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NHL 2K10 teaser trailer
2K Sports has unveiled a new teaser trailer for their upcoming hockey game NHL 2K10. The video doesn’t show much, just left winger Alexander Ovechkin getting floored and making an unbelievable goal.
Improvements from the last installment include new gameplay mechanics, enhanced online modes, and co-op play. NHL 2K10 will be released on September 15th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii.
2K Sports to release NBA 2K10 Draft Combine
2K Sports has recently let us know that they will be releasing a pre-release character creation feature for NBA 2K10 entitled NBA 2K10 Draft Combine.
Essentially what this is is a series of mini-games that will allow take their created characters and run through different drills to boost their stats and prepare them for the actual game.
NBA 2K10 Draft Combine will be released over Xbox Live and PSN this September for 400 Microsoft Points or $5 respectively. The actual game, NBA 2K10, however will hit store shelves for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii and PC on October 6th of this year.
via Joystiq
2K Sports announces Baseball Blast
The Wii is notorious for having an extensive library of titles that are nothing more than a collection of mini games, so why not add one more to the mix?
2K Sports has recently stepped forward to announce Baseball Blast! which is just that, a collectinon of baseball themes mini games. The game will apparantly have an authentic feel to it as it will feature a MLB-licensed teams.
Content wise expect to find over 20 mini games along with a trivia mode featuring over 100 questions. I’m not going to pass judgement until I actually see the game but why can’t more studios put out good Wii games like The Conduit and Dead Space Extraction?
2K Sports reveals NHL 2K10 box art
The fight for the Stanley Cup is over and the Penguins have been crowned the champions so it would only make sense that a player the winning team would grace the cover of 2K Sports’ upcoming NHL 2K10, or at least a player from the competing Red Wings, right?
Apparently not as 2K Sports has recently come forth and revealed that the Washington Capitol’s left winger Alex Ovechkin will take the honors. Below is Ovechkin’s acceptance statement:
It’s an incredible honor, and I look forward to working with 2K Sports to make NHL 2K10 the most fun and amazing hockey video game experience ever. I can’t wait to put some of my moves in there.
Sure 2K Sports has done a good job in the past with their NHL series but will NHL 2K10 be enough to thwart NHL 10? Only it’s September release date for the Wii, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360 will tell.
Kobe Bryant covers NBA 2K10
Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant has come a long way since his first cover on NBA Courtside on the N64, and now 2K Sports has announced that Bryant will be the cover athlete on the upcoming NBA 2K10.
Bryant, a three time NBA champion and last season’s MVP, will be playing for another championship trophy today, as the first game of the NBA finals between the Lakers and the Orlando Magic tips off.
The Bigs 2 from 2K Sports this summer
It was recently announced by 2K sports that a sequel for their previously released baseball title, The Bigs, is currently in the works.
You can check out the announcement trailer after the break for the appropriately named The Bigs 2. Included are some big names such as Reggie Jackson, Wade Boggs, Ozzie Smith, and Robert Clemente.
Look out for The Bigs 2 on all major consoles this summer. More »
NBA 2K9 Ships With no CD-Key, Fix Available
If you just so happen to purchase the recently released NBA 2K9, you are in for a surprise. When you go to install the game you will realize there is no CD-Key to be found. Why though? Well, it seems 2K Sports forgot to include one, rendering the game seemingly unplayable.
However, quickly jumping to their aid, in a statement to Shacknews, Valve announced that Steam will fix this problem allowing users to install, and play, the game regardless of a CD-Key or not, provided the retail CD is in fact in your CD drive:
Owners of the retail version of NBA 2K9 for the PC may now install their games without the CD key, provided the disc is in the drive. And those considering a purchase of NBA 2K9 may do so without concern of installation issues related to the lack of a CD key
While the game is also available for the PS3 and Xbox 360, the console version of the game remains unaffected.
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NBA 2K9 on PC
Publisher 2K Sports has announced that NBA 2K9 will be released on PC alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the basketball game.
"The PC version will please even the most dedicated basketball fans with the same level of quality simulation we’ve become known for in the console versions of the NBA 2K franchise," said 2K Sports development VP Greg Thomas.
Quite interestingly, 2K’s move rivals that of EA’s decision to not release PC versions of its major sports franchises this year, though it will be starting to do so from next year.
NBA 2K9 is now available on PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360.