NBA Elite 11 is official

Electronic Arts has officially announced NBA ELITE 11, the first title under the new basketball moniker that promises to “revolutionize the way basketball simulation games are played.” Best known for it’s long running “LIVE” series, EA dropped the name hoping for a fresh restart in the genre dominated by 2K Sports’ NBA 2K series.

Electronic Arts has officially announced NBA ELITE 11, the first title under the new basketball moniker that promises to “revolutionize the way basketball simulation games are played.” Best known for it’s long running “LIVE” series, EA dropped the name hoping for a fresh restart in the genre dominated by 2K Sports’ NBA 2K series.

“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.”

Said to feature an all new ‘Hands-On Control’ scheme that “allow one-to-one responsiveness of a player’s movement and actions on the court”, a revamped real-time physics engine and a brand new skill-based shooting system, the game is sheduled to be released this October on the PS3 and Xbox 360.