NBA Jam coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 according to EA Programmer
The revival of the NBA Jam franchise has been getting a lot of attention. Unfortunately, it’s been mostly the attention of Nintendo Wii owners as that has been the only platform that EA has announced they are currently supporting. Which is downright disappointing because we all want to go online with our XBox Live or PSN accounts for some one on one, right?
While there still is no official confirmation that the game is coming out on Xbox 360 or PS3, we have stumbled across a resume of an EA Programmer, who happens to list that she is working on NBA Jam. In addition to having the game listed for the Wii, Andrea also happens to mentions Xbox 360 and PS3. Hopefully Andrea doesn’t get in trouble for this, as her profile on Linkedin is public for the world to see. So while I won’t quite classify this rumor, I will say that EA likely will make some sort of announcement about it at their upcoming EA Sports event to be held at GDC.
So why would EA only announce it for the Nintendo Wii so far? It is likely because of the coverage deal they secured with Nintendo Power, which recently got the first exclusive cover story for the game, and also another big follow up Q&A with Mark Turmell who is leading the development of the game. Mark happens to also happens to have worked on the original NBA Jam game as well.
If you are only just hopping on the boat, the NBA Jam is being developed by EA. Sadly, Midway was the original creator of the game, and Acclaim was the original console publisher. Both publishers are now kaput.
[Source: Linkedin]
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I hope she doesn’t get in trouble, but holy freakin’ crap I hope she’s right.
Overall, I’m just praying this game doesn’t become a crapfest.
Well it looks like she has changed it…if the game does happen to come out for the 360 I might consider getting it but sports games has of late seem to have gotten worse.
Hmmm..hopefully this will be as good as the old NBA Jam games on the genesis.
I guess we can now confirm that the game will be online.
I should try an NBA game. I haven’t played a basketball game since Double Dribble on my NES. I did watch a roommate play NBA Street once, it looked cool.
The image of the resume seems a bit blurry.
NBA Jam was one of the few sport game i enjoy as a kid. So, I cant wait to see how this game will turn out.
i played NBA 2k10 and the system is out of wack!!!
Sweet! Will Mark Turmell be returning as a playable character? I remember you could play as him on the home console versions…
I hope the new NBA Jam is as good as the old one on the Super Nintendo. It was really fun playing the old NBA Jam and all the different dunks you could do was awesome.
can’t wait this game was great. back in the day
Wasn’t the first redux of the franchise pretty horrible as far as I remember from reviews?
Screw a new version, get the original on XBLA/PSN/WiiVC!
hope this is true!! though I wouldn’t mind it on the Wii either, assuming the controls are good…
Thank God. NBA Jam… LIVE!!!
Hoping this is true, would defintely pick it up on 360.
ill only pick it up if they have several ridiculous hidden characters…like the beastie boys.
i hope its better than madden arcade and nhl 3 on 3
No freaken way. I used to have the original on sega genesis. I remember when I got it I was not impressed. I was never really big into sport and my dad bought it for me along with TMNT turtles in time. It made a great 2 player game. I ended up having little tournaments with my friends and cousins when they would spend the night…ah good times. Can’t wait
Why not make it a timed exclusive? I know the NBA line hasn’t been selling on the Wii, so a different approach is needed. I don’t think it’ll sell particularly well on the PS3/360, especially not as a full-priced game.
I loved some nba jam back in the day, I just hope it doesn’t suck like so many other revivals (cough)bionic commando!
Always like the older NBA games, hope this doesn’t flop