NBA 2K14 is a 2013
basketball video game developed by
Visual Concepts and published by
2K Sports. The fifteenth installment in the series, it was released on October 1, 2013, for
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3, and
Xbox 360,
[2] and the
PlayStation 4 and the
Xbox One versions were released on the consoles' respective launch dates.
LeBron James of the
Miami Heat became the cover athlete,
[3] and also served as the music curator for the game. 2K Sports also released the
DLC pack that as a bonus for pre-ordering the game, they would receive 10,000
VC, bonus content for "Path to Greatness" mode, adding James in the Blacktop mode and a signature skill for
MyCareer mode.
[4] On August 14, 2013,
2K Sports announced that Crew Mode would return to this year's installment of
NBA 2K.
NBA 2K14 is the successor to
NBA 2K13 and was succeeded by
NBA 2K15 in the
NBA 2K series.
The "potential" stat is now limited and restricts the overall level a
player can grow to, rather than increasing as the player improves (as
happened in previous NBA 2K titles). This seems like a minor change but
it has severely limited the amount by which players' stats can improve
in Association Mode (and fixes one of the most often requested
Association Mode flaws; too many players tu