NBA Jam: On Fire Edition drives to PSN, XBLA this October

EA Sports is working on a follow-up to last year's reboot of NBA Jam, but this one's going download-only. NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is set to take the court in October for both PS3 and Xbox Live (no Wii release announced) and will arrive via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, respectively. It's worth noting that last year's game was a full $50 retail release, but a stripped-down version was originally planned as a downloadable title free to those who purchased new copies of the ill-fated NBA Elite 11.

On Fire Edition will benefit from new opponent AI (adapted from the Fight Night titles), revamped visuals and a host of new online features including an online co-op "Road Trip" campaign mode and roster updates. The new AI is promising competition that "learns your tendencies and throws them back in your face."

Y'know, kind of like having the fact that you paid 50 bucks for the last game, when this one will probably run $15-20, thrown back in your face. Boomshakalaka!

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EA ANNOUNCES NBA JAM: ON FIRE EDITION, NEW DIGITAL DOWNLOAD COMING THIS FALL

Next NBA Simulation Title to Launch in 2012

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - April 5, 2011 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that an all-new digital download of EA SPORTS™ NBA JAM will be available in October. NBA JAM: On Fire Edition is being developed for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, and it will be available on PlayStation® Network and Xbox LIVE® Arcade. NBA JAM: On Fire Edition will feature exciting new gameplay enhancements, including ground-breaking artificial intelligence that will change the way gamers play NBA JAM.

"EA SPORTS continues to support this iconic franchise through a new digital download and we're taking everything fans loved about the original and adding a host of new features," said Trey Smith, Line Producer, NBA JAM: On Fire Edition. "We've listened to all of the feedback from our fans and we are driven to deliver the very best NBA JAM experience to date."

NBA JAM: On Fire Edition contains new gameplay features including:

· REAL AI: Featuring the ground-breaking AI system used in the Fight Night franchise that learns your tendencies and throws them back in your face.

· JAM Arena– Play solo, or team up with friends and take on the world in a new, dynamic online competition.

· Road Trip – A cooperative online campaign where you can team up with friends and compete in a series of white-knuckle challenges against the current superstars and timeless legends from each of the 30 NBA Teams.

· Tag Mode and Team Fire return! – Swap players "on the fly" and ignite your entire team by performing consecutive cooperative moves!

· More NBA JAM Hotness – Online roster updates, more NBA superstars, legendary NBA players, over-the-top animations, JAM challenges, secret teams and unlockable characters than ever before!

EA SPORTS has also announced that it will launch its next NBA simulation title in fall 2012.

"As planned, our next NBA simulation title is in development at our Tiburon Studio in Orlando," said Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS. "We have top talent on the game, and we're giving the new development team time to deliver a superior experience. We're making great strides and looking forward to launching a new game next year."

Reader Comments (37)

Time to get rid of the crap that is nba jam while its worth something! $20 on amazon, prob 10$ at gamestop

@hose For some strange reason Best Buy is giving 20 for the Wii version and 12 for the 360/PS3 ones. Weird.

http://www.bestbuytradein.com/bb/QuoteCalculatorVideoGames.cfm?kw=NBA+Jam&pf=all

@HazyCloud
Its based on the demand and availability. There are probably more used PS3/360 copies than Wii copies, therefore they're paying more for the Wii copies.

got rid of the game an hour after posting :D use the money for a good game.

i did enjoy my time with the jam . 2v2 local battles were the best. the fun wore off quickly and id much rather play fifa 11 or the show.

@hose I just sold mine at Gamestop, it was 15 bucks, so there you go.

@Nolan North That makes sense.

Might be the first ever sport game I buy.

Excluding that Harry Potter Quidditch game, if you can even consider it a sport game.

@gamerkim28

You can't.

@gamerkim28

BROOM-SHAKALAKA

I was surprised the first game wasn't released on XBLA and PSN. It certainly didn't look like a full game worthy of a disc and box to me. I'm glad the sequel is heading that way cause I will probably buy it at a good price. ;)

@fohf

My thoughts exactly.

I was a NBA JAM junkie when I was a wee lad and was super excited when the reboot was announced...

...until I realized that EA had the audacity to distribute it via brick and mortar retailers at an absurd fifty-dollar price point.

So I passed.

Luckily, EA has come to their senses and are releasing a superior version at a reduced price via digital channels. I am moist with anticipation.

This is why I didn't buy the game in the first place. I might buy this version if it seems compelling enough, but I can't justify $40-50 for an NBC Jam game.

@sammo21 I paid 30 new and still felt I paid too much.

@sammo21
yeah the CBS one is much better

@kojo87

Are you nuts?

Detective Stabler crosses fools up like Jesus, yo.

@Urethra Alfredo

NBA SVU!

Hargitay, for three!

I hope they make the AI better. Last game when you got a big lead, the CPU would just dominate you, stealing, shoving, you would be lucky to even score a basket. Then after they scored 10 or so points straight on you, they would let up again. It got really old fast, and boring, because every game you know this would happen.

Day 1 purchase.

Im so glad I waited on NBA JAM and bought it at $15 when they did it half off on EAs website deal. Its a great game but wow definitely not a fitting full price game compared to games that are out. It fits extremely well as a downloadable title tho. This is certainly a slap in the face for people that bought essentially the same albeit updated title for the full asking price.

Should've been like this from the get-go.

Still, I got WAY more than 50 bucks worth of enjoyment out of the disc-based version of the game.

Despite my complete lack of interest in sports games, I was mildly curious about the NBA Jam revival...not $50 curious, though. I may get this, since it seems a lot more reasonable to make the game a digital download. I mean, we're talking about a polygonal coat of paint over an arcade-style game from yesteryear.

I bought it new for $30 about 6 weeks after it was released and don't regret it. As a multi-player game it's still really awesome, although I felt like some of the single player stuff got really repetitive and I didn't even really touch the remix mode. But there was a lot of content there, even if it was almost all the same.

Glad I wanted for a download version to come around paying $50 would be too much for me.

Oh hey, looks like they're finally getting around to finishing NBA Jam for PS3 and 360. I wondered what happened to that.

@Lerkero

The xbox and ps3 versions came out a long time ago.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=nba+jam&x=0&y=0

@xJimmeh
It came out on PS3/360, but it was not finished
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/15/nba-jam-ps3-xbox-360-multiplayer-patch/

nice- i passed on the overpriced, last-minute cash-in that was NBA Jam on PS3/360 last year. this sounds like what they should have done all along- of course once this comes out- the original will plummet in price. maybe i'll just wait until i can get the original on disc for like $10...

$20 max on xbla or gtfo

New Nba Jam? Download only? I feel like I've heard this before....

didn't buy the last one...$50 was too damn much....but if this is $15....I'll get it...

EA's committed to being "green" by removing paper manuals, yet they manufactured thousands of discs, cases, and manuals for a game that should have been a $10-15 digital release from the beginning. Haste makes waste.

The irony here is if they released it last year digitally at even a $15 price point, everyone with a credit card and a sense of nostalgia would have jumped on that day 1. Now that they've gone this route though, since I'm already used to the idea of not playing an NBA Jam game that's out, I'll probably just wait for it to go on sale on XBL or PSN if I even pick it up at all.

"EA SPORTS has also announced that it will launch its next NBA simulation title in fall 2012." - Does this mean the 2K series will have NO competition again this year? Good luck EA, on trying to get the market share back from those who converted because of missing last year's title...

Is there any fake fans in the seats?

After playing the game I actually didn't mind them charing $50 for this other than the fact that they couldn't get even the basic online functionality working.

I would say that about 30% of the games actually connect. The others have the most bizarro errors.

The first is when you boot up the game the players are mixed up, and on the wrong team. In these games it's going to drop you within the 1st half every time.

The other is part of the way through the game everyone will get their own version of the game, but their actions will still be represented in other people's games. It's like they get slightly out of sync and it just escalates from there. So if I hit the 'A' button, my player will perform the 'A' action in everyone's version of the game, but the ball and the players will be in completely different locations on the court in each game.

It's really, really unlike anything I've ever seen before and is pretty unacceptable with the frequency that it happens.

So EA can't update the rosters on the current game because they are working on a new version that's download only? That sucks for those of us who bought it originally.

I always thought this game should've been a download. Depending on the price and features, I might give it a whirl.

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition drives to PSN, XBLA this October

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