NBA Elite

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NBA Elite (also known as Elite and stylised as NBA ELITE) is a series of basketball video games produced by EA Sports. It is a re-branding of EA Sports' NBA Live franchise, with NBA Elite 11 being the first game produced under the brand. Its major rival is the NBA 2K series, published by 2K Sports.

Games in the series

NBA Elite 11 logo

NBA Elite 12 will be the first game released under the Elite brand name. NBA Elite 11 was set to be the first game released under the new brand name but was confirmed as being cancelled on November 2nd 2010, following a poor reception to the demo.

Predecessors under the NBA Live brand

NBA Elite

Name change

"What is Elite?" promotional image

News of the re-branding of the NBA Live franchise was broken in the July 2010 issue of the Official Xbox Live Magazine. EA Sports confirmed the re-branding on June 2nd 2010, after previously teasing the name change with promotional images on their official pages with mention of the word "Elite". Following the cancellation of NBA Elite 11, NBA Elite 12 will be the first game released under the new Elite brand.

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