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Kobe Bryant stars in NBA 2K10, now with more realistic jaw jutting
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Los Angeles Lakers’ star and 2009 NBA Finals’ MVP Kobe Bryant is the cover boy for Take-Two’s NBA 2K10. In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, he makes a pretty effective pitchman as well.
Bryant told the LA Times this latest incarnation of digital basketball is so realistic it’s “like practicing without getting hurt.” The superstar comes from a family of gamers as he said his father, uncle, sister and six of his cousins all played the NES classic Double Dribble back in the day. That game had no NBA license and players with virtually no distinctive characteristics. These days, designers can make incredible replicas of our favorite athletes and Bryant’s game representation reflects his unique mannerisms. The virtual Bryant even juts his jaw out during crunch time the same way the real All-Star guard does.
“Yeah, all of that’s in the game,” Bryant is quoted as saying. “It all helps to bring people closer to the game because you can see the emotion in the players. I want them (people playing the game) to live it. I want them to compete. Because that’s what I do when I play. That’s what’s fun to me. To be able to go through a whole season, to get better and see progression. Trying to stay injury free. I want them to experience all of that.”
While EA Sports has exclusive rights to the NFL licensed games, there is no such deal in place. Sony, EA Sports and 2K Sports all put their best effort forth each year in one of the biggest competitions in video games. 2K Sports has the reigning NBA Finals MVP in his corner and soon we’ll learn if that’s as big an advantage for 2K Sports as it is for the Lakers.
The game is schedule to be released October 6, 2009. As is the trend these days, a Special Edition of the game will commemorates the tenth anniversary of the NBA 2K series (for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3). For $100 you will get a Kobe Bryant figure from McFarlane Toys, a Bryant poster from Shepherd Fairey’s Studio No. 1, a special in-game VIP lobby, a retrospective DVD and a 2K Sports-branded combination locker that holds up to 20 games.
That’s some pretty decent swag, especially the locker.
Read [Los Angeles Times] Also Read [Video Games Blogger]
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