NBA Live 13 canceled

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Troubled basketball series sits out another season in preparation for NBA Live 14

NBA Live 13 has been canceled. EA Sports executive vice president Andrew Wilson confirmed on the NBA Live website that the Electronic Arts basketball series will skip another year, with plans to regroup and have a new game prepared for next season.

Wilson said EA Sports was aware at the outset that resurrecting the NBA Live franchise would be a long process. The game would have been the first in the series since intended successor NBA Elite 11 was canceled for quality concerns, releasing only on iOS. Since then, NBA Live 13 has had a tumultuous development cycle, with fans reacting poorly to leaked gameplay footage and persistent rumors of a digital-only release.

"This wasn't an easy decision, but it's the right one for our fans," Wilson said. "I hope you'll agree when you're able to play the game next year."

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.