NBA 2K13

This new entry in the successful NBA2k franchise is Executive Produced by none other than Jay-Z. The idea behind it is to have Jay-Z have some involvement in the game and to pick the soundtrack.

Cover Athletes

While NBA 2K11 and 2K12 featured past legends, 2K13 places rising young stars on the cover. From left to right, the cover shows Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls.

Dream Team vs Team USA

The Dream Team from the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics makes its debut on the 2K franchise. The roster is completely accurate including Charles Barkley who also makes his 2K debut.

Team USA from the 2012 London Summer Olympics is also playable. Featuring the full roster.

Classic Teams

There are thirty-five classic teams available playable in the "Quick Play" mode. Most of the roster is accurate with some very notable exclusions such as: Kareem Adbul Jabbar, Julius Erving, and Chris Webber. New to this year is the 00-01 Philadelphia 76ers.

1960's

• '64-'65 Boston Celtics
• '64-'65 Los Angeles Lakers

1970's

• '70-'71 Atlanta Hawks
• '70-'71 Los Angeles Lakers
• '70-'71 Milwaukee Bucks (No Kareem Abdul Jabbar)
• '71-'72 Los Angeles Lakers
• '71-'72 New York Knicks
• '76-'77 Philadelphia 76ers

1980's

• '84-'85 Milwaukee Bucks
• '84-'85 Philadelphia 76ers (No Julius Erving)
• '85-'86 Atlanta Hawks
• '85-'86 Chicago Bulls
• '85-'86 Boston Celtics
• '86-'87 Los Angeles Lakers (No Kareem Adbul Jabbar)
• '88-'89 Chicago Bulls
• '88-'89 Detroit Pistons
• '89-'90 Cleveland Cavaliers

1990's

• '90-'91 Chicago Bulls
• '90-'91 Golden State Warriors
• '90-'91 Los Angeles Lakers
• '90-'91 Portland Trail Blazers
• '92-'93 Charlotte Hornets
• '92-'93 Chicago Bulls
• '93-'94 Denver Nuggets
• '93-'94 Houston Rockets
• '94-'95 New York Knicks
• '94-'95 Orlando Magic
• '95-'96 Chicago Bulls
• '95-'96 Seattle Supersonics
• '97-'98 Chicago Bulls
• '97-'98 Los Angeles Lakers
• '97-'98 San Antonio Spurs
• '97-'98 Utah Jazz

2000's

• '00-'01 Philadelphia 76ers (New)
• '01-'02 Sacramento Kings (No Chris Webber)

Gatorade Biometric Scan (Wii U only)

The Wii U version has some gamepad specific features. One feature is a Biometric Scan that allows users to hold the gamepad up and see which players are tired and fatigued. It can also be used to see which players have a hot or cold shooting streak, as well as their shot charts.

Soundtrack

Jay-Z personally hand-selected the licenesed soundtrack for NBA 2K13.

• The Hours - "Ali in the Jungle"
• Too Short - "Blow The Whistle (Main)"
• Eric B. and Rakim - "I Ain't No Joke"
• Phoenix - "1901"
• Jay-Z - "Pump It Up (Freestyle)"
• Puff Daddy and the Family - "Victory" (feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes)
• Daft Punk - "Around the World (Radio Edit)"
• Santigold - "Shove It" (feat. Spank Rock)
• Jay-Z - "Run This Town" (feat. Kanye West & Rihanna)
• Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move"
• Nas - "The World Is Yours"
• Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
• Roy Ayers - "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby"
• Justice - "Stress"
• Jay-Z - "The Bounce" (feat. Kanye West)
• Kanye West - "We Major" (feat. Nas & Really Doe)
• Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt. II"
• Kanye West - "Amazing" (feat. Young Jeezy)
• Meek Mill - "Ima Boss (Instrumental feat. Rick Ross)"
• Kanye West - "Mercy" (feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
• U2 - "Elevation"
• Jay-Z - "On to the Next One" (feat. Swizz Beatz)
• Jay-Z - "Public Service Announcement"
• Jay-Z - "H.A.M (Instrumental)"

PC System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows XP Service Pack III, Vista Service Pack II, Windows Seven
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or equivalent AMD processor
• RAM: 2 GB or more
• Graphic Card: Video card with 512 MB or more memory Nvidia Geforce 6600 or ATI Radeon equivalent
• SOUND: Any sound card which supports DirectX 9.0
• DIRECT X : Direct X 9.0 or more