GamesRadar - NBA Ballers: Chosen One

Gamer Buzz: Street Ball is Dead (News)

Oct 23, 2008

Joystiq via ESPN writes: "Electronic Arts and Midway have shelved their competing arcade-style basketball franchises, as ESPN reports that both NBA Street and NBA Ballers have been benched.

Regarding NBA Street, EA Sports boss Peter Moore explains to ESPN that the division is reevaluating its mixture of licensed and original IP, adding that "we need to develop some new things." But don't go expecting anything particularly edgy to come out of this moment of clarity. "If Wii Sports has taught us anything," adds Moore, "it's that people will sit there and play big head tennis all day long. We need to be able to tap into that audience.'"

NBA Ballers Lead Designer Leaves Midway (News)

Aug 12, 2008

Kotaku: NBA Ballers: Chosen One lead designer John Vignocchi recently gave his two weeks notice at Midway Chicago to help start a new venture capital backed studio in the city.

The new studio, located on the north side of Chicago, will concentrate on creating games for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Vignocchi leaves Midway after working on five games with the company over the past 8 and a half years. His departure is just the latest in a stream of lay-offs and departures in the financial strapped company.

NBA Ballers: Chosen One - Defense (Video)

May 27, 2008

Talking crap and embarrassing your opponents may be fun, but it takes more than that to play basketball. It's slow, unresponsive and inadequate.

NBA Ballers: Chosen One - Super moves (Video)

May 27, 2008

Talking crap and embarrassing your opponents may be fun, but it takes more than that to play basketball. It's slow, unresponsive and inadequate.

NBA Ballers: Chosen One - Moves (Video)

May 27, 2008

Talking crap and embarrassing your opponents may be fun, but it takes more than that to play basketball. It's slow, unresponsive and inadequate.

NBA Ballers: Chosen One (Review)

Apr 22, 2008

One-on-one basketball is ritual humiliation. Bounce the ball off your opponent’s head, wave it in front of his face, snatch it away, fake him out and leave him crumpled on the floor, but don’t slam it into the basket until you’ve told him at least five juicy facts about his mom. We’ve played GTA, Manhunt and that naughty Mass Effect, but no videogame has filled us with such murderous rage as NBA Ballers did. ...

NBA Ballers: Chosen One (Screenshots)

Apr 22, 2008

Midway Ships NBA Ballers for Xbox 360, PS3 (News)

Apr 21, 2008

Video games and sports have always seemed like a match made in heaven, and game publisher Midway continues to mine the depths of sports gaming as the NBA playoffs enter full swing, announcing it has shipped NBA Ballers: Chosen One for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game packaging features Dwight Howard of the Orlando Heat and Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks on the packaging, and music from artists like Jay-Z, Kanye West, Usher, Busta Rhymes, T.I., and others on the game's instrumental score. The game is the third installment of Midway's NBA Ballers franchise.

This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 4/21/08) (News)

Apr 20, 2008

See what to watch for in this week's new videogame releases for the Nintendo DS (The World Ends With You), PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP.

NBA Ballers: Chosen One - hands-on (Preview)

Feb 12, 2008

Who has time for year-long Season modes when arguably the best part about sports games is talking trash with your best friend/roommate/girlfriend? Toeing the line between the ridiculous arcade-y action of NBA Jam, franchise ballin’ and hip hop culture is NBA Ballers: Chosen One, the third iteration in Midway’s popular hoops series for the PS3 and 360. Judging by the near-finished version we sat down with, we’re confident ...

TheGameReviews.com reports on Chuck-D and Just Blaze in NBA Ballers: Chosen One (News)

Feb 5, 2008

Midway announced today that it has hired musician Chuck-D and music publishing firm Just Blaze to lend their talents to NBA Ballers.