NBA Live 08

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NBA Live 08
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PlayStation 3 cover art featuring Gilbert Arenas.
Developer(s) EA Canada (PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360)
HB Studios (PlayStation 2, Windows, Wii, & PSP)
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Series NBA Live
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Wii
Release
October 1, 2007
  • PlayStation 2 & Xbox 360
    • NA: October 1, 2007
    • AU: October 4, 2007
    • EU: October 5, 2007
    • KOR: October 18, 2007 (PS2) [1]
    • JP: November 8, 2007
    PlayStation 3
    • NA: October 1, 2007
    • AS: October 3, 2007 [2]
    • EU: October 5, 2007
    • AU: October 11, 2007
    • JP: November 8, 2007
    Wii
    • NA: October 1, 2007
    • EU: October 26, 2007
    • AU: November 1, 2007
    PlayStation Portable
    • NA: October 1, 2007
    • JP: November 8, 2007
    • KOR: November 13, 2007 [3]
    • AU: December 6, 2007
    • EU: December 7, 2007
    Windows
    • AU: October 25, 2007
    • EU: October 26, 2007
    • NA: October 30, 2007
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
In-game screenshot of NBA Live 08 (PC version). NBALive2008ingame.jpeg
In-game screenshot of NBA Live 08 (PC version).

NBA Live 08 is the 2007 installment of the NBA Live series by EA Sports. It was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows and PlayStation Portable. This is the first NBA video game to include all three next-generation consoles, the first game to be released for Sony's PlayStation 3, and the last NBA Live game for the Windows platform.

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Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions; one seven, two eights, and one seven for the PSP version; and all four sevens for the PlayStation 2 version. [13]

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