A new official roster update for NBA 2K13 has come through today, with lineups updated through January 24th, 2013. It doesn’t include any ratings updates but does notably remove the Acrobat signature skill for all players who had it previously. It also updates the injury status for various players who are either out of action or returning to action, such as Lou Williams and Manu Ginobili, and includes the recent Cavaliers/Grizzlies trade. You can check out a detailed analysis of the latest roster here.
As always, the new roster will be pushed through automatically as long as your PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii U is connected to the Internet. I’ve also added the latest roster and online data files for the PC version to our manual update pack, for users who would prefer to update their game manually.
Why are they removing the Acrobat skill from players?
Neither Ronnie 2K nor the NBA 2K Insider have elaborated on that, but my guess is that there have been complaints about it being overpowering or otherwise problematic in some way. Rather than nerfing it, it seems they’re just removing it.
Thanks Andrew I guess I’ll have to test this out as Dwyane Wade is the most powerful Guard with the Acrobat skill or was.