NBA Live 13 producer explains the new direction of NBA Live

Nick Wlodyka explains the new direction Tiburon is going to take the NBA Live franchise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJYB4CxPp74

fixed the link, footage in background

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/tec...-talks-ufc-mlb

Switching gears to “NBA Live,” after the whole “NBA Elite” debacle, how important is it for EA Sports to get this right with your first game back? Are you in jeopardy of losing basketball consumers forever if it fails?

EA Sports Andrew Wilson stated Here’s the nuance to that: I was part of the “FIFA” rewrite, and while we got most things right the first year out, we didn’t get everything. We got more of it right the second year out, and by the third year, we had a near 90-rated game. So this is a long-term view we have with this. I expect our team to have some pretty cool stuff, and they’re going to get most things right. Are they going to get everything right? Maybe, maybe not. But I think they are going to make great headway. This is not a one-year deal, this is a long-term deal. We want to be in NBA forever, and we’re going to do whatever it takes to make sure we are a proper player in the space.

i like all the footage, but the animation at 2:46 is weird. Lets go Live, focus on the gameplay plz.

Hard to tell too much from those clips, but they didn't look too bad. As I've said before, let's see how everything shapes up with footage from later builds as the preview season moves along.

Sounds promising if it all comes together, though I hope the offline modes have received a decent amount of attention.