In honor of the ongoing NBA playoffs, Microsoft is giving its Xbox One gamers the opportunity to have full access to the best-selling basketball simulation video game “NBA 2K15” for three full days beginning on April 24 to 27 all for free.
The only catch is the offer is good only to those Xbox One gamers with Xbox Live Gold subscription.
Game publisher 2K Sports is also sweetening the promo during the weekend by offering the “NBA 2K15” Weekend Bundle at 40% off for those who are interested to purchase the full game. What’s more, it shall also come with 15,000 virtual currency (VC) and those who intend to purchase more VCs will get a 33% discount during the promo period.
Gamers who decide to buy the title over the weekend or later after their free trial, are also assured that all the saves, achievements, and game scores shall be retained, notes Bidness ETC.
The premium offer opens up the perfect timing for gamers to purchase the game, particularly those Xbox Live Gold members who can capitalize on the major 40% discount on the standard retail price of the game.
Very dynamic and league-like
One of the key features of “NBA 2K15” is its ability to constantly provide regular update patches that often brings roster changes and gameplay tweaks and improvements.
The updates also bring forth locker codes, attribute and accessory improvements, and bug fixes. More than gameplay improvements, these regular roster updates is what makes the “NBA 2K15” very dynamic and almost similar to the league itself.
The regular roster updates are actually the difference between the “NBA 2K15” and the “WWE 2K15,” so gamers are always aware of what’s happening in the league in as far as player movements or transfers are concerned.
What also makes the “NBA 2K15” very much league-like is the fact that the basketball simulation video game was launched to the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One, the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and the PC, about the time when the NBA 2014-15 season went underway. It became the official successor of the “NBA 2K14.”
So whenever there are trades, player injuries, going on in the each of the teams in the league, the game developer Visual Concepts would be quick to make the roster changes right away through the release of a patch to effect such.
Once the roster updates are effected, the teams in the “NBA 2K15” actually have the same lineups as the actual teams in the NBA and that is certainly good for the league and the gamers because they became aware of the actual players movements in the league.
What’s even better is that Visual Concepts and “NBA 2K15” publisher 2K Sports always make it a point to inform gamers about the corresponding points once roster updates are effected on certain team lineups which they can also use to their advantage to jack up their game XPs.