this series is dead --- they should just focus on tightening up the nba street franchise.

Another NBA game I won't be playing.

On from one meaningless name, to another slightly less meaningless one.

dude... 
sorry i forgot everyone on this website loved sports games

So 
Much 
News
Can't 
Keep 
Up
...
BREATHE!!

NEWS PEOPLE!

I've always loved the NBA Live franchise because basketball was always the only sport that I could get into. Should be interesting to see what other changes are made aside from the name.

First Jeff ninja's me on the wiki edit, now this article. I can't catch a break.  :P

 As the one non-dissenting annoying poster, I have to say I am excited to see EA shaking up LIVE.  I have liked 2K but 2k10 was an extremely sloppy product and the game hasn't made any major strides in probably the last 3 years.  The talk of physics based basketball instead of canned animations has me super excited but we'll see if they can pull it off.  EA did it with the NHL series but basketball is a much more complex sport to try that with.
 
I hope they pull it off.

NBA 1337!!!!!!1111 pwnzorz!!1

I look forward to NBA Elite 11's awesome vector-based graphics. Truly, this is the future of video games.

I will be checking giantbomb more often now that it has a up to date news feed.

Well, hopefully it doesn't suck like just about every other NBA live game.  

Great. Amazing.

The news articles sure are popping much faster here now. Guess getting those two new guys paid off huh.

I'm all for it if it's going to be good. It probably won't be.

NBA 2k11 might have Michael Jordan on the cover. But the article I read was not sure if he would be playable. If he wasn't, that would be kind of dumb if you ask me.
 
I'll keep an open mind, but I'm more a college b-ball fan even when it comes to video games.

I am not way into basketball but I am keeping myself open on this game. Its been a long while since I bought a new basketball game.

" I will be checking giantbomb more often now that it has a up to date news feed. "

lets hope they mean this and its not some dumbass marketing campaign 

So basically EA Sports realizes that NBA Live sucks so now they're changing the new name to fool people into thinking it's something different? Great.

Live hasn't been shit since 04. EA CANNOT fix this franchise; 2k has it by the balls with the jaws of life.

NBA Live 10 was good fun but older years have been painful to play. Hopefully they'll continue to improve the game play and not just change the name. 

NBA Elite 11, so it's the 11 game in the NBA Elite franchise.

" NBA Elite 11, so it's the 11 game in the NBA Elite franchise. "

nba courtside= best nba game still

Hey guys, remember when Jeff said video game news has become stale? 
 
Pretty cool his own site is now mimicking them!

I'll pick it up, but they have a lot to prove to me after a lackluster '10 edition and the loss of Mike Wang.

I do not like the image that name brings off. 

New name, same game.  And the new name isn't exactly an improvement, either.

Changing the name isnt gonna just miraculously make it better then the 2K series. Maybe EA can finally get it right this time, but I doubt it seeing has they only tried 5 other times on the next gen consoles and failed, well 5 on the 360 at least.

While I couldn't care less about this,
I will say that at least this is confirmed news.

" this series is dead --- they should just focus on tightening up the nba street franchise. "

Mmmm, Sangheili basketball...

NBA Live is too massive of a brand to leave.  NBA Elite will stick around for 2 or 3 years then they'll go right back to Live in order to capitalize on a  "returning to our roots"  marketing campaign. 

" @Kenobi said:

" I will be checking giantbomb more often now that it has a up to date news feed. "

Yup This. Its all giant bombs been missing, its nice to see more than just endurance runs and trailers....no offence. "

Basketball...is that the one with all of the dribbling and squeaky sneakers?  Seriously, I hate hearing those sneakers squeak.

I just got back into basket ball.  Very excited to see how they change up live.

" Mmmm, Sangheili basketball... "

NBA Elite does not roll off the tongue as easily.
NBElite.

Agreed.

It would also be nice if the play by play announcing isn't cheap. Hearing the same thing over and over is damn annoying. Yeah, I know it would be "expensive" but developers can't turn a profit if now effort is put into a game. Well, they can but if they want to give the 2K franchise a run for their money, resources will HAVE to be put into all aspects of the game.

Gotta love "Elite" status, Too bad the 2K games are better

" this series is dead --- they should just focus on tightening up the nba street franchise. "

 I loved NBA Live 95.  People may not remember what basketball games were like before it, but EA changed the game.  Plays actually worked, players had moves that didn't look cartoony,  stats really mattered and oh yeah, a player no other team had-Shaq!  I added Shaq to the Lakers years before it really happened.   
 
The problem is that the game pretty much peaked in 1997.  Since then the competition has continually been better.

I think it's a stupid name and they should just use NBA Live as it has a long history.