History of Nba 2k

History of Nba 2k

The NBA 2K series is a series of basketball video games evolved and published annually. Starting in 1999 to 2001, the NBA 2K series was an exclusive to the Sega Dreamcast. The serial publication was originally published by Sega, under the label Sega Sports and is nowadays published by 2K Sports. All of the games in the franchise have been developed by Visual Concepts. Its main competitor in the market place was the NBA Live series from EA Sports.

The first four games of the series featured commentary from fictional announcers "Bob Steele" and "Rod West" (voiced by Bay Area sports radio personalities Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks who works at KNOB 680 San Francisco. They also host a radio show called "Fitz and Brooks"), merely since the NBA 2K3 the game's announcing team has been something of a revolving door, featuring commentary from the likes of Bill Walton, Tom Talbert, Kevin Frazier, Michele Taffy, 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 Bart is the PA Announcer. NBA 2K9 features commentary from Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg with Cheryl Miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of NBA 2K9 AND NBA 2K10. Getting down with NBA 2K11, Doris Burke replaces Miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of the game. On most versions of NBA 2K12, Steve Kerr joins Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg in the commentary booth. On the PlayStation 2 versions starting with NBA 2K9, no sideline reporter is featured in the game. 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, with the second game even being renamed ESPN NBA Basketball, until ESPN signed a 15-year deal with EA Sports.

It is a NBA 2K tradition to award the MVP winner from the previous year with the cover shot for the next game. This was an exception when in the beginning year of historic teams Michael Jordan donned the top. In the upcoming title "NBA 2K15" Kevin Durant the MVP for the 13-14 NBA seasons picture will be on the cover which 2K announced on the 6th of May, From the 2K headquarters in Novato, California.

In 2005 Sega sold theNBA 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 variant to support motion sensing controllers with a free throw shooting mechanic that has the player ran the Six axis controller in a move similar to a real free throw shooting, but was broken off for later games in the series.

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 deliver support for stereoscopic 3D screens, although this feature was made available via an update only for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions. NBA 2K12 became the inaugural 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.