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Classic NBA arcade action is back! Take your “A” game to the playground and beat the best in high-flying 2-on-2 basketball action. Practice your skills offline, play with up to three others and take your talents online to posterize your opponents with acrobatic jams and ridiculous displays of skill.
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NBA Playgrounds Update 1.1.0Many thanks for the continued support! We have the best players in the world and we are privileged to serve you. Update 1.1.0 for PC/Steam brings the heat! Challenge your friends, enemies and other players online. Game on! Friends matchmaking is here. With the new Challenge feature, you’ll be able to directly challenge another player to a game on the Playgrounds. All you have to do is agree on a code, open the online mode, switch to Challenges, enter that code and face each other. Other additions include a new connection manager, which monitors the connection of players during ranked matches and penalizes disconnections from games that are made to avoid losing. Quitters never prosper on the Playground.In response to great feedback, we’ve also tweaked the entire shooting system from jump shots, to threes, to dunks, layups, and everything in-between. We’ve redone the timing, added a meter, and clarified the entire system. Keep those comments coming!As a big thank you to our rabid fans, we’ve also added 15 new players, including Isaiah Thomas and Dennis Rodman! Those two all-stars and 13 others can be unlocked regularly through player packs, earned during the tournament or when leveling up your profile.Thanks again for all your great feedback and support. Update 1.1.0 is the beginning. We’re only days from launch and we’re already making the game better thanks to your feedback. You rock!New Features:- Added: The Challenge Mode feature, which allows you to challenge other players to online matcheso You can now switch between unranked challenges and ranked games in the online modeo To challenge another player, you must switch to the challenge mode in the online menu and define a challenge code. By default, your challenge code is your nickname, but you can change it to your own, personal code. The person you are challenging must enter your code.o If you have been challenged, please enter your challenger’s code and press “Accept”.o All challenges are unranked and your ranking/ELO will be unaffected by the results of the challenge.- Added: Toxicity system/Disconnection Manager, which penalizes players who abandon matches in any other way than surrendering- Added: 5 new versions of Shaquille O´Neal in various teams from his career (Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic)- Added: 15 new players join the rostero The following players were added: Dennis Rodman, Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird, Giannis Antetokoumnpo, Kenny Smith, Gary Payton, Klay Thompson, Devin Booker, Tony Parker, Kemba Walker, Seth Curry, Tiny Archibald, John Starks, Tracy McGrady, Pete Maravich- Added: A shot-meter was added to help finding the perfect timing for shots, dunks etc.- Added: Steam Cloud Save support- Added: Steam Big Picture keyboard managementNotable Changes:- Adjusted: Shots were adjusted to make the system more accessible and unified throughout all variations- Adjusted: The steal action was adjusted further to better fit the intended gameplayo It is now possible to perform a steal action when behind an opponent- Changed: 3 pointers no longer fill lottery pick bar- Increased: The difficulty of 3 pointers was increased- Reduced: The number of steals required for the Las Vegas Challenge #2 was reduced to 10 (was 15)- Reduced: The number of 3-pointers needed for the Paris Challenge #4 was reduced to 6 (was 7)- Reduced: The number of 3-pointers needed for the London Challenge #1 was reduced to 6 (was 10)- Reduced: The number of 3-pointers needed for the Las Vegas Challenge #3 was reduced to 8 (was 12)- Reduced: The inbound time was reduced to adjust it to the overall style of the gameNotable Fixes:- Fixed: Issues related to the strength of the force feedback effects were addressedAbout the GameClassic NBA arcade action is back! Take your “A” game to the playground and beat the best in high-flying 2-on-2 basketball action. Practice your skills offline, play with up to three others on your PC, or take your talents online to posterize your opponents with acrobatic jams and ridiculous displays of skill. • Easy to play, challenging to master• Offline and Online Multiplayer• Massive roster of current and retired NBA superstars• All the official NBA teams• Travel to playgrounds across the globe• Hundreds of dunks and moves• Collect all your favorite players• Improve players over time• Compete against the master of the playground himself - Allen Iverson• Even more NBA superstars will be added post-launch “Up your game!”
Patch Notes & Announcements(9)
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.4
More players incoming. The new content update for NBA Playgrounds is here. Thanks for continuous feedback and support. You Rock! See you at the Playgrounds. New Features: Added: New players join the r
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MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.3.0
Hot Summer, Great Fans, Hot Update. The new content update for NBA Playgrounds is here. Thanks for continuous feedback and support. You Rock! See you at the Playgrounds. New Features: Added: New playe
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.2.1
With this update we release a fixes for a few technical issues we saw after the latest patch release. Notable Fixes Fixed: An issue that prevented some users in rare cases from progressing through the
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.2.0
Welcome to the Playground, welcome to Chicago and Madrid. With this patch not only do 35 new NBA players join the roster, but also 5 Youtubers are gearing up to enter the playground. Along with the ne
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.1.2
Thanks for all your feedback regarding the last patch. We really appreciated and we´re releasing this patch for the weekend with some improvements we made based on your feedback. We know that the patc
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.1.1
We're releasing this patch to address some of the issues we saw following the release of patch 1.1.0. We also added the option to hide the shot meter as it was requested by many of you. Notable Fixes:
MAJORNBA PLAYGROUNDS Update 1.1.0
Many thanks for the continued support! We have the best players in the world and we are privileged to serve you. Update 1.1.0 for PC/Steam brings the heat! Challenge your friends, enemies and other pl
MAJORPatch 1.0.3
We are so thankful for all the support we’ve received at launch. Even though we only released earlier this week, we made a commitment to support NBA Playgrounds aggressively post-launch, patching as o
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