NBA 2K12 News Post

NBA 2K12 Available Now on Steam For $29.99

05:16 PM - October 4, 2011 by Steve_OS

NBA 2K12 is available now on Steam for $29.99.

This year the NBA 2K franchise is back and bigger than ever, providing fans with the opportunity they’ve always dreamed of – to finally END THE DEBATE as to who are the best teams and players of all time with the ALL-NEW NBA’s Greatest mode. Featuring 15 legendary players such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Dr. J, NBA’s Greatest let you relive some of NBA’s most celebrated careers and rivalries, painstakingly recreated in historical detail. In addition, several innovative gameplay features have been added putting fans center court of an unprecedented basketball experience.

Key Features:

NBA’s Greatest - Experience 15 of the NBA’s most celebrated careers and rivalries, painstakingly recreated in historic detail. Featuring such legends as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Dr. J, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and more.
Most Accurate NBA 2K Game Ever - Building off NBA Today’s real-time stats, rosters, schedules and ratings, NBA 2K12 now delivers the most visually accurate NBA game as well. From shoes to player models and even court floors – every graphic detail of the game can now be dynamically updated. Broadcast style gets a boost as well with player interstitials promoting their upcoming games and dynamic pre-game highlight reels set to 2K Beats music.
Enhanced Gameplay - NBA 2K12 adds +1,000 new animations this year and delivers all-new control mechanics for post play and ball control to make the game more intuitive to play than ever before.

System Requirements

Minimum:
OS: XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz Single Core processor or equivalent (2.8 Ghz for Vista)
Memory: 512 MB or more (1 GB for Vista)
Hard Disk Space: 8.5 GB or more free space
Video Card: ATI x1300 or greater; NVIDIA 6600 or greater; DirectX 9.0c compatible card with Shader Model 3.0 support.
DirectX®: 9.0c
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Additional: Keyboard or dual-analog gamepad

Recommended:
OS: XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Processor: 3 GHz Dual Core processor or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Disk Space: 8.5 GB or more free space
Video Card: Shader Model 3.0 support with 512 Ram (Nvidia(R) Geforce(R) 7900 GT or better)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Additional: Keyboard or dual-analog gamepad

To purchase NBA 2K12 from Steam, click here.

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Member Comments

# 1 airjoca @ 10/04/11 05:29 PM

Quick question: If I buy the game from steam, will I be able to use mods?

# 2 Toaster @ 10/04/11 05:41 PM

Two things to be aware of:

1.The online graphics issue remains unsolved:
When playing online the game forces low graphic settings.

2.The Xbox360 shaders still haven't made it to the PC

About patches - the steam version is no different from the others, but at the moment 2K12 is not patchable using current methods, although the community will probably figure it out.

I am somewhat dismayed by issue #2 and VERY disappointed by #1.
I was hoping to become more of an online fiend this year, but it won't be as fun with "NBA Live 2005" graphics.
Since I am mostly an offline player I will still pick up a copy, but I feel disrespected by the devs, overlooking such a major issue.
it is especially very disappointing when comparing this with the level of feedback the X360 and PS3 communities receive. My dollars are just as green.

# 3 RivaGe @ 10/04/11 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by airjoca


	Quick question: If I buy the game from steam, will I be able to use mods?

Yes.
tooshort

# 4 LHead2 @ 10/04/11 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siraulo23


	59.99 in Australia wth

Sounds like an issue to contact Steam Support about. It seems like they either didn't get the correct info from the publisher, or some idiot at a desk didn't bother to read what he was supposed to be doing.

# 5 10k @ 10/04/11 06:33 PM

For anyone interested, Amazon also has the download version for $23.99:

http://www.amazon.com/2K-Games-40806...=operasport-20

# 6 Cripterion @ 10/04/11 08:09 PM

Finally, at least we can get the game right on time! This will have to wait for me, damn work!

# 7 davep @ 10/04/11 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toaster


	Two things to be aware of: 2.The Xbox360 shaders still haven't made it to the PC

I'm not sure what you mean by this? Less detailed?

# 8 Goffs @ 10/04/11 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davep


	I'm not sure what you mean by this? Less detailed?

No self shadowing like the console versions. The pc version looks like they are coated in something shiny. Funny thing is that I find the controls for the pc version far more tighter than the console version.

PC version has ZERO loading times....you don't have to wait for the games to load

# 9 Behindshadows @ 10/04/11 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goffs


	No self shadowing like the console versions. The pc version looks like they are coated in something shiny. Funny thing is that I find the controls for the pc version far more tighter than the console version. PC version has ZERO loading times....you don't have to wait for the games to load

I agree, I don't see what the big deal on the shaders and so forth, who cares!!!

Controls are fantastic and no load times is a big plus....

# 10 celticfang @ 10/05/11 08:34 PM

I'll just say that 2k12 is amazing. 2k11 had its flaws, but 2k seem to have fixed most of them. I even like how with lower skills, my My Player guy ended up trying to guard the referee and got stuck by the floor cleaner. Once I upped the awareness, those were gone. I'm having a hard time adjusting to the PC controls after playing 2k11 on PS3 mainly (despite owning it on Steam for modding)

I had my doubts about the new CAL mode, but I have to say I love it. I also love the greatest players idea. However....I do have one complaint.

I can't seem to put the game down

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