NBA 2K13's All Star Weekend is a Preorder Bonus

via Kotaku (on a Wii U piece) - http://kotaku.com/5914210/nba-2k13-hits ... i-u-doesnt

By the way, 2K 13 fans, it appears that the All-Star game will be a pre-order bonus: "Fans that pre-order NBA 2K13 for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 will receive a new downloadable NBA All-Star content package presented by Sprite. This add-on content will be set in Houston,the site of the 2013 NBA All-Star Game and will allow fans to stage their own NBA All-Star Game, including three NBA All-Star events - the Foot Locker Three Point Shootout, BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, and the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest featuring all-new intuitive, pick-up-and-play controls."

Official listing on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/NBA-2K13-Xbox-360/dp/B007M6W38W/

Pre-order NBA 2K13 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and get access to NBA All Star Game content including the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, Three Point Contest, Rising Stars Challenge Game, and the NBA All Star Game.

Operation Sports has the full press release
http://www.operationsports.com/news/553 ... challenge/

2K Sports today announced that NBA® 2K13, the next installment of the top-rated NBA video game simulation franchise* for twelve straight years and the follow-up to the award-winning NBA 2K12, will be available on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 in North America and October 5, 2012 internationally for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii™ system and Windows PC. A Wii U™ version of NBA® 2K13 will be available in the launch window, at a later date.

Fans that pre-order NBA 2K13 for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 will receive a new downloadable NBA All-Star content package presented by Sprite. This add-on content will be set in Houston, the site of the 2013 NBA All-Star Game and will allow fans to stage their own NBA All-Star Game, including three NBA All-Star events - the Foot Locker Three Point Shootout, BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, and the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest featuring all-new intuitive, pick-up-and-play controls.

“The NBA All-Star package is our way saying ‘thank you’ to fans for their ongoing love of the NBA 2K series,” said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “This content provides a ton of depth and value to our fans, and it’s just the beginning of a lot of big news about NBA® 2K13.”

Gamers can pit the NBA’s current superstars against classic players in both the Foot Locker Three Point Shootout and Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. Rosters for both the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge and 2013 NBA All-Star Game will feature the 2012 All-Stars, with dynamic updates to the 2013 rosters once the participants are announced.

Developed by Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio, NBA 2K13 is not yet rated by the ESRB and will be available on October 2, 2012 in North America and October 5, 2012 internationally. The Wii U version of the title will be available during the holiday season. Fans are encouraged to pre-order now at participating retailers in order to receive the NBA All-Star content on day one at no extra cost.

I'm guessing that's the big announcement, then?

Regardless, that is pretty cool. It should be a standard feature though, not a pre-order bonus.

yea, and the Amazon page is not showing the preorder bonus as available for the PC version, similar to last year's classic teams and DLC
http://www.amazon.com/NBA-2K13-Xbox-360/dp/B007M6W38W/

I really hope EA doesn't pull any shenanigans like this....

Must not have gotten enough takers from the twitter spam to do the Celeb Game.

Indeed. Mind-boggling that something like this is a pre-order bonus though and not available across all platforms. I guess they didn't learn from the Legends Showcase.

Oh FFS. PC gamers don't get the All-Star Weekend? Even if they're stupid enough to pay extra for it?

Fuck this. I officially hate them right now. NBA 2K13 should be pretty unimaginably fantastic for them to get my monies this year, and make me forget this DLC shit for the second consecutive year.

EDIT: Took me less than 5 seconds to realize I don't care about the All-Star Weekend and have always skipped it. Still sucks that PC gamers get the shaft again this year. Console-exclusive content and a patch that'll come no sooner than Spring will make every 2K forum a very happy place once again.

Let's just hope 2K13 is a good product and that they've done at least some of the things we've asked for, like give us a game without game-/immersion-breaking bugs for once.

EDIT 2: I just wish that what they'd announce are internships for people with programming experience to come over and help. I'd be more than willing to sign up and help them get their shit fixed.

I can explain what they are doing in 5 words making MONEYS with crappy DLC's

NBA All Star weekend should already be included in the game. It would be a letdown if fans have to preorder NBA 2K13 just for NBA All Star Weekend.

I don't get it, why no all star for PC? I'd love to play all-star. For every good thing that 2K does, they do the stupid decision.

Now Gamestop is listing you can get NBA All Star Weekend if you preorder NBA 2K13.

I don't get it, why no all star for PC? I'd love to play all-star. For every good thing that 2K does, they do the stupid decision.

it is still unknown how those who don't preorder are able to play the all star game, it might be locked to association mode, it might not be available at all.

lol, this should be in the game w/o DLC. But with being able to unlock the 91 GS and 02 SAC teams through Hex/REditor we'll prolly be able to do the same here.

Or it could be like the Legends Showcase, which PC users have no access to at all.

Either way, I'm not buying this game at least until the patch is released.

So... the big news is that something which should be one of the basic features in the game will only be available via pre-order and only for the console players? Very impressive stuff indeed, something I've hoped they would do for so long. Kudos, 2K!

P.S.

“The NBA All-Star package is our way saying ‘thank you’ to fans for their ongoing love of the NBA 2K series,” said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “This content provides a ton of depth and value to our fans, and it’s just the beginning of a lot of big news about NBA® 2K13.”

Would of rather heard the "fix online", and "update rosters" saying... at least then I know it would of included all platforms...

I've been craving an All-Star weekend from 2K for so many years!! I'm exceptionally excited. This is fantastic. I hope they don't have ass it though.

Going to wait for a preview before I decide on preordering or not. I agree with those who say it should be in the game by default.

wow! preorder bonus only?! sheeessh.. what about us PC gamers!

That's the big news? Makes no sense whatsoever, that should be default

I agree with ThaLiveKing

should be in the game already, but i think it would be cool to pit legends vs current players in the dunk contest & 3 point shootout

Let's see what NBA Live pulls out

lol, this should be in the game w/o DLC. But with being able to unlock the 91 GS and 02 SAC teams through Hex/REditor we'll prolly be able to do the same here.

That'd be great, however I'm not holding my breath on that one. I'll gladly be proven wrong though.

I bet no all star weekend for PC.

I'm guessing if it comes out the same time as the game like the hidden team did you'd probably be able to hex edit, since I'm guessing it would be within the install.