playing for the college of their choosing.[33] The player character quickly draws attention for his on-court and off-court actions, as he continues his journey towards superstardom. Players play basketball games in the NBA, interact with other players, which may result in friendship or rivalry, coaches, members of the media, and fans, negotiate contracts, appear in endorsement deals, practice in gyms, upgrade their player's abilities, customize their player's skill set, and customize their player's physical appearance.[33] The player's central hub is a practice arena called MyCourt. As well as upgrading their player and practicing (etc.), the player may customize their court and invite other players to their court to participate in pick-up games, among other activities.[8][32][33] Returning from NBA 2K15, players may scan their own face into the game.[34][35]

The MyGM mode returns as well. Instead of only playing with the teams, players customize all the aspects of one team as they are essentially the boss of the entire organization. Players sign new players, complete trades, negotiate contracts with players or coaches, customize prices, add features to the arena, provide better facilities for the players, maintain a good relationship with the team owner, the players, media members, and fans, make a profit, and guide the team to NBA championships. Prior to release, the MyGM mode was said to have been drastically improved, with many new features having been added. For instance, players may relocate their team to a different North American city, a first for an NBA 2K game. Other additions include redesigned draft presentations, more off-season activities, the ability to customize arenas and jerseys, players that can have multiple injuries at once, three-team trades, and a mini game the player may play while simulating games, to give the player interactivity during simulations.[36][37]

MyLeague mode is touted as a "sandbox" version of MyGM; it features most features in MyGM in that the player controls an NBA organization, customizing basketball aspects, and making money. However, MyLeague features more online multiplayer components, whereas MyGM is single-player only, and has similar customization options to MyTeam. MyLeague features more customization options than MyGM and removes certain 'rules' to allow flexibility for the player. For example, the player can freely relocate their team, trade players, change team aesthetics, and purchase upgrades without restrictions. The player may enter a MyLeague association made up of 30 user-controlled teams, instead of one user- and 29 CPU-controlled teams.[36][37]

Development

Director Spike Lee is involved in the development of the game. Lee is the director, writer, and co-producer of NBA 2K16's MyCareer mode. A "Spike Lee Joint",[38] Lee said of working on the game: "We follow a kid through the trials and tribulations of being a top high school player and the decisions he has to make." Lee also said the experience of video game development was "unique", and stated that he felt he could "push the boundaries of innovative storytelling". 2K spokesperson Ryan Peters said: "We just told Spike, 'You transform the narrative, and we'll change that into digital polygons.' And he did that, bringing a protagonist and antagonist to the story." The cover states "Be The Story" and features pictures of the cover athletes from early in their respective careers, both emphasising the game's MyCareer mode.[39][40]

In an effort to make the game look more realistic, many of the real players in the game will have their entire body scanned into the game, as opposed to just the face like in previous NBA 2K games. A first for the NBA 2K series, the full body scanning will allow the entire body of a specific player to be uniquely different from any other body. In previous NBA 2K games, a player's face was unique, while the body was generic and predefined. The full body scanning will improve the details in players' tattoos as well, something that has been criticized in past NBA 2K games. Cheerleaders, coaches, and fans will also be scanned into the game; the designs of cheerleaders, coaches, and the crowd have too been criticized in past games.[20][41][42][43]

During broadcasts of the 2015 NBA Finals, the first trailers for the game were shown. The trailers are called "Story is Everything" and feature Lee discussing and highlighting the game's MyCareer mode.[44] NBA 2K16 was featured at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo; the same trailers were shown.[45] Extended featurettes of the game were shown at Gamescom 2015. Many of the game's aspects were shown, including the MyTeam, MyGm, and MyCareer modes, as well as some online modes.[46]

The first official gameplay screenshots were revealed in August 2015.[47][48][49] A second official trailer, titled "Beyond the Shadows", was released on August 10, 2015; it features Spike Lee narrating a summary of Stephen Curry's basketball career, and showcases some gameplay footage.[50][51] Another trailer, titled "James Harden: Believe", was released on August 13, 2015. Similar to the Curry "Beyond the Shadows" trailer, "James Harden: Believe" is again narrated by Spike Lee, but focuses on James Harden's basketball career.[52][53] A trailer about Anthony Davis' basketball career was released on August 20, 2015. The trailer is titled "Rise" and is narrated by Spike Lee once again.[54][55]

An extended gameplay trailer was released on August 24, 2015. It features over two minutes of gameplay and teases the presence of college basketball teams.[16][56] Another gameplay trailer, titled "Living World", was released on September 2, 2015; it features several of the game's developers discussing the improved presentation.[57][58] A trailer called "Livin' Da Dream" was released on September 14, 2015. It extensively showcases the MyCareer mode.[32] A promotional trailer called "Be Yourself" was released on September 22, 2015.[59] Several other promotional trailers were also released, including "The Whole Story", a trailer focusing on MyCareer mode, which also confirmed the presence of college teams.[33] An NBA 2K16 launch party was held on September 22, 2015. It welcomed fans and media members — as well the main three cover athletes, Spike Lee, Shaquille O'Neal, Ernie Johnson, some of the game's developers, and others — to play the game and conduct interviews.[60]

Soundtrack

DJ Premier, DJ Mustard, and DJ Khaled curated NBA 2K16's soundtrack. The soundtrack features 50 different songs, more than any other NBA 2K game. The soundtrack consists of six playlists; one curated by DJ Premier, one curated by DJ Mustard, a third curated by DJ Khaled, another called "Around the World", which includes many types of music from around the world, another called "Fan Favorites", which contains songs from past NBA 2K games, and lastly the "Master Playlist", which contains all songs. Players may choose which playlist they wish to listen to or create their own. As well as featuring licensed songs, several songs were made exclusively for the game. The soundtrack is also available on the music streaming service Spotify. This is the list of songs in the soundtrack:[61][62][63][64]

Artist(s) Song
Zedd featuring Selena Gomez "I Want You to Know"
Nas "Represent"
The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
PRhyme “U Looz"
DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles "More Levels"
NYGz "Policy"
DJ Premier "Bum Bum Bum"
Jeru the Damaja "You Can’t Stop the Prophet"
Living Colour "Cult of Personality"
Nas "Made You Look"
Gang Starr featuring NYGz & H. Stax "Same Team, No Games"
DJ Premier "Hold the City Down"
DJ Khaled featuring Ace Hood, Vado, & Kent Jones "365"
DJ Khaled featuring Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby, & Lil Wayne "We Takin' Over"
Ace Hood "Hustle Hard"
Rick Ross featuring T-Pain "The Boss"
Jay-Z "Where I'm From"
DJ Khaled "Black Rims"
Wiz Khalifa "We Dem Boyz"
Ace Hood featuring Future & Rick Ross "Bugatti"
DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, & Rick Ross "All I Do Is Win"
DJ Mustard featuring RJ "You Don't Want It"
J. Cole “Rise and Shine"
Fergie "L.A. Love (La La)"
Imagine Dragons "I'm So Sorry"
M.I.A. "Y.A.L.A."
DJ Mustard "Ball at Night"
MGK "Till I Die"
Drake "0 to 100"
Iamsu! "I Love My Squad"
Santigold "Disparate Youth"
Gnarls Barkley "Going On"
Friendly Fires "Skeleton Boy"
LCD Soundsystem "Time to Get Away"
Santigold featuring Spank Rock "Shove It"
OneRepublic "Everybody Loves Me"
RJD2 "Clean Living"
Zion I "Ride"
The Flaming Lips "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)"
Hogni "Bow Down (To No Man)"
The Chicharones "Little By Little"
Rael "Vejo Depois"
Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame"
Emicida & FeFe "Bonjour"
Ana Tijoux "Vengo"
Major Lazer featuring MØ & DJ Snake "Lean On"
Club Dogo featuring Arisa “Fragili"
AM444 "Lies"
Bag Raiders "Shooting Stars"
Dynamic Duo & DJ Premier "Aeao"

Release

NBA 2K16 is expected to be released on September 29, 2015, for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows video gaming platforms. If players pre-order the game, they will receive it on September 25, 2015, four days earlier than those who choose not to pre-order. Players also receive several in-game bonuses for pre-ordering the game.[65][66] If players purchase the special edition of the game, they receive the Michael Jordan cover, several physical items, such as a poster, and many in-game bonuses.[3][4][65]

A companion app for iOS and Android will be released alongside NBA 2K16 on October 1, 2015. Titled MyNBA2K16, the companion app was developed by Cat Daddy Games and allows the player to manage various aspects and participate in various games that all tie into the main game. The player may earn VC for use in the main game, purchase accessories and other items for use in the main game, view several statistics, manage their MyTeam, interact with other players, and manage their MyPlayer, among other things. The companion app's cover athlete is Paul George of the Indiana Pacers.[67][68][69]

When players purchase the retail version of the main game, they receive one of three different cover arts; distributed randomly, players will receive a cover featuring either Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, or James Harden of the Houston Rockets.[2] Although, a foldable insert featuring the other cover athletes is also included, effectively allowing the player to choose their preferred cover.[2] If players purchase the special edition of the game, they will receive the Michael Jordan cover.[3][4] Copies of NBA 2K16 in France feature Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs as the lone cover athlete,[5] while Germany's copies feature Dennis Schröder of the Atlanta Hawks,[6] and Spain's version features Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies, and Pau Gasol of the Chicago Bulls.[7] This is the first time multiple covers of an NBA 2K game have been available since NBA 2K12 when Hall of Fame players Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Larry Bird were one of the three cover athletes.[70][71]


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