NBA 2K3

NBA 2K3 is a basketball video game that was released on October 7, 2002 for the GameCube, October 8, 2002 for the PlayStation 2, and October 9, 2002 for the Xbox. It was published by Sega and developed by Visual Concepts. Like the previous games of the NBA 2K series, Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers is the cover athlete. This is the last game in the series to be released for GameCube, the last to be released for a Nintendo console until NBA 2K10, and the fourth installment in the series overall.

NBA 2K3
Xbox cover art featuring Allen Iverson
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)Sega Sports
SeriesNBA 2K
Platform(s)GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
ReleaseGameCube
  • NA: October 7, 2002
  • EU: March 28, 2003
PlayStation 2
  • NA: October 8, 2002
  • JP: March 20, 2003
  • EU: March 28, 2003
Xbox
  • NA: October 9, 2002
  • EU: April 17, 2003
Genre(s)Sports

It was the first of three consecutive NBA 2K games to be produced with licensing from ESPN (however, the ESPN logo would not appear on the front cover until the series' next installment. The ESPN licensing coincided with its, and sister network ABC's, takeover of the national broadcast TV rights from NBC that occurred at the start of the 2002–03 season.

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCPS2Xbox
EGM9/10[1]9/10[2]9/10[3]
Game InformerN/A9.25/10[4]N/A
GamePro[5][5][5]
GameRevolutionN/AA−[6]A−[7]
GameSpot8.1/10[8]8.3/10[9]8.4/10[10]
GameSpyN/AN/A[11]
GameZone8.7/10[12]8.9/10[13]8.9/10[14]
IGN8.7/10[15]8.7/10[16]8.9/10[17]
Nintendo Power4.2/5[18]N/AN/A
OPM (US)N/A[19]N/A
OXM (US)N/AN/A8.7/10[20]
Aggregate score
Metacritic84/100[21]89/100[22]87/100[23]

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[22][23][21]

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References
  1. "NBA 2K3 (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (161): 236. December 2002. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  2. EGM staff (December 2002). "NBA 2K3 (PS2)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (161): 204. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  3. "NBA 2K3 (Xbox)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (161): 250. December 2002. Archived from the original on March 30, 2004. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  4. Leeper, Justin (November 2002). "NBA 2K3 (PS2)". Game Informer (115): 118. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  5. Tokyo Drifter (October 8, 2002). "NBA 2K3 (GC, PS2, Xbox)". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  6. Dr. Moo (October 2002). "NBA 2K3 Review (PS2)". Game Revolution. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
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  8. Varanini, Giancarlo (October 8, 2002). "NBA 2K3 Review (GC)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
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  10. Varanini, Giancarlo (October 10, 2002). "NBA 2K3 Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  11. Villoria, Gerald (December 3, 2002). "GameSpy: NBA 2K3 (Xbox)". GameSpy. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  12. Surette, Tim (November 6, 2002). "Sega Sports(tm) NBA 2K3 - GC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  13. Valentino, Nick (October 21, 2002). "Sega Sports(tm) NBA 2K3 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  14. Surette, Tim (October 28, 2002). "Sega Sports(tm) NBA 2K3 - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  15. Goldstein, Hilary (October 4, 2002). "NBA 2K3 (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  16. Goldstein, Hilary (October 7, 2002). "NBA 2K3 (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  17. Goldstein, Hilary (October 4, 2002). "NBA 2K3 Review (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  18. "NBA 2K3". Nintendo Power. 162: 224. November 2002.
  19. Zuniga, Todd (December 2002). "NBA 2K3". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 170. Archived from the original on May 25, 2004. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  20. "NBA 2K3". Official Xbox Magazine: 108. December 2002.
  21. "NBA 2K3 for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  22. "NBA 2K3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  23. "NBA 2K3 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 9, 2015.


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