It has been since 2010 that we received an entirely new NBA Jam video game. While another developer worked on a knock-off version called NBA Playgrounds in 2017, fans still want to see the original series come back life.
Fans of the NBA Jam franchise might be happy to know there is a small clue that a new game in the franchise might be in the works. This news comes from the Twitter page of Tim Kitzrow who was the original game’s announcer.
A fan asked him on Twitter if a new game in the franchise is being worked on in 2018. Kitzrow responded with: “Hoping that it happens, deal in the works“. This is just one comment, but it might be feasible for the franchise to come back. After all, 2018 will mark the series’ 25th anniversary since the first game came out in 1993.
I’d like to see a new NBA Jam because that game franchise was fun and offered something different compared to the annual releases of NBA Live and NBA 2K year in and year out.
I also want to see a new game in the series mainly because I thought NBA Playgrounds was a huge disappointment. Not only was the gameplay shoddy, but the game progression was bad thanks to lootboxes (or card packs).
If you have not played NBA Playgrounds, you are lucky. The full roster is locked behind lootboxes (card packs) so you cannot even play your favorite character unless you get them randomly. You can pay to unlock the full roster, but who wants to do that?
The 2010 version of NBA Jam had a better system where you unlock legends as you progress much like every other game released before lootboxes became popular with developers and publishers…
