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NBA Live 15

NBA Live 15 arrives with 500+ core gameplay improvements to deliver a truly fluid, exciting and authentic basketball gaming experience. Reimagined visuals drop you courtside alongside the game’s biggest stars…

66 28 October 2014

NBA Live 15 is a sport developed by EA Orlando, released 28 October 2014 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What NBA Live 15 is

NBA Live 15 is a sport game developed by EA Orlando and released in 2014. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Ignite Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NBA Live 15 arrives with 500+ core gameplay improvements to deliver a truly fluid, exciting and authentic basketball gaming experience. Reimagined visuals drop you courtside alongside the game’s biggest stars. See the intensity on a player’s face as he nails a game-winner, or the frustration of a heart-wrenching loss. All-new real-time physics on dunks and layups replicate some of the NBA’s most amazing physical plays, letting you posterize your opponent or deny his attempt at the rim. Add into the mix always-connected online game modes and LIVE’s Synergy Sports partnership and you’ll never miss a beat during the NBA season with new content updated daily, all season long.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the NBA series

NBA Live 15 is the 127th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA Live 16 in 2015. Its critic score of 66 is 7 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.

See all 187 NBA games in release order →

How it was received

NBA Live 15 holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it launched against

NBA Live 15 launched on 28 October 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.

Quick answers

NBA Live 15 — frequently asked questions

When did NBA Live 15 come out?
NBA Live 15 was released on 28 October 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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