EA changes the game with NBA Elite, a reinvented brand of basketball that aims to revolutionize how gamers take to the court. The game introduces several significant gameplay changes that center around user control. 'Hands-On Control' scheme allows for one-to-one responsiveness of a player's movement and actions on the court, as opposed to traditional predetermined animations that require users to wait while a scenario played out before making the next move. Hands-on Control applies to everything within a player's offensive and defensive arsenal, including: dribble moves, dunks, drives to the basket, fadeaways, mid-air adjustments, blocks, steals and more.
The real-time physics system in NBA Elite 11 allows each player on the court to move independently of one another, removing the two-man interactions that have long taken the user control out of basketball simulation videogames. In addition, a skill-based shooting system requires accurate user input, based on a player's position on the court, versus the randomly generated dice rolls that have driven shooting in basketball videogames in the past.
The game also comes bundled with a one-time download code for a customized version of the 2010 edition of NBA Jam, created as a bonus for NBA Elite buyers and featuring high-definition visuals.
Like a player dribbling the ball off of his own foot and out of bounds, EA Sports made an ugly turnover with its canceled reboot of NBA Live, NBA Elite 11. As a result, Electronic Arts confirmed today it is swinging the axe, dismissing EA Canada's GM and reorganizing the entire EA Sports division. Read More »
Citing concerns about glitches and negative feedback that marred a recently released demo, Electronic Arts has announced that its NBA Live reboot, NBA Elite 11, has been bumped back from its planned October 5 release date until some time in 2011. The silver lining in this news story is that EA has also decided to release its NBA Jam remake, which was set to be included with Elite, as a standalone title for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Read More »
Electronic Arts confirmed today an HD version of NBA Jam is on the way for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But in order to get your boomshakalaka on, you'll have to go through NBA Elite 11. Alley-oop the jump for details. Read More »
EA Sports is billing its renamed basketball franchise, NBA Elite, as a game changer. Fittingly, a real-life game changer will grace the rebooted game's first cover. Kevin Durant, the youngest player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring, is your NBA Elite 11 cover athlete. Read More »
Electronic Arts started ballin' in 1983 with Dr. J vs. Larry Bird. Now, after 16 years of NBA Live, the publisher is ready to once again launch a new basketball brand. Alley-oop the jump for details. Read More »
Also known as: NBA Live 2011, NBA Live 11 [working title]
E for Everyone No DescriptorsRelease Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: Canceled
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: Canceled
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Also available on: iPhone
