College Hoops 2K6

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College Hoops 2K6
College Hoops 2K6 Cover.jpg
Developer(s) Visual Concepts
Publisher(s) 2K
Platform(s) Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2
ReleaseXbox
  • NA: November 23, 2005 [1]
PlayStation 2
  • NA: November 30, 2005 [2]
Xbox 360
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player
Multiplayer (up to 4 players)
Online multiplayer (up to 8 players on 2 consoles)

College Hoops 2K6 is an American college basketball video game which was initially released on November 21, 2005 for the Xbox and later released for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It is the first installment of the series to appear on a seventh generation video game console (in this case the Xbox 360). It also marked the first time since the original NCAA College Basketball 2K3 that the series was without an ESPN license. It features former UNC small forward Marvin Williams, along with UNC head coach Roy Williams, on the cover.

Contents

Soundtrack

Development

The game was showcased at E3 2005. [4]

Reception

The game was met with positive to average reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 81.94% and 82 out of 100 for the Xbox version; [5] [8] 77% and 77 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; [6] [9] and 73.19% and 70 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version. [7] [10]

Modes & Features

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