NBA’S GREATEST MODE ADDED TO ‘2K12’

2K SportsIt’s time for Magic and Bird to have one last showdown in “NBA 2K12.”

Last year, gamers and basketball fans alike went absolutely nuts recreating and reliving the most exciting moments of Michael Jordan’s career (at least, virtually) in the groundbreaking “NBA 2K11.” How do you top it? How about recreating the best moments in the careers of 15 of the NBA’s greatest players, then giving gamers the ability to test the current crop of ballers out in a battle of say, DR. J’s Sixers versus LeBron and the Heat.

That’s the concept behind “NBA 2K12’s” new NBA’s Greatest mode. In the feature, gamers will play through some of the most memorable moments of 15 legends and their teams, including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Dr. J, and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. As you play through the mode, you will then be able to unlock these teams and legends in order to match them up against current greats like Kobe’s Lakers and Dirk’s Mavs.

“One of the things we’re really proud of as a franchise is that we’ve transcended video games and have become part of the talk about basketball and the NBA,” says Jason Argent, 2K’s vice president of marketing. “So we’re going to leverage that with ‘NBA 2K12’ as every person who loves to debate sports, every person in every barber shop and bar and everywhere else always wonders: What would happen if today’s Lakers played one of the Jordan teams?

“We’re playing into that with NBA’s Greatest. It’s really the next evolution of what everyone loved about The Jordan Challenge.”

And while 2K has only announced five of the legends who will be appearing in the mode so far, they say part of the fun will be to hear the debate on who the remaining ten players should be.

“We want to get people talking,” says Argent. “We want to get fans engaged in the next couple of weeks before we announce the rest of the roster.”