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NBA Live 07 to be PS3 launch title

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jun 7, 2006 4:56 pm PT

EA confirms baller will be on shelf with PS3 day one; Dallas Mavericks win basketball championship in NBA Live simulation.

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In a seemingly innocuous press release from Electronic Arts today, the company announced some great news for b-ballin' PlayStation 3 fans. Touting an NBA Finals simulation on NBA Live, the publisher snuck in the fact that NBA Live 07 will be a launch title for Sony's next-gen system.

"NBA Live 07 will be available this fall on the Xbox 360 and Xbox video game systems, the PlayStation 2, PSP handheld system, and PC. It will also be one of the EA Sports titles available at launch of the PS3 entertainment system," says the statement.

The phrase "one of the EA Sports titles" indicates that the publisher is readying more sports games for the PS3 launch, which isn't surprising, as it helped the Xbox 360 launch with four EA Sports games--Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, Madden NFL 06, FIFA 06: Road to the FIFA World Cup, and NBA Live 06. There's no word on what other EA games will be ready for the PS3's launch, though a version of Fight Night was demonstrated at Sony's E3 conference in 2005.

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T-Mac and D-Wayde show off next-gen skills.

NBA Live 07 played a significant role in EA's portion of Sony's pre-E3 conference. A video showed off the game's new procedural awareness, foot planting, and responsiveness mechanics, and a demo showed gameplay being run in real time on simulated PS3 hardware.

EA also released the results of its NBA Live simulation of the NBA Finals, and Shaq-Fu won't be happy with the results. Though the real NBA Finals don't begin tomorrow, EA's basketball game predicts that the Dallas Mavericks will win the franchise's first title in seven games over the Miami Heat.

Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki took home the sim's MVP of the series, averaging more than 25 points and 10 rebounds over the seven games. His greatest contribution came on an offensive rebound and dunk in the final seconds of the deciding game to put his team ahead 90-88.

Facing elimination, Miami stormed back from a three-games-to-one deficit to tie it at three apiece, before losing the final game. Heat center Shaquille O'Neal sparked a valiant game-six effort with 28 points and 11 rebounds, forcing a game seven.

EA did not specify which version of NBA Live was used in the sim, nor did it say what platform it was played on.

103 Comments

  • cubanitor02

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 3:24 pm PT

    I n case you have't noticed, the miami heat already won the championship

    Go Heat

  • silverfoxfoxfox

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 4:24 pm PT

    MAVS RULE
    HEAT=DEAD!!!

  • yugimasa9999

    Posted Jun 15, 2006 9:58 pm PT

    Time to footplant. Of course this would look and play GREAT !!!!

  • rl_41

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 2:36 pm PT

    all you guys that talk smack about this game arent ballers... ps3 is gonna own still, this game was expected to be on it

  • colbyhutcho

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 11:20 am PT

    yo ill be first in line to buy ps3 and this will live 07 will be in my hand right next to it

  • pip77

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:50 pm PT

    I cant wait!! GO MAVS!! #41

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 7:37 pm PT

    Go Mavs!!!

  • rbarahona

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 7:11 pm PT

    The game looked great in the E3 demo. I'm sure that people at EA are working hard in order to meet the deadline of the PS3 launch. If they can offer great software from day one, then the PS3 will be very succesful.

  • markbart0305

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 1:45 pm PT

    That's one of 10 EA games planned for launch. Since Sony said it was planning on releasing 15 games at launch, that leaves about 5 games from other developers. Nice going on the variety there Sony.

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 1:18 pm PT

    lol EA. As Captain Janeway would say, "to hell with 'em". lame launch-game if you ax me...!

  • faizali86

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 12:51 pm PT

    not really the kind of title that would sell more ps3s. waiting for more titles and a price drop.

  • Pablo620

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 12:27 pm PT

    Too bad for Dallas this will be there only win, the Heat are taking the REAL games

  • gt3killer

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 12:06 pm PT

    Sometimes its funny how people say "who's going to buys" statement. Some people believe they are the center of the game market place and no one is going to buy the games they hate or systems.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:52 am PT

    we want a good game

  • mcsteve61

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:33 am PT

    NBA Live? Wasn't that a good series back in the late '90s?

  • luv_mist

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:31 am PT

    The game is NBA Live 06. It doesn't show any of the new "technology" that was shown at E3. Read the last sentence that was put in plain site for every dummy to see. How come nobody spoke on that? Just look at it. It's 06 with a few new animations and a faster fps. It looks like it could be 45 or even 60. I'm definitely going to say that this was alread expected. I don't think they'll show their stuff for another couple of weeks. They seem to be taking the Visual Concepts approach to showing media and stuff.

    Also, PS3 & XBOX 360 aren't going to be different if the developers have anything to say about it. It's too darn early. Kats need to relax....and hold a dictionary by your computer to look up some of those words.........

    GO HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • solsub

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 10:25 am PT

    It's amazing how many morons are using this news item to bash the PS3. Just goes to show that it is the Sony haters who are being incredibly near-sighted. Shut up already.

  • xXAdventChildXx

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 10:03 am PT

    It looks cool I will plan on buying it.

  • Flan_Man

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 9:36 am PT

    This is about the PS3 NBA 2k7 game, not about the 360 or Wii. Just to put this in: why buy NBA games every year with the updated roster? What is going to be so impressive and amazing that warrants a purchase? Just doesn't appeal to me.

  • WolfSkill5544

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 9:32 am PT

    I'll wait to see what other games are gonna be available for the PS3

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