NBA Live 18
| NBA Live 18 | |
|---|---|
Cover art featuring James Harden | |
| Developer(s) | EA Tiburon |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Series | NBA Live |
| Engine | Ignite |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
NBA Live 18 is a basketball simulation video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports, featuring James Harden of the Houston Rockets as its cover athlete. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 15, 2017. It is the 21st installment in the NBA Live series and the follow-up to 2015's NBA Live 16 after EA took a year off between games. Though it received criticism for its gameplay, the game was praised for improvements over recent installments and became the series' highest-rated game since NBA Live 10 according to Metacritic.