EA are looking to reinvent their NBA Live series and to put an exclamation mark on the rebirth it will no longer be known as NBA Live, but instead we shall call it... NBA Elite 11. Oh well, let's hope it's elite when it comes to the gameplay as well.
Revolutionary changes and all, NBA Elite 11 is headed to PS3 and Xbox 360 this October. A few blurbs from important people courtesy of the press release:
"We plan to profoundly evolve the interactive basketball experience in a way that the category has not seen for a decade," says Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS. "In NBA ELITE 11, we'll introduce a gameplay experience that gives fans the control on the court that they have been begging for in a basketball game for years."
"NBA ELITE 11 will give gamers the same skill set that a pro basketball player has at his disposal," said David Littman, Creative Director, NBA ELITE 11. "This is the first basketball simulation videogame where you are controlling every movement, dribble move, shot, dunk, lay-up, steal and block in real time with one-to-one control. You're no longer going to push a button and watch the computer generate a long animation sequence. It is like being on a basketball court with an amazing set of skills. This is going to change what people have come to expect from a basketball simulation videogame."
"From the first day of development on this product, it was clear that we intended to pioneer a groundbreaking change in the basketball videogame segment," said Jordan Edelstein, VP Marketing, EA SPORTS. "It's a whole new game that warranted a brand new name to fully capture the transformation we intend to deliver in NBA ELITE."
They are all well versed in the art of creating quotes that include capital letters as you can see... Oh, and Littman is also the producer on NHL Slapshot on Wii (announced the other day). He used to be a professional hockey goaltender so he should be able to juggle more than one project.