Hey everyone, its Yaw here again – NBA Community Manager from Electronic Arts Canada. As I eluded to in August, we have a whole new game this year with more to offer than ever before. It’s finally demo time, and with all the changes we’ve made to the game we wanted to make sure that you got a chance to scope it all out by downloading it on PSN. Here is a sneak peek into what you can expect in this year’s demo.
One of the key changes we made this year was introducing all-new Hands-On Control. This puts the control of the player in your hands, and gets rid of the dice-roll shooting, canned animations, and loss of control you’ve experienced in past NBA Basketball video games. Like putting in time at the gym, there’s a learning curve with Hands-On Control. But once you feel the difference, you’ll know why we changed everything. To compare Hands-On Control to the old button configuration, you can switch back in your Lakers-Celtics game in the demo through Pause-> Menu -> Setting -> Control Setting. We really encourage you to put in the time in Practice Mode with the Hands-On Control and feel the difference versus our old controls.
We’ve also introduced an all-new Become Legendary – Be A Pro mode. In the demo you’ll be able to create your own legend and start your career in the Jordan Draft Showcase game. You can carry your pro into the retail version of the game and create your own path to becoming a legend. If you pre-order at GameStop, you can also get an exclusive Jordan Brand boost pack for your Become Legendary player.
This is only a small piece of what we’ve done to change the game this year, and bring you the ability to actually control the outcome of the game. With all this, Real AI, Real Physics, and EA SPORTS Basketball Association, we hope you enjoy what the development team has worked so hard to bring you this year, the next generation in NBA video gaming.
And don’t forget, when you purchase NBA ELITE 11 you’ll get three modes of NBA JAM included free.
So check out the demo soon on PSN, practice your skills in the open gym, and then bring your game to the retail version of NBA ELITE 11 available October 5.
Can’t wait for the demo I see a lot of xbots coming over to ps3 complaining bout the speedof downloads and there is no cross game chat lol u bots are funny it’s been like this for a while now get use to it download in the background and crossgame chat is not that major I bearly use my mic all u xbots want to do is yell in my ear and talk bout peoples mom lol if u don’t like it go back to ur red ring of death it’s waiting on u! Yaw how come u guys don’t put videos up on operationsports.com for elite I check that site every 20 min and all u see is 2k stuff come on guys step up the marketing cuz 2k is killing u guys but um always a ea guy but we need people to play so step marketing up !
ok so… first they say the system update has been pushed back til tomorrow, and so the store update will be tonight, then they say the store will be update at 9pm PST (11pm Central, and Midnight Eastern, VERY inconvenient but w/e, I’ll bite)
now, lo and behold I JUST downloaded the 3.50 update, and wouldn’t ya know it? it was useless like always, but wait! what’s this? STILL no store update? awww, did u sneaky little turds switch it up on us AGAIN without saying anything? :)
Sony… MAKE UP YUR MIND!!!! >:(
The day NBA Elite outperforms NBA 2K is the day Kevin Butler ceases to be awesome.
I believe October 5 is the release of NBA 2K11 and not NBA Elite 11.
NBA ELITE 11 will be in stores on October 5th as well.