Video Gaming News - May 2005
Redwood City, CA (May 9, 2005) - Electronic Arts announced today
that Dwyane Wade will serve as cover athlete and spokesman for NBA LIVE 06,
scheduled for release this fall.
“This is quite an honor to be named cover athlete of NBA LIVE in just my second
year as a professional,” Wade said. “When you look back at some of the great
players who have had this opportunity, it’s exciting to be a part of the EA
SPORTS family and contribute to a game I’ve been playing for more than 10
years.”
From EA:
Wade is in his second season with the Miami Heat, where he set single-season
franchise records for points per game (24.1) and total points scored (1,854) in
helping to lead the Heat to the top seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
NBA Live 06 builds upon the depth and authenticity that the NBA Live franchise
has delivered for more than a decade and that made last year the best-selling
version in the history of the series. With advancements in gameplay and enhanced
player graphics, the sport of basketball is elevated to a whole new level in NBA
Live 06 with the superstars of the game looking and playing more like their
real-life counterparts than ever before. Players can feel the emotion and
intensity of the complete basketball experience with an up-tempo, fast-break,
and physical brand of basketball that yields improved play in the transition
game and real-life collisions in the paint.
Wade has emerged quickly as one of the most explosive players in the NBA in just
his second season, a year that saw him become just the 10th player since 1979 to
finish in the NBA’s top 10 in both scoring (24.1) and assists (6.8) per game. A
unanimous NBA All-Rookie First-Team selection a year ago, Wade was a member of
the U.S. National Senior Men’s Basketball Team last summer before returning to
have an All-Star season for the Heat this year. Wade, who was selected to the
NBA All-Star Game in February, became one of just seven NBA players in history
to average at least 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds while shooting 50
percent from the floor in a playoff series as he helped lead the Heat to a
recent four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets in the first round of the 2005 NBA
Playoffs. Wade was recently selected as one of People Magazine’s 50 Most
Beautiful People in an issue that hit newsstands at the end of April.
Developed in Vancouver, B.C., by EA Canada, the studio which is also home to the
popular NBA Street and NCAA March Madness franchises, NBA Live 06 will be
available on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC. The game also will be
available for the first time on the PSP handheld entertainment system.
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