With three NBA All-Stars on the cover of NBA 2K13, 2K Sports is making the most of its leading men. The sports game publisher has released a new digital film starring Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers. Griffin shares his NBA 2K13 MyPLAYER with the world. Gamers will be able to see how they match up with SlamDemon32 this October with the launch of NBA 2K13 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP, PC and mobile. A Wii U version will hit retail stores in November.

With the NBA tip off just around the corner, 2K Sports is gearing up for some competition from EA Sports NBA Live 13 for the first time in a few years. To bolster its NBA 2K presence, the game publisher is unleashing NBA 2K Everywhere this October. Virtual basketball is now going to be available anywhere via an all-new mobile companion application, a social game on Facebook, and a full-featured mobile version of NBA 2K13 for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. The developer talks about the new game in this exclusive video interview below.

Dwightmare is apparently over. Dwight Howard is coming the the Los Angeles Lakers. In a blockbuster four team, nine player trade between the Lakers, the Orlando Magic, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets that matches the 1996 blockbuster trade for Shaquille O'Neal, the Lakers will finally get the big man that every NBA team coveted in Dwight Howard. While the trade still needs to be finalized this afternoon, the details of the trade are that the 76ers will get Andrew Bynum, arguably the second-best center in the NBA, along with Jason Richardson while the Nuggets would get Team USA forward Andre Iguodala and the Magic would get Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Moe Harkless, Nikola Vucevic and three protected first round draft picks, one from each team plus two second round draft picks, according to SI.com. The Lakers would ask get Chris Duhon and Earl Clark. The Lakers did not have to give up Pau Gasol and will project a lineup that also includes Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to form a "Big Four" that will match up to Miami's "Big Three" and the Oklahoma Thunder's young core of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. We caught up with Howard during NBA All-Star Game in an exclusive video interview to talk about his favorite off-court activity, video gaming.

NBA 2K13 isn't just going to have some great virtual basketball action, it's also going to have some great hip-hop beats to accompany your on-court hops. 2K Sports announced today a partnership with hip-hop impresario and part Brooklyn Nets-owner Jay-Z who will serve as Executive Producer for the 2013 version of the best-selling NBA 2K13 basketball game. The entertainment mogul and 14-time Grammy Award winner, whose real name is Shawn Carter, will focus his talents on the experience, from the overall look and feel of the game, to the hand-picked soundtrack, interactive in-game menus and even the crowd reactions.

Thomas Robinson is one of the most rounded players in the 2012 NBA Draft, according to scouts. He possesses a more refined game than number one pick Anthony Davis from Kentucky. Thomas has spent three full years at Kansas, where he averaged 17.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game in his junior year last year. In addition to being good on the hardwoods, Robinson will be a playmaker in 2K Sports NBA 2K13 and EA SPORTS NBA LIVE 13 this fall. Robinson talks about his love of Rockstar Games Max Payne 3 and what it will be like to go virtual in NBA video games in the video below.

Anthony Davis, the top pick in the 2012 NBA Draft is bringing his brow to 2K Sports NBA 2K13 and EA SPORTS NBA Live 13 this year. The Kentucky phenom headlines a very deep draft class, thanks in part to his teammates. Davis, the newest member of the New Orleans Hornets team, talks about going first and what it’s going to be like to go virtual in the NBA video games in the video interview below.

All aboard the hype train for NBA 2K13.  2K Sports' latest basketball simulation is just over three months from release, set to arrive on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4th (and on the Wii U when it arrives at retail), and promises a bunch of changes that will certainly make it the most realistic one that the company's released. And to help push the hype further, 2K has chosen a trifecta of current NBA superstars to grace the cover, a step forward from the solo cover stars that graced it previously.  Surprisingly enough, currently crowned NBA champ LeBron James nor series favorite Kobe Bryant are amongst the three stars.

Visual Concepts will face competition from EA Sports Tiburon for the first time ever. 2K Sports debuted NBA 2K13 at E3 2012 just as EA Sports showed off NBA Live 13. The basketball franchises will go one-on-one this fall with the start of the 2012-13 NBA Season as the Miami Heat seek to repeat as world champions. Erick Boenisch talks about what’s in store for NBA 2K13 fans in the exclusive video interview below.

The idea behind E3 was to showcase the latest and brightest games of 2012, but there are always a few games that disappoint us. Some games on our list made serious changes to their formula, and not for the better. Other games took center stage at E3 when they shouldn’t have. There were many games at E3, but here is our top five list of disappointments.

For the past couple of years, 2K Sports has been dominating the paint with its NBA 2K franchise, as 2K12 managed to sell well over five million copies, thanks to the help of a talented development team and, of course, a virtual Michael Jordan.  But the pressure is on this year, as EA Sports is bringing back NBA Live in a big way.  2K, however, isn’t breaking a sweat.  Live didn’t even make it to E3 this year, and the team had its own plans with NBA 2K13, which it showed to us behind closed doors.

If you like baseball video games, chances are you’re doing one of two things right now.  You’re either heavily investing yourself in Sony’s dominating simulator MLB 12: The Show on PlayStation Vita or PS3, or you’re playing 2K Sports’ Major League Baseball 2K12, which actually fared pretty well considering how the series has been in a bit of a (pardon the pun) slide here.  But it looks like the competition may be whittled down, as 2K is considering letting its deal with MLB expire in 2013, though that wasn’t officially announced.

Today during Take Two earnings conference call, first week results of Max Payne 3, Rockstar’s newest game were released. According to Take Two Interactive, Max Payne shipped three million units in its first week. No word yet on how many units they actually sold, but it's still great news for both Rockstar games and Take Two.