NBA Live 14 News Post

Kyrie Irving is Cover Athlete For NBA Live 14, Cover Art and In-Game Footage Trailer

12:05 PM - July 25, 2013 by Steve_OS

Kyrie Irving revealed on his Twitter feed that he is the cover athlete for NBA Live 14. Not really a surprise announcement, since he has been featured in everything that has been shown, including the EA Games E3 presentation and the BounceTEK demo during the show. We have posted the official press release below.

What are your thoughts on the brief in-game footage?

EA SPORTS Unveils Official NBA LIVE 14 Cover Featuring Kyrie Irving

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Point Guard Ushers in Next Generation for Franchise

Today Electronic Arts Inc. announced that Kyrie Irving will be the official cover athlete of NBA LIVE 14 when the game launches this fall on the Xbox One� console, and the PlayStation�4 computer entertainment system. The first overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, Irving was named the 2011-12 NBA Rookie of the Year and was a unanimous choice to the 2012 NBA All-Rookie First Team. He was also named an NBA All-Star in 2013 and is the reigning Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout champion.

�I�m so proud to be the face of this franchise as it makes its much-anticipated return,� Irving said. �I�ve been on the court with the development team and I�ve seen first-hand some of the amazing things EA SPORTS is doing with NBA LIVE 14. The fans are going to love it.�

�We couldn�t imagine a better cover athlete for our game than the dynamic, explosive Kyrie Irving,� added Daryl Holt, VP and GM of Basketball for EA SPORTS. �Kyrie is one of the best ball handlers in the league, and with our next-generation technology we can arm players with the ability to replicate his impressive on-court feats, as well as the amazing signature styles and abilities of other pros in NBA LIVE 14.�

NBA LIVE 14 gives fans the chance to control the court with revolutionary new bounceTek ball physics, providing a level of control and precision never before seen in a basketball video game. Additionally, with the power of EA SPORTS IGNITE, NBA LIVE 14 will deliver True Player Motion, Human Intelligence and Living Worlds to the hardwood. More details on NBA LIVE 14, including information on game modes, features and more, will be coming soon.

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# 81 o Elevate o @ 07/25/13 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cthurt


	SMH EA is so funny for this trailer, the graphics look good the player didnt look as skinny as in the other trailer, BUT why put in game footage in the corner of the screen and at the sametime allow Irving to double dribble in a 5 sec clip lol and why are they so scared to show a real in game five on five clip?? but ill be positive and say it does look very good graphically so far.

It's the end of July. The game doesn't release for another, what, 3 months?

What makes you think EA is gonna release 5-on-5 gameplay, especially on a next-gen only title, when they haven't even been promoting next-gen Madden? In another month or so, we should start seeing more gameplay.

Besides, 2K hasn't released 5-on-5 gameplay either. And no, that E3 trailer doesn't count.

# 82 quehouston @ 07/25/13 05:33 PM

Graphics are phenomenal, may be a little better than 2k14's Lebron model in my opinion.

# 83 abcfinest @ 07/25/13 05:34 PM

Come on now. Are yall serious? People keep talking bout the double dribble like it was gameplay footage. It was just some random **** to show us how the player looks. Yall not gone tell me that if your dribbling a basketball talking to a friend you never pick the ball up and start dribbling again lol. Yall are harsh on here even the bull **** hype footage got be perfect lol. But honestly I feel yall cause you guys want the best game possible. I do too but at least wait for 5 on 5 gameplay

# 84 abcfinest @ 07/25/13 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TreyIM2


	Ppl talkin bout the double dribble - NOT a double dribble. The player model is NOT dribbling in actual ball game so the model just horsing around with his dribble does not count as an actual double dribble. They're just showcasing the player movement. How many of u have actually dribbled a ball, just playing around and discontinued your dribble while not actually playing in a game? I don't get how ppl have this misconstrued.

Same thing i was thinking. You couldn't of said it better

# 85 The_Gaming_Disciple @ 07/25/13 05:45 PM

Anyone notice the double dribble?

# 86 Xxstr8xRecklessxX @ 07/25/13 05:50 PM

uhhhh 2k i'm waiting for your response to this becuase EA sound like they will release this game right on time. overall i need to see gameplay to make my decision on what i want to buy but graphics did improve tho props to EA

# 87 Bawstun @ 07/25/13 05:52 PM

Love how fluid it looked, lighting is also great, the mouth movements were a bit awkward, but I'm liking what I'm seeing from EA.

# 88 KidHypeTellem @ 07/25/13 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by o Elevate o


	It's the end of July. The game doesn't release for another, what, 3 months? What makes you think EA is gonna release 5-on-5 gameplay, especially on a next-gen only title, when they haven't even been promoting next-gen Madden? In another month or so, we should start seeing more gameplay. Besides, 2K hasn't released 5-on-5 gameplay either. And no, that E3 trailer doesn't count.

Exactly. I expect to see more after Gamescom, when hopefully we'll have concrete Next Gen Console release dates.

# 89 jmaj315 @ 07/25/13 06:54 PM

I think it looked okay... i hope that double dribble was just for this video tho lol
On the first page somebody mentioned his calves..... lmao they look about right to me

# 90 newtonfb @ 07/25/13 07:25 PM

why is noone talking about how bad the crowd is. 3/4 of the people are doing the exact same thing. We have that this gen, with the amount of RAM in these machines you shouldn't notice a large group of people doing the exact same thing in the crowd

# 91 carvis#15 @ 07/25/13 07:52 PM

Lol C'Mon son. I think the message EA is trying to convey is either how fluid the dribbling will "look" or an example of how players look in the game. Either way both options look pretty good. I like how Kyrie was doing the freestyle dribbles when they are just messing around in real life. That looked very human like. The con about the player model is Kyrie's enormous calf muscles. I wish video games would really shoot for doing a scan of the actual player bodies. So far 2k has better player models to me.

# 92 Jrocc23 @ 07/25/13 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LucasWVU


	My question is why would kyrie pull up for a J when he could dribble past slowass deandre jordan

It happens sometimes. Maybe Deandre was sagging off. I would know because when my Lakers played the Hornets in the 2011 Playoffs, CP3 was killing Gasol and Bynum by driving and pulling up on them because of them sagging off.

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# 93 exposedaking @ 07/25/13 08:42 PM

Looks cool, all I'm looking for is a decent alternative to 2k, hopefully LIVE will provide that.

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# 94 thedream2k13 @ 07/25/13 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by newtonfb


	why is noone talking about how bad the crowd is. 3/4 of the people are doing the exact same thing. We have that this gen, with the amount of RAM in these machines you shouldn't notice a large group of people doing the exact same thing in the crowd

because its not 5 on 5 action gameplay

# 95 Jano @ 07/25/13 09:30 PM

Video looked good and I'm sure that's pretty close to what we will se in terms of dribbling come Launch time. Minus the double dribble of course lol

# 96 kurt2134 @ 07/25/13 10:06 PM

That looked great. Sure I'd like to see more but I'm not going to hate on that and pretend it doesn't look really good just because NBA Live cancelled the last few games.

# 97 fsufan4423 @ 07/25/13 10:20 PM

What's the odds of both 2K and EA showing cyber Bron and cyber Ervin actually talking? Is there gonna be some long dialog between players and coaches or post game stuff?

just seems odd.

# 98 nothinbutnet3123 @ 07/25/13 10:53 PM

Since its now official maybe Uncle Drew will be a playable character in a street or ultimate team mode.

# 99 KyotoCarl @ 07/25/13 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Conda


	So what's EA's definition of in-game? This looks pre-rendered.

The definition of in-game is that it's generated by the engine and will be what you'll see when you play, doesn't matter what company. If they say it's in-game footage then it's not pre-rendered, like the E3 footage.

# 100 Conda @ 07/26/13 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by KyotoCarl


	The definition of in-game is that it's generated by the engine and will be what you'll see when you play, doesn't matter what company. If they say it's in-game footage then it's not pre-rendered, like the E3 footage.

I figure it's a mo-cap cut-scene using the game engine.

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