2K Sports Announces NBA 2K10: Draft Combine

July 27, 2009

2K Sports Announces NBA 2K10:
Draft Combine, a Totally New Downloadable Game Experience

Get a taste of NBA 2K10’s all-new
gameplay and My Player career mode while living the life of an NBA hopeful going
through the real NBA Draft Combine.

2K Sports today announced NBA® 2K10:
Draft Combine, a download-only title that will provide pre-season fun for
basketball fans leading up to the fall launch of NBA 2K10. Planned for release
this September on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®Network for PLAYSTATION®3
computer entertainment system,, NBA 2K10: Draft Combine will allow fans to
create their own custom player with the utmost detail and, for the first time in
the NBA 2K series, begin their career by experiencing the on-court life of an
NBA hopeful going through the NBA Draft Combine at the world-renowned, ATTACK
Athletics gym in Chicago.

“We’re giving our dedicated NBA 2K
fans an incredible opportunity with NBA 2K10: Draft Combine,” said Greg Thomas,
senior vice president of sports development for 2K. “Gamers will have exclusive
access to online content and get to test drive NBA 2K10’s new gameplay features,
advanced player progression system and the all-new My Player career mode before
the game launches this fall.”

Features of NBA 2K10: Draft Combine
include:

  • Building custom players by working
    with a mentor, the 2K Insider, and increasing their NBA stock through a
    variety of challenging basketball drills and 5-on-5 games.

  • Over 300 different signature
    customizations, including player-specific shooting animations, dunk and
    dribble packages and more to allow each created player to have his own unique
    personal style.

  • Ability to strengthen all parts of
    the created player’s game with a variety of drills, such as shooting, post
    offense and defense, attacking the basket, dribbling, challenging shots,
    boxing out for rebounds and more to progress through the NBA Draft Combine.

  • Organized games that will allow
    players to gain valuable skill points and offer a variety of specific in-game
    objectives that will need to be accomplished in order to gain them. At the end
    of each game, a full analysis will be available for gamers to review their
    player’s performance and strategize their further improvement.

  • All players created in NBA 2K10:
    Draft Combine will wear a special patch on their uniform throughout the rest
    of that player’s career to denote that they have completed the NBA Draft
    Combine.

  • Online leaderboards to track the
    highest ranking custom built players, and where a player stacks up against the
    competition.

  • Opportunity to unlock special
    achievements on Xbox 360 and trophies for PLAYSTATION 3 system.

  • Fans can take their custom built
    players from NBA 2K10: Draft Combine and use them in the all-new My Player
    career mode in NBA 2K10 launching this fall, allowing them to continue their
    journey of becoming an NBA legend.

NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, developed
by Visual Concepts, is planned for release in North America, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Taiwan and India this September on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 (400
Microsoft Points) and PlayStation Network for PLAYSTATION 3 system ($4.99). For
more information about NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, please visit

www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k10dc