NBA 2K3

NBA 2K3 is a 2002 sports video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

NBA 2K3
Xbox cover art featuring Allen Iverson
Developer(s)	Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	NBA 2K
Platform(s)	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release	NA: October 7, 2002[1] EU: March 28, 2003 EU: April 17, 2003 (Xbox)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

It was the first of three consecutive NBA 2K games to be produced with licensing from ESPN (however, the ESPN logo would not appear on the front cover until the series' next installment). The ESPN licensing coincided with its, and sister network ABC's, takeover of the national broadcast TV rights from NBC that occurred at the start of the 2002–03 season. It was also the last NBA 2K game to be released on a Nintendo platform until NBA 2K10.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GC	PS2	Xbox
Metacritic	84/100[2]	89/100[3]	87/100[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GC	PS2	Xbox
Electronic Gaming Monthly	9/10[5]	9/10[6]	9/10[7]
Game Informer	N/A	9.25/10[8]	N/A
GamePro	[9]	[9]	[9]
GameRevolution	N/A	A−[10]	A−[11]
GameSpot	8.1/10[12]	8.3/10[13]	8.4/10[14]
GameSpy	N/A	N/A	[15]
GameZone	8.7/10[16]	8.9/10[17]	8.9/10[18]
IGN	8.7/10[19]	8.7/10[20]	8.9/10[21]
Nintendo Power	4.2/5[22]	N/A	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	[23]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	8.7/10[24]

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^[3][4][2] It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Traditional Sports Game on GameCube" award, but lost to NFL 2K3.^[25]