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NBA 2K13’s Executive Producer is Jay-Z?

Ronnie2K has put out another cryptic teaser for the upcoming, unprecedented, NBA 2K13 announcement saying that Michael Jordan himself wanted to help out. Well, rapper Jay-Z’s social media sites may have spilled the beans early, claiming that NBA 2K13 is Executive Produced by Jay-Z.

The announcement includes a short teaser uploaded to YouTube, touting the rapper’s involvement, and showing Michael Jordan along with cover players Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, and Derrick Rose in empty practice arenas. The lighting of the players tells me it is not a fake PC 2K12 trailer, and the promotion from Jay-Z’s Twitter and Facebook pages seem to lend credibility to the announcement.

You can check out the video, and the 2K Facebook MJ announcement by hitting Read More, and feel free to comment with your thoughts here on the main page, and in this Forum thread as well. Thanks to Deyman for the heads up.

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File Additions for NBA Live 06

Here’s a re-upload of an older update for NBA Live 06, courtesy of jmoney777. It replaces the default skin textures with more defined and detailed textures, similar to the Xbox and Xbox 360 versions of the game, and should be compatible with more recent releases. Pick it up at the link below!

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Skin Patch 06

New Poll: NBA Live 13 Cover Player

The announcement of the cover player for NBA Live 13 can’t be too far away, along with more information on this year’s game, so we’ve got a new poll question for everyone: Who do you think will be on the cover of NBA Live 13? Cast your vote, post your pick in the comments below and join in the discussion here in the NLSC Forum!

Our last poll asked How do you rate the 2011/2012 NBA season? Despite the delayed start and uneven play caused by last year’s lockout, it seems most people still enjoyed the 2012 season with 37% calling it excellent, while a further 31% opined that it was good. 19% felt it was just alright, while only 7% deemed it not great and 6% didn’t enjoy it at all, declaring it terrible. Be sure to join in all the offseason chatter in our NBA & Basketball Talk section.

File Additions for NBA Live 2004

Still playing NBA Live 2004? You’ll be pleased to hear that Mel_Fox_76 is back and has released a new face update, this time for Kevin Durant. Pick it up at the link below!

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Kevin Durant Face Patch

File Additions for NBA Live 08

NBA Live 08 Cover Art

We’ve just got the one file addition for NBA Live 08 today, but it’s well worth picking up: a pack of face updates from Mr.Star, including 20 rookies from the 2012 Draft and three other players. Pick it up at the link below!

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20 Rookies & 3 Veterans Face Pack

NBA 2K13’s Community Team-Up Program Announced

LD2k’s latest Tumblr update details the new Community Team-Up Program for NBA 2K13. The program sounds familiar to those who know about EA’s Advisory Council for NBA Live 13, but they explain that:

The 2K Sports “Community Team-Up” program is where we fly in some of our biggest fans and community members of NBA 2K, providing them with an exclusive look at NBA 2K13 and sharing some details with them pre-launch. They can then share the information we provide to them with the community.

The first two community members involved in the program were announced as well. Popular YouTube player Chris Smoove will be making the trip, as is Shady00018, also known as Rush here in the NLSC Forum.

Feel free to comment below with your thoughts on the program, and jump into the discussion here in the Forum.

NBA 2K12 Blacktop Revitalization for Xbox 360 & PC

I’ve released the NBA 2K12 version of my annual Blacktop Revitalization Mod, which makes Blacktop Mode a bit more fun to play. This year, I took the players from the console’s Legends Showcase DLC and put them on teams based on their abilities and whether or not they are current or legendary players.

Also, I threw in some D-League generic players to beat up on with these superstars. Below, you can watch my video overview of the Xbox 360 version of the roster.

The only difference between the two mods are the courts the players play on, since the Xbox 360 version cannot have custom courts, but does have the Times Square court from the DLC. The PC version includes the four courts I created for the NBA Street Mod this year.

You can download the Xbox 360 version through 2K Share by searching for my Gamertag, JaoSming, or the file’s name, Blacktop Roster. Or, you can download the USB Version, and the PC Version, in the NLSC Downloads Database.

File Additions for NBA 2K11

Today’s file additions for NBA 2K11 come courtesy of GR1Z, who has updated his Enhancement Pack for the game. Be sure to download all three parts for the update to work properly, which you can do via the links below.

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NBA 2K11 Enhancement Pack (Part 1)
NBA 2K11 Enhancement Pack (Part 2)
NBA 2K11 Enhancement Pack (Part 3)

File Additions for NBA 2K12

We’ve got some more outstanding NBA 2K12 file additions for you today. In addition to new versions of JaoSming’s No Retro Teams roster and Leftos’ NBA Stats Tracker, Roster Merge and Schedule Randomizer tools, we’ve got a new roster and draft class from Albys, the latest version of Nick’s 2012 draft class, a new Nike shoe patch and a retro All-Star court update. Pick them all up at the links below!

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UBRv24: No Retro Teams (Updated to v3.0)

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NBA Stats Tracker (previously Correct Team Stats) (Updated to v0.12.0.5)
Roster Merge (Updated to v0.3.0.3)
Schedule Randomizer (Updated to v0.3)

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Albys Realistic Roster v6 (RR6)
Albys Draft Class 2012 with Cyberfaces

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Nike Zoom Kobe VII HD – Invisibility Cloak

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2009 All-Star Court in Phoenix

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Comprehensive 2012 Draft Class v3 w/ Faces (Updated to v3.0)

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Retro Season Mods Companion: Draft Classes 1989 through 2015 (Updated to v2.0)

Create a great 2012/2013 roster using Roster Merge & REDitor

We’re all excited for the new season of the NBA coming up, and we’re all following the progress of our teams and sharing the excitement of the new arrivals. And we also can’t wait. That’s why HAWK23’s Ultimate Base Roster hit a big spike when it became the first roster with complete 2012-2013 rookies in their proper teams. Only problem with that is that UBR only works in 82-games Associations and Seasons. Shorter schedules and MyPlayer don’t work at all. Also, Albys is renowned for his current roster, and he just brought us his final 2011-2012 roster, v6.  And as if that wasn’t enough, Nick completed v3 of his 2012 Draft Class, giving us the most complete and detailed rookies up to this point.

So, obviously, you’d love to have all that in one roster that works in every mode, right? Well, you can!

Visit our Forum to read my new guide on how to combine UBR, Albys’ roster and Nick’s draft class into a great 2012/2013 roster.

How to use NBA Stats Tracker with NBA 2K12

After quite some time, I decided to finally put up a video tutorial on how to use NBA Stats Tracker along with REditor and NBA 2K12 in order to not only fix your Team Stats, but also use all of NST’s analysis features on your career and keep track of how your team’s doing, scout your opponents, and get all the statistics and analytics that NBA 2K12 doesn’t give you.

During this video, you’ll see the exact steps you need to follow to setup your NST database, and what to do for each game of your career. You’ll also see all the features of NST at work, such as Metric Stats for the Box Score, Best Performers, as well as all the information of your team’s players you’ll be able to keep track of.

Remember to visit the tool’s thread if you have any questions, and to find out more.

On a final note, I really think NBA Stats Tracker, besides everything else, is also a really great tool for Dynasty story-telling, due to the automated detection of box scores and all the manual stat writing it will help you avoid. Also, you’ll be able to limit the stats features to a specific timeframe and check out how your players, team and opponents were doing between any two dates. I think that if you watch the two videos I’ve put up in my channel, the feature tour and this tutorial, you’ll think of even more ways to use NBA Stats Tracker to enhance your dynasty story.

File Additions for NBA 2K12

What can you expect in today’s file additions for NBA 2K12? A new tool from Leftos that allows you to randomise the schedule, an updated version of his in-depth NBA Stats Tracker tool, and Summer League Rosters by Suirad. See below for all the download links!

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NBA Stats Tracker (previously Correct Team Stats) (Updated to v0.11.8.2)
Schedule Randomizer

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Summer League Rosters

NBA Live 13 Cover Announcement Speculation

As we wait for more news on NBA Live 13 and the reveal of this year’s cover player, NLSC Forum member JerrodSwanson22 has put forth an interesting suggestion. He noted that the official NBA Live Facebook page has been sharing images of the previous NBA Live covers as part of EA Sports’ “Throwback Thursdays”, beginning with NBA Live 2005 on July 5th. Should this be leading up to the cover reveal for NBA Live 13, the announcement could be coming on August 23rd if they also include the NBA Elite 11 cover, or August 16th if they don’t; the latter is perhaps more likely.

This video from mid June also mentions the cover announcement coming in a month to six weeks, which could indicate it’s happening this week or next. Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose can all be ruled out as they will be gracing the NBA 2K13 cover, but LeBron James remains a popular suggestion, especially given the silhouette that has appeared in teaser images for NBA Live 13 so far.

When do you think the cover announcement will be made? Who do you think it will be? And what are your thoughts as we eagerly await more news on the game? Sound off in the comments below and join in the discussion in the NBA Live 13 section of the NLSC Forum!

NBA Jam for Android Review

Having recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S-II, I decided to pick up the Android version of NBA Jam, which was released back in March. After playing a few exhibition and Campaign mode games, I thought I’d share a quick review for anyone else who may be considering picking it up for their Android device.

Being a fan of the original NBA Jam series, as well as the 2010 reboot and last year’s On Fire Edition, I anticipated that the mobile version would be a solid, enjoyable incarnation of the classic arcade basketball game, something that would be fun to play on-the-go. Just how good is it, and how does it stack up to its console brethren? Read on to find out!

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File Additions for NBA Live 08

NBA Live 08 Cover Art

Check out our latest file additions for NBA Live 08: a new fictional jersey for the Brooklyn Nets, a long lost file with some info on player model editing, a great new Dwight Howard face and a 2K-style font update. Pick them up at the links below!

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Brooklyn Nets Fictional Jersey Patch (Updated to v2.0)

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Dwight Howard Face Patch

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2K Style Font

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Player Model Editing Info & Examples Pack