

When players start to torch the opposition in real life, new animation packages will unlock for that player in NBA 2K9. Living Rosters will update player and team tendencies, as well as trades and other roster moves, in similar fashion to NBA Live 09's Dynamic DNA, but with a twist (or a killer crossover, if you will).

With the new Living Rosters feature, it looks like NBA 2K9 has no plans on standing pat. In its tenth season, in the face of Dynamic DNA, will NBA 2K9 be able to reload and repeat as champions yet again?

Now NBA Live 09 is going into next season with its version of a healthy Andrew Bynum after announcing the new Dynamic DNA feature, which will allow player tendencies and achievements to be updated every day of the NBA season to provide up-to-the-moment realism. For years, NBA 2K has won gamers over with more realistic gameplay, which has been as dependable an advantage for the series as the strong defense and "Ubuntu" philosophy the Celtics employed last year to throttle the offensive-minded Lakers in June's NBA Finals. After the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA's premier rivalry just might take place in the videogame realm between Visual Concepts' NBA 2K and EA's NBA Live.
