NBA Elite 11 Cancelled

Well this is completely bonkers. Electronic Arts has cancelled NBA Elite 11.

According to EA COO John Schappert development of future NBA Elite releases will be handled to EA Tiburon. EA Canada had been developing this year's game.

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We're rather confused by this having actually played NBA Elite 11 - and been ridiculously impressed by the wonderful new control scheme - back in August.

When we saw the game it looked pretty polished. We only got to play human vs human though. One wonders if the reason for the cancellation was a legal problem - perhaps with the license. Or more likely this: