NBA 2K15 introduces live TV show within the video game
2k Sports recently released their latest trailer for their upcoming sports game NBA 2K15. The trailer features Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunders' star MVP champ, as he joins sports personality host Rachel A DeMita, to introduce NBA2K, a live TV show within the videogame!
“NBA2K TV” is a live highlight and interview show that delivers game news and community-driven content through a live studio television show. Each time you put on the game, you will be greeted by the real-life DeMita (not an animation). She will then provide a brief update on the latest happenings in the NBA 2k community. She might also be back later with the highlights of your game and ask you how you did it.
An actual show, which will last around 15 minutes, will be streamed into the game once a week. This show will feature fast paced segments from highlights of actual NBA 2K games played by users who allow 2K to access their systems through the DVR function, along with highlights of NBA 2K tournaments and other large-scale events and interviews with actual game users and tournament winners. The show will also feature exclusive interviews with NBA players, coaches and experts. Additional show content will include game news, behind-the-scenes looks at how NBA 2K was made, interviews with the game’s developers, plus NBA player cameos and basketball lifestyle.
According to the Visual Concept's executive vice president of development, Jeff Thomas, “There’s so many ‘wow’ moments as you play the game, as you’re experiencing things with your buddy. It may have come down to a last-second buzzer — we really do try to replicate the real NBA. You know how highlights are, how exciting that can be. Well, we really do try to replicate those moments and for our users and game players to share that with the world is what we’re really trying to capture. That’s one part of the content.”
Rachel A DeMita also expressed her views saying, “With the show, we always want to have a good time and show all of the culture and the entertainment value that surrounds the NBA, that surrounds NBA2K and that surrounds our gaming community. Everybody is coming there for essentially the same reason. Being able to bring these guys access to some of the things they couldn’t have access to before, for instance they wouldn’t know necessarily that someone in Maryland is at the top of the leader board, but I’ll be able to let the rest of the community know that. At the same time someone may not know that Kevin Durant loves to play NBA 2K, and also likes to play with other NBA players. So when I do interviews with him, the whole community will get to watch that and enjoy in those aspects of the culture.”
NBA2K will be released on Oct. 7, which is also when the first live show will debut. The game will be released internationally on Oct. 10. Take a look at the trailer below: