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NEW YORK - 2K Sports today announced the complete soundtrack for its upcoming NBA 2K12, the latest installment in the top-rated and best-selling NBA basketball simulation franchise*. This year's cross-genre soundtrack highlights both popular megastars and up-and-coming bands, with music from Eminem & Royce Da 5'9", Travis Barker, Busta Rhymes, Lil Jon, Twista, Cee-Lo, Q-Tip and more...

#nba2k You thought we were done with this lockout nonsense when the NFL and its players came to terms about two weeks ago. Nope! The NBA and its players are in a similar dispute and, good news, it seems to be even more intractable. What does this mean for its premier licensed video game? More »

#nba2k Before Air Jordan, Converse was the top brand on the basketball court, singularly identified with Julius Erving since his ABA days. The only way I'd have a bigger shoe-gasm watching this video is if Dr. J set those kicks down on a red-white-and-blue ball, and the camera raised up to reveal a New York Nets uniform. More »

Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird aren't the only classic ballers hitting the virtual hardwood in NBA 2K12 on October 4. 2K Games has confirmed that Julius Erving (Dr. J) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will also be in the game. Personally, we've got our fingers crossed for a mini-game where you get to fight Abdul-Jabbar, Game of Death style.*

These Hall of Famers will be playable in a new "NBA's Greatest" mode, where players can relive basketball's classic moments using 15 NBA teams of years past. These teams and players can also be unlocked for use against current franchises.

Drive the lane into our gallery below to check out some screens of these guys in-game.

*No matter how many letters we write in crayon on the back of Denny's place mats pleading for this, we're sure it'll never happen.

Last year, 2K Sports brought the greatest basketball player of all time back to video games. So how do you top that? By bringing all his friends, rivals, and predecessors to the game, too...

#nba2k NBA 2K12 will follow last year's extremely popular "Jordan Challenge" by again reaching deep into the game's memory bank, serving up 15 re-creations of the NBA's greatest performances with an all-new cast of legends, and broadcast presentation authentic to their eras. More »

#paginationTop, #paginationBot, .ui-page-list ul {display:none;} With the announcement that Michael Jordan is returning for the cover of NBA 2K12, gamers are getting the most Michael Jordan since, well ever. The best basketball player in the world (that's a fact) has had an interestin...

#paginationTop, #paginationBot, .ui-page-list ul {display:none;} With the announcement that Michael Jordan is returning for the cover of NBA 2K12, gamers are getting the most Michael Jordan since, well ever. The best basketball player in the world (that's a fact) has had an interestin...

We’re not sure if this Jordan cover is going to be only on 360/PS3, but for now it sounds like it’ll hit the Wii. There are two other covers that will only be for the 360/PS3 versions of the game.

#coverstory When your last game cover features your sport's greatest player ever, what do you do for an encore? If you're 2K Sports, you get three of the greatest players ever. More »

The inclusion of Jordan in NBA 2K11 was a big deal, so 2K Sports is bringing him back. Jumpman 23 will grace the cover of NBA 2K12 in a stylized piece of art, created by Adam Larson of Adam&Co.

If you're looking for a little variety when it comes to basketball players on your game shelf, two additional SKUs featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will be available in a limited quantity at launch on October 4. Regardless of which case you choose, you'll find the same game on the disc within.

Feel free to dip your toes into our gallery below for higher-resolution versions of the cover artwork, especially if you're way into swirling smoke and lightning bolts.

2K Sports revealed today the cover athlete for NBA 2K12, the upcoming entry in the critically acclaimed basketball sim series...

#lookatthis On a day when the NBA lurched toward its inevitable lockout—with labor and management even further apart than in the NFL's contentious negotiations—NBA 2K12 released this first in-game screenshot, depicting Dirk Nowitzki and the world champion Dallas Mavericks in their series against the Miami Heat. More »

2K Sports won a ton of awards last year for NBA 2K11, arguably the best basketball game ever. But they're still bitter about losing to FIFA at the Spike VGAs. Not happy to rest on their laurels, 2K Sports is out to be the best again, and this time beat everyone...

For the past two years, EA has been without a basketball title. EA CEO John Riccitiello decided to pull NBA Elite 11 at the last minute -- and for good reason -- and in 2012, all signs are pointing to the absence of an EA title again. Considering NBA 2K11 was 2K Sports' most successful entry to date (over five million copies sold, producer Erick Boenisch revealed), one has to wonder: if 2K Sports has no competition, what's keeping them from sitting back and putting minimal effort into NBA 2K12?

#impressions Michael Jordan didn't sit around contemplating his greatness and, a year after featuring him in their game-of-the-year heirloom NBA 2K11, 2K Sports has come to terms with the fact it can't either. More »

Kobe shows his skills on the court by demoing the PlayStation Move controls in NBA 2K12.

Today it was announced that NBA 2K12 will launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4th, 2011...

The large slate of enhancements and the inclusion of Michael Jordan in NBA 2K11 were used to hammer EA's attempt at reinvigorating its dying NBA Live franchise. It worked. So thunderstruck was EA by the quality disparity, NBA Elite 2011 was canceled. In fact, EA's so far behind NBA Elite won't be released until fall 2012...

#stickjockey For a brief moment Tuesday, I wasn't sure we'd be seeing any basketball video game this year. I'd taken for granted that NBA 2K12 would release, a death-and-taxes sure thing in October for more than 10 years. More »