Rich Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes:
"Growing up a football fan and a gamer, I was all over the Madden football games. Whether it was on the Genesis, PlayStation 1, or PlayStation 2, I loved everything that EA was bringing to the virtual gridiron. As of late though, the Madden franchise has slumped and many of its former fans have turned on the franchise completely. Could EA Sports revitalize their franchise by looking at their competitor's basketball franchise? I sure as hell think so."
OX writes: "Every so often a game manages to predict future events with the sort of spooky, unnerving foresight that would have gotten you burned as a witch in the 16th century. Global politics, scientific breakthroughs, the results of major sporting events - discover seven times videogames predicted the future with spooky accuracy in the following video."
So NBA 2K14 won’t be joining us in 2016
Its ok I hated 2k14 it was complete ass. 2k16 is miles better you'd be doing yourself a disservice sticking with that old shit.
I think it's pretty sad when they do this to a two year game. But I suppose, when they make yearly releases it's to be expected. But, there are games that still have servers up. I know it's not nearly the same, but I can still play Call of Duty 2 on the 360 online and there is still some people playing. That came out in 2005. A 10 year old game is still active with the sequels also active.
I would welcome a future where sports games just released new updates/add-ons instead of releasing new games each year. Just upgrade the graphics and so on and release a new game every few years maybe.
Realistically, there probably were not enough people playing 2k14 to justify keeping the servers running. It's more practical to repurpose those servers for the newer games that more people play. I'm sure the vast majority of sports gamers moved on to 2k15 or 2k16.
FIBA 2K14 is a full conversion mod for NBA 2K14 PC, featuring international basketball teams that participated in 2015 FIBA, 2014 FIBA World Cup and 2013 FIBA.
Everything?
Over the years why has 2K Sports been so quiet about the NFL License?
they can...??? but wont. plus you cant teach raw talent. they will never make a nba game better than nba 2k... they even make a game better nfl 2k 5....
I think if EA going to keep buying NFL every year, Madden games should only cost $29.99 every year, that's bout all the Add ons they do every year, OMG think what we would have if 2K had all the years EA has had to get football right!!! EA does not care bout the people that spend money, it shows in madden, BF, and other games,... They give you nothing to look for, it's always the Same Ole Same Ole
The sad part about Madden is that Madden 08 PS2 version was a masterpiece, It had several modes like this article is wanting ( barring the story line stuff, but it does show mock-up newspapers of weekly accomplishments/losses ). It featured create-a-everything, from the very ring you win to custom fans cheering in your stands, complete control of jersey style/color number & letter font/size, helmet/pad size, equipment/ect. It had a killer online mini-game - Rushing Attack, was f'ng amazing. You had control of ticket/food prices, marketing/free prizes for one home game, & eventually rebuild/renovate, or move a team to a different city ( yes you read that right ). On top of all this the gameplay barring some real football rules/live ball situations was as real & tight as any football game has been sry 2K fans it's true.