My money is on this game being cancelled or delayed.

[MBhoops]

1. Not possible to pre-order yet despite other EA titles set for release later in the year being available to pre-order.

2. No demo release date, supposed to be August, which is only a couple of weeks away.

3. No new official trailers or info since The One announcement.

It doesn't look good is all im saying...

[FerdBrown]

They will miss a huge opportunity if they cancel or delay. The season starts earlier in October.

[oneHova]

It's all because they somehow don't have an official cover athlete for 18. But my best bet is that it's a digital only full release with no cover athlete. I mean we could say the same about 2K not having an official trailer either...

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[Macs Power]

A lot of speculation but with a little research you can knock out a few things

They DO have a cover athlete that is still under wraps. It's all about eliminating the big names you've seen with 2k and thinking about the other big names that were in the trailers we've seen. John Wall has not been at a 2k event yet as well as Butler (might be wrong) or Giannis or Lebron (that's unlikely). My pick is on Wall being the cover athlete, or even Harden cos he's popular and a guard

Source - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEr0oLVXkAAgdDl.jpg:large

As for the game being cancelled. I highly doubt it since the game has been demoing at Summer league games (check twitter and search with "#NBALIVE18" or "NBA Live 18" and you'll see that. It's been demoed at EA Play where previous releases were kept under wraps. AND, most importantly, there is a much more positive response to the game so I don't see why they would

Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3nB_wOjAx0 (Skip to 1:14 mark and you'll see the apparent release date is 11 Aug 2017). The guy who works at EA deleted that post on twitter, but I reckon it was all on purpose

[Macs Power]

Essentially, what I think is EA's NBA twitter and Facebook SHOULD be promoting it a little more. I suspect it will when it nears August. What they're promoting right now is Live Mobile because it's established and it makes them money

[coachcolbert]

i think its just marketing. i think we'll see and hear a lot more once the demo is released and ea can gauge a true response to 18. if i were ea (and the game was ready) i would release the full game a week after the demo drops, BEFORE 2k hype train gets rolling.

yes you risk getting pushed to the side when 2k releases but at least folks have a copy of live to push to the side rather than leaving it at the store because they chose 2k. live doesnt need a homerun this year just enough to say "ok, were back in the game".

folks are really fatigued of 2k for whatever reason (there are many) and now is the time to capitalize. people want to like live. even people who are staying with 2k hope live at least puts 2k on notice, that you now have comp.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

The demo release date is in August with EA Access. There haven't been any official trailers 2k either so are they getting cancelled too? No.

This is more if a case of you being impatient and paranoid. Relax. Step away from the forums and live life. It's only July

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[The 24th Letter]

Honestly we've seen all of the above already, multiple times....followed by a cancellation...so I can see why that doesnt necessarily bring comfort...

BUT. WTF says its coming out, and I believe him.

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