Two of the legends from NBA 2K12 have been removed: Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2K also announced NBA 2K13's compatibility with Kinect for the Xbox 360.
It is also the last NBA 2k game to be released on the PlayStation Portable.Īround mid-June 2012, 2K Sports announced a 'Uncover the Cover' where the more tweets #NBA2K13 got the more clues would be revealed about the cover athletes. The game was executive produced by rapper Jay-Z, who designed the game and curated its soundtrack. NBA 2K13 is the successor to NBA 2K12 and was succeeded by NBA 2K14 in the NBA 2K series. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls are the cover athletes. A version for the Wii U was also released as a launch title in North America, and in December for the PAL region. It was released on Octoin North America for the Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Wii. NBA 2K13 is a basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports.