2K’s unfathomably popular NBA2K series isn’t the only basketball game in town. Or rather, it usually isn’t, but is for now. EA boss Andrew Wilson has confirmed that EA’s binned its own NBA Live 20 this year, and will instead focus on the ne3xt generation of consoles when it returns to the court with its own game.

There are several active and pending lawsuit directed at Epic Games (and other companies that have used similar dances) for the dances to be found in the battle royale game. It uses simple dances copied from an array of people, including rapper 2 Milly’s Milly Rock, Psy’s Gangnam Style dance, Snoop Dogg’s Drop it Like it’s Hot gesticulations, some kid with a backpack and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s Alfonso Ribeiro ‘s Carlton Dance.

Maybe 2018 will be the year that publishers decide to scale back on plans to make increasingly expensive video game development cycles a touch bit more profitable. At least that’s what analyst Doug Creutz from financial service and investment banking firm Cowen alluded to, when he spoke to clients on CNBC .

Lootboxes and microtransactions are popping up in just about every big blockbuster game these days, much to the chagrin of many gamers. Still, people are buying them en masse, and that's only going to become more prevalent.

When you think of the "3 Stripes" only one company comes to mind, and that's something Adidas are forcing with ELEAGUE's new Trademark.