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Platform Win, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Publisher Mad Dog Games Developer Saber Interactive Release Date May 9, 2017

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NBA Playgrounds review

By Owen S. Good on May 14, 2017 05.14.17

NBA Playgrounds is a brutal game of basketball. My first online match in the 2-on-2 hoops title made this painfully clear, and exposed an equally painful lack of the free-flowing, rim-rocking,...

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Tim Willits, formerly of id Software, lands at World War Z developer Saber Interactive

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Says his new team is "hungry to control its own destiny"

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Here’s what 2K Sports brought to NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 05, 2018 10.05.18

A lot more than branding, according to the developer

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NBA Playgrounds sequel coming this summer

By Samit Sarkar on Apr 20, 2018 04.20.18

Better online play is a focus this time

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NBA Playgrounds’ bizarre Nintendo Switch patch situation, explained (update)

By Samit Sarkar on Jan 08, 2018 01.08.18

Well, that’s weird

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NBA Playgrounds finally gets online play for Nintendo Switch

By Owen S. Good on Jul 10, 2017 07.10.17

More players and gameplay balances included

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NBA Playgrounds apologizes with free Shaq Fu sequel

By Owen S. Good on Jun 03, 2017 06.03.17

For those who bought it on Nintendo Switch

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NBA Playgrounds lacks some important features at launch

By Samit Sarkar on May 05, 2017 05.05.17

NBA Playgrounds, the NBA Jam-esque arcade basketball game from Saber Interactive, will eventually be the same game across the four platforms on which it is being released next week (Nintendo...

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NBA Playgrounds could be the NBA Jam replacement you’ve been looking for

By Samit Sarkar on May 03, 2017 05.03.17

It took about four minutes into my first game of NBA Playgrounds for me to finally connect on an alley-oop, with the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin tossing the ball up for George Hill of the...

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Arcade throwback NBA Playgrounds jams on Switch, Xbox One and PS4 in May

By Owen S. Good on Apr 05, 2017 04.05.17

NBA Playgrounds, a game outed at the end of February's Nintendo Switch Direct showcase, was confirmed by its maker today and will launch in May for the Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox...