2K Sports announced today that All-Pro Football 2K8, the highly-anticipated football title from the makers of the celebrated 2K football series, is now available in stores across North America for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
"All-Pro Football 2K8 is the result of hard work and ground-breaking design from our Visual Concepts football team," said Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio. "We believe we're giving something important to all sports gamers ñ the 2K Sports brand of realistic and innovative football, the first football game to exclusively feature the greatest football players of all time, and most of all, a choice for gamers in the simulation football genre. Iím very excited about the release of All-Pro Football 2K8 for sports gamers everywhere and especially for our long time fans that have faithfully supported us over the years."
All-Pro Football 2K8, now 11 years old, is still a popular game among football fans. One man created a Twitter page that is all about showcasing APF 2K8's gameplay, which was ahead of its time.
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Just Picked It Up @ Gamestop Dayton Ohio!
10 OUT OF 10
SMOOTH CRISP FAST ACTION!
GOOD JOB 2K SPORTS!
"ALL GOOD THINGS ,IN ALL GOOD TIME"
on since, I never liked madden and been playing the 2K series since Dreamcast. sounds like I will pick this one up when I get a chance. I haven't played a football game since 2K5.
I haven't seen a single review for this game. The fake teams/players thing is pretty lame, even with all the retired greats. And playing online would suck since most user created teams will have the same exact players (elway, montana, barry sanders etc). But if the gameplay is good I might just pick it up anyway if madden disappoints again.
this game is wow .an must have if you love football .thxs 2k thx!
Bring on the demo -- it'll sell even more.. gCM