bugsonglass said:

Quite looking forward to getting to play the good Nights game, and the Christmas expansion.  I remember watching a friend of mine play it back in the day and it looked awesome in a surreal kind of way.

Maybe playing it will finally help me get over the trauma that was the Nights game on Wii

I had a complete double-take at the EA news.  "Didn't this happen last year too?"

I had to check wikipedia.  The last NBA Live games was released in 2009.

EA. Sports. Second year in a row cancelling a re-tooled NBA game for quality reasons.

Good on them for cancelling it, but also... who the fuck do they have on this project?  They are EA for crissake!

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Game Informer has more:

Today Game Informer learned from multiple sources that EA has canceled NBA Live 13.

This marks yet another blow to EA's efforts to make a competitive NBA basketball game. In 2010, EA cancelled NBA Elite 11 over quality concerns, and moved the project from EA Canada down to EA Tiburon. Instead of diving into the project immediately, the studio took until November of last year to ramp up its development staff. That late start undoubtedly hindered the development, as the showing at this past E3 was panned by many for its poor animations and AI. Since that time, EA has kept the game under wraps.

Though EA is throwing in the towel this year, it is not ceasing development on the license altogether. In a post on the NBA Live website, EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson wrote:

"I'm disappointed that we have not yet met our high expectations with NBA LIVE, but I remain motivated about where we're going. We're committed to delivering new innovation in online, and our progress in the visual presentation of the game continues to take big strides. We also know that a great game starts with great gameplay, and this remains a huge priority for us."

While many applauded EA for not releasing a game that didn't meet its standards the first go around, this second gaffe could drastically drain consumer confidence in an already diminshed brand.

phantom_leo said:

...made up of former developers of Pokemon, Dragon Quest and Earthbound...

15% of Japan's population can probably claim that.

Archangel3371 said:

Assassin's Creed 3 on GTTV tonight.

I just realized I have not been following game media at all. I have not seen ANYTHING on Halo 4 since E3, I know they did the giant blowout recently, I have not seen one screenshot nor read one article. I will be going into Halo 4 totally blind. Same with AC3, I havent seen much since E3. RE6 I also have not seen any videos since E3, I did play the demos though. Its not like I made some decision to avoid seeing lots of the game, its just sort of happened.

Dvader said:

The NBA LIVE story is CRAZY. This is EA, the sports company and they cant get an NBA game off the ground. Wow.

I can't believe they managed to let it slip for 2 years in a row. Condititions must be bad for it to have ended up like this.

You gotta put the Zombie face on that vader !

Dvader said:

RE6 is now officially on sale in Australia. Life is UNFAIR.

Yeah, why do we have to get that crap early when all the good games come out late? Agreed.

gamingeek said:

LOL @ GAF's reaction to the Mass Effect trilogy announcement via the wii u filter

Step 1: Release an overpriced game already released on another console and that 75% of the people even interested by it already played.


Step 2: Announce a better deal on the other platforms to make sure the overpriced game doesn't sell.


Step 3: Use the poor sale of the overpriced game as an excuse to stop supporting the console the overpriced game was released on.




FUCKING. BRILLIANT!

Fun fact: Mass Effect Trilogy is supposed to cost 49,99€ in Europe, whereas Mass Effect 3 for Wii U is listed at 69,99€ among many retailers. This company. This fucking company.

Bioware's response:

This is like when the MGS trilogy killed off MGS3 - DS

Lordy.

Wonder what?:

New Nintendo Direct tonight for North America and Japan Stay tuned for news.