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NBA Live 08 (Xbox 360)

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NBA Live 08 is another basketball game released by EA Sports for the 2007-2008 season. The game modes of NBA Live 08 include Quick Play, Season, Playoffs, Dynasty, All-Star Weekend, FIBA World Championship, 1-on-1, and Practice. Commentary is handle by Marv Albert and Steve Kerr. NBA Live 08 has some new features including "Go To Moves", "Hot Spots", "Quick Strike Ballhandling", and "Own the Paint". "Freestyle Superstars" and "X-Factor" from NBA Live 07 have been removed from the game. FIBA World Championship mode includes eight national teams ( Argentina, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the USA ).

NBA Live 08 has updated rosters for the 2007-2008 season. Most NBA players that are playing in the NBA for the 2007-2008 season are in NBA Live 08. The game includes all of today's NBA stars such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Chris Paul, Yao Ming, and Tim Duncan. In addition to the game modes, there's also online play.

In the All-Star Weekend mode there's the Slam-Dunk Contest, the 3-point Shootout, the Rookie vs Sophomore game, and of course, the All-Star game. Dynasty mode, the game's main mode, is 30-year long. Dynasty mode is like Season mode but at the end of each season you get to draft rookies, sign coaches and free agents, scout players and do other things.

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The Press Says

PGNx Media Oct 15, 2007 9 out of 10 90
Darkstation 2007 8 out of 10 80
GameDaily Oct 02, 2007 8 out of 10 80
Game Informer Magazine 2007 7.5 out of 10 75
GameSpot Oct 04, 2007 7.5 out of 10 75
Game Freaks 365 Nov, 2007 7.4 out of 10 74
Gamesmania Oct 17, 2007 73 out of 100 73
IGN Oct 02, 2007 6.9 out of 10 69
Console Monster Oct 29, 2007 65 out of 100 65
Official Xbox Magazine (UK) Oct 11, 2007 6 out of 10 60

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Online Servers

Electronic Arts closed the game's online servers for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions on 8th February 2011.
Thomas T (217) added NBA Live 08 (Xbox 360) on Apr 29, 2008
Other platforms contributed by Picard (29354) and Thomas T (217)