NBA 2K9

NBA 2K9 is a basketball simulation video game based on the National Basketball Association. Like past games in the series, NBA 2K9 simulates the experience of the sport of basketball, and more specifically, the NBA. Players play NBA games with any real life or custom team, and can customize many aspects, such as camera angles, the presentation of players, the sound levels, and the level of realism. Several different game modes are present, such as Association 2.0 (a season mode), 5-on-5 online multiplayer, mini games, and quick games of varying levels of competition. Like other NBA 2K games, NBA 2K9 is marketed as being as realistic as the actual NBA, with all the things featured in NBA games, such as commentary, halftime shows, replays, crowds, and real player movement, among many other things. Another feature heavily touted before release was the game's HD visuals, which was said to have been "drastically improved". Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg are the commentators with Cheryl Miller being a sideline reporter. ==Development==

Kevin Garnett is the cover athlete of the game. NBA 2K9s soundtrack consists of 24 licensed songs as well as one original song. The game was released worldwide in 2008 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows. NBA 2K9 is the first game in the NBA 2K series to be released on PC. ==Soundtrack==

• Beastie Boys - Root on't Love Me (Extended Mix) • DJ Rasta Root - RootZilla Beez • Mommy and Daddy - Pretty Loser • Money Mark - Silly Putty • N.E.R.D. - Spaz • Nickodemus - Funky In The Middle • Santigold - Creator ft. Switch, Freq Nasty • Skeewiff - Light the Fuse • Spank Rock, Benny Blanco - Loose (Instrumental) • The Brand New Heavies - Jump N' Move • The Cool Kids - 2K Pennies • The Heavy - Coleen • The Limp Twins - Moving Closer to the Sofa • The Meters - Cissy Strut • The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By • Ursula 1000 - Step Back (Deekline & Ed Solo Remix) ==Reception==

NBA 2K9 received "favorable" reviews on all platforms except the PlayStation 2 version, which received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Matt Bertz of Game Informer said that the concepts of the same console versions "continue to refine [the series] with the deepest franchise mode in any sports game", called the crowd animations "amazing", liked the broadcast team, complimented most aspects of the controls, and said the game is "the best basketball game around for hoops aficionados". Bertz stated: "With its realistic animations, solid controls, and ambitious Association mode, NBA 2K9 makes its title run once again. But the competition is stiffening, and next year needs to bring significant leaps forward with online play and the low-post game if 2K wants to make it 10 in a row." Sales By July 2009, NBA 2K9 had sold over 2 million copies across all platforms. ==References==