NBA 2K (series)

NBA 2K (series)
NBA 2K series
Developer(s) Visual Concepts (1999—present)
Publisher(s) Sega (1999—2005)
2K Sports (2005—present)
Platform(s) Current:
Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, iPad, iPhone

Notable past systems:
Dreamcast, Xbox, GameCube,

Release date(s) Annually, 1999–present
Genre(s) Basketball simulation
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer (all versions)

The NBA 2K series is a series of basketball video games developed and released annually. Beginning in 1999, the NBA 2K series was an exclusive to the Sega Dreamcast. The series was originally published by Sega, under the label Sega Sports and is now published by 2K Sports. All of the games in the franchise have been developed by Visual Concepts.

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History

The first four games of the series featured commentary from fictional announcers "Bob Steele" and "Rod West" (voiced by Bay Area sports radio personalities and Rod Brooks who's working at KNBR 680 San Francisco. They also host a radio show called "Fitz and Brooks"), but since NBA 2K3 the game's announcing team has been something of a revolving door, featuring commentary from the likes of Bill Walton, Tom Tolbert, Kevin Frazier, Michele Tafoya, and Bob Fitzgerald. The color and play-by-play commentary in NBA 2K6, NBA 2K7, and NBA 2K8 is provided by Kevin Harlan and Kenny Smith, with Craig Sager providing sideline reports. Peter Barto is the PA Announcer. NBA 2K9 features commentary from Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg, with Cheryl Miller as sideline reporter on most versions of NBA 2K9 and NBA 2K10. Starting with NBA 2K11, Doris Burke is the sideline reporter on most versions of the game. On the PlayStation 2 versions beginning with NBA 2K9, there are no sideline reports.

In 2002 Sega implemented the American television network, ESPN's brand with their Sega Sports video games. The ESPN brand was used for 3 games until ESPN signed a 15-year deal with EA Sports.

In 2005 Sega sold the NBA 2K series along with Visual Concepts to Take-Two Interactive. The series is currently published by 2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two.

The PlayStation 3 version of NBA 2K7 was the first version to support motion sensing controllers with a free throw shooting mechanic that has the player move the Sixaxis controller in a motion similar to a real free throw shot, but was discontinued for later games in the series.[1]

The series has been present on the seventh-generation of consoles starting with the release of NBA 2K6 for the Xbox 360 in November 2005.

NBA 2K11 was the first installment in the franchise to have support for stereoscopic 3D screens, although this feature was made available via an update only for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. And NBA 2K12 became the first game in the series to have "built-in" support of 3D for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, and the first to include motion controls using the PlayStation Move.

Installments

Title Developer Publisher Platform(s) Release date* Cover athlete(s)
NBA 2K Visual Concepts Sega Dreamcast November 10, 1999 Allen Iverson
NBA 2K1 Visual Concepts Sega Dreamcast November 1, 2000 Allen Iverson
NBA 2K2 Visual Concepts Sega Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox October 24, 2001 Allen Iverson
NBA 2K3 Visual Concepts Sega GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox October 7, 2002 Allen Iverson
NBA 2K4 Visual Concepts Sega PlayStation 2, Xbox October 21, 2003 Allen Iverson
NBA 2K5 Visual Concepts Sega PlayStation 2, Xbox September 28, 2004 Ben Wallace
NBA 2K6 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360 September 26, 2005 Shaquille O'Neal
NBA 2K7 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360 September 25, 2006 Shaquille O'Neal
NBA 2K8 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 October 2, 2007 Chris Paul
NBA 2K9 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 October 7, 2008 Kevin Garnett
NBA 2K10 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 October 6, 2009 Kobe Bryant
NBA 2K11 Visual Concepts 2K Sports PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 October 5, 2010 Michael Jordan
NBA 2K12 Visual Concepts 2K Sports iPad, iPhone, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 October 4, 2011 Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
* indicates the earliest release date.

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