NBA Live 18 is the latest game to be made available for free in the EA Access vault on Xbox One.
NBA Live 18 is the latest Basketball game from EA. It includes an “Ultimate Team” mode that allows players to draft different players to create a custom roster, similar to the FIFA and Madden series’. It is the first basketball video game to feature a full WNBA roster.
It also features a single-player career mode called “The One,” again similar to “The Journey” story mode in the latest FIFA games. In this mode, the created player has the chance of taking their skills across leagues and even join the NBA Draft and Combine whilst Basketball experts analyse your performance and give their opinion on the direction the player is going to progress through the mode. The game mode allows players to experience basketball life on and off the court with more clothes and a Game Face app for iOS and Android devices, allowing players to scan their face and insert it into the game.
Our very own Dave Moran reviewed this for TiX and gave it a highly respectable 7.5. You can read his review RIGHT HERE!
Electronic Arts have announced that the NBA LIVE 18 free demo will launch today, 11th August. In a franchise first, all progress and unlocked content from the demo will carry over into the full game when it launches on 15th September.
In the NBA LIVE 18 free demo, players will experience The Rise, the prologue section of The One – an all-new way to pursue your legacy, centred on the player and defined by your choices. Progress made in The One during the free demo can be carried over into the full game, so players jumping in early can continue their experience when the full game launches. Players in the free demo will also be treated to specially-timed Live Events – limited-time activities with special rules, rewards and characters, only available in The One. Rewards earned in weekly Live Events will also carry over into the full game, giving players reason to regularly come back and check out the new events in order to earn new rewards. The free demo rounds out with a Play Now experience between the NBA Finals rivals Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors.
NBA LIVE 18 will also feature Houston Rockets superstar James Harden as the cover athlete. “When I heard about working with EA SPORTS and being the cover athlete of NBA LIVE 18 I was pretty excited for the opportunity,” said Harden. “NBA LIVE 18 is all about creating your own identity and making your mark on the league, and I can definitely relate to that. If anybody knows about creativity it’s me.”
Harden started his career as the first player ever drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Since joining Houston in 2012, Harden has been a powerhouse in the league, finishing his first season with an average of 25.9 points and 5.8 assists per game, and growing into a perennial all-star and one of the league’s most-dominant players.
EA have also recently announced that for the first time ever the WNBA will feature, with all 12 teams and players featured, and Seattle Storms’ Breanna Steward has tweeted her delight at the news!
