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[jmizzal]

Finally announced, I learned about this last year while I was at EA testing Live 18, it was a pretty big secret over there had to sign a NDA.

"EA Sports took the same approach to adding the WNBA as they do with every professional league, motion capturing players like 2017 first overall pick Kelsey Plum of the San Antonio Stars and adding facial scans for high profile players like Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles, Diana Taurasi, and others. EA says the “teams and player skills have been specifically balanced to reflect the unique playstyle of the league.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=38&v=8E5z7czdnME

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-makes-video-game-debut-with-nba-live-18.aspx

 

[GinoFelino]

Great!

 

[Skinny Pete]

Cool. Not going to make me buy it but it's nice to see.

 

[Xist2inspire]

Oh hell yeah, I've been waiting for this for years. Too bad the WNBA's completely gone down the drain in terms of jersey design, hope we can get retro jerseys.

 

[Shoori]

Pumped for this, this is an awesome addition

 

[moltonasty]

Nice attempt to do something different from 2K I guess, but it still won't be half as fun to play.

 

[Effigenius]

Obvious question: can we play wnba teams against nba teams? Put wnba players on nba rosters?

 

[Archimedes10]

 

[RootCause]

Hate Live, but this is cool of them. They've been doing a lot to make their sport games more inclusive.

 

[The Elite]

Sadly, next year everyone will stop caring about them when NBA Summer League is introduced.

 

[FirmBizBws]

I really wish NBA 2k had the license, I would have loved to play this.

 

[J-Skee]

It's a shame that it has taken this long for the WNBA to finally make a video game appearance, but it's welcome, for sure. Surprised NBA 2K never did this.

 

[Ashtar]

You might get banned but at least you leave with style.
Cross play with WNBA and NBA could be interesting and it differentiates from 2k

 

[Fermbiz]

https://youtu.be/ZIVDzQmhOL0

 

[jbug617]

Can't wait to try it with EA Access

 

[sixteen-bit]

I wonder how 2K will respond

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

That's cool, but I don't see that really helping them against 2K. Looking forward to seeing the WNBA in 2K next year!

 

[Boke1879]

This is honestly great, but I just can't see myself buying Live though.

Is this like a deal with EA or can 2k do something like this in the future?

 

[Allforce]

I wonder how 2K will respond

Monstars team from Space Jam unlockable.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

How many WNBA players can dunk like that girl in the trailer? Was that Brittney? My son loves CP3 so he might wanna bang out with this...wait this is "Live"? Nevermind.

I'll buy NBALIVE for 10 years straight if EA lets NFL2K to return.

 

[RedAssedApe]

the colors should be switched

 

[Colonel Nasty]

Really cool

 

[LordofPwn]

Would be nice to get the UCONN women's team in this to see how many WNBA teams they could thrash.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Obvious question: can we play wnba teams against nba teams? Put wnba players on nba rosters?

Kevin Durant's next journey....The LA Sparks!

 

[FallingEdge]

Sadly, next year everyone will stop caring about them when NBA Summer League is introduced.

Are you talking about in the games? Because Summer League is in 2K.

 

[Kolx]

They can add whatever they want. As long as the core game is shit people would still prefer nba 2k.

 

[saltyramen]

This is lowkey dope. Now they have the Drew League and some park play, this, and the standard NBA games. Lots of variety. Excited for the demo on the 11th. It'd be really nice to have two great basketball games.

 

[PR_rambo]

Very sad to see the WNBA will be joining Kendrick Lamar's DNA as the few good things wasted on the hot garbage that is NBA Live

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Are you talking about in the games? Because Summer League is in 2K.

I was hoping Lonzo would get his own Summer League game.

 

[LordofPwn]

It'll also be nice to finally play a game where a professional Minnesota team can actually win a championship.

 

[The Elite]

Are you talking about in the games? Because Summer League is in 2K.

Oh shit. Yeah. It was a joke about the exposure of WNBA being overshadowed by NBA Summer League.

 

[george_us]

I was hoping Lonzo would get his own Summer League game.

Big Baller League '18?

 

[MisterR]

This will please dozens of WNBA fans.

 

[MajorPoopStorm]

 

[theWB27]

Pretty brutal thread so far.

 

[IgotElbows]

Would this cost a lot more because of licensing or something?

 

[Heroman]

I wonder how 2K will respond

We have the good basketball game

 

[Head.spawn]

I mean, not that I give a crap about any of the current basketball games, but I'm actually shocked it took this long.

 

[MisterR]

Would this cost a lot more because of licensing or something?

I highly doubt it. The WNBA finals last year had less than 500,000 viewers, I'm guessing that licensing doesn't cost much.

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

If Philadelphia had a WBNA team I'd probably start watching their games

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I just realized I've never seen the WNBA in any basketball game.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I highly doubt it. The WNBA finals last year had less than 500,000 viewers, I'm guessing that licensing doesn't cost much.

The NBA also owns it, so very well may have thrown in the license for free to try and get the league more exposure. The NBA has effectively been subsidizing the WNBA for years. If not for their financial backing it would have died years ago.

 

[Cheebo]

This is stupid, and sexist.

 

[Mushroomer25]

That's cool, but I don't see that really helping them against 2K. Looking forward to seeing the WNBA in 2K next year!

Yeah, that seems like the most likely outcome from this. Live isn't going to become a hit, but this feature could bring in a new audience.

An audience 2K can immediately scoop up in 2018 by making the same deal with the league.

 

[HighResTomato]

Wonder how many people will actually play it.

They did this with FIFA and almost no one plays it.

According to Xbox Live something like 2% off all people completed the WIC which doesn't take long. 3% scored 5 goals in the Womens Football and like 12% booted up the game mode.

 

[Violence Jack]

Shocked that this hasn't been in any basketball game yet. I'm sure there are many female gamers out there who love basketball, and can now put themselves on a WNBA team. It probably won't do much for EA in terms of sales over 2K, but good on them for doing it anyway.

 

[Mushroomer25]

This is stupid, and sexist.

To be fair, you'd probably get the same ratio if you replaced 'WNBA' with MLS.

 

[Nategc20]

This will please dozens of WNBA fans.

I laughed too hard.

 

[Some Nobody]

To be fair, you'd probably get the same ratio if you replaced 'WNBA' with MLS.

I'd definitely rather have $5 over some soccer shit. But that pic is still sexist.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

This is stupid, and sexist.

It's really not good of a league(and I love watching Candace Parker)
Women's soccer and softball destroys it.
But I love more representation in video games so this is good.