Let’s run it back!
NBA THE RUN’s second Closed Beta on Steam/PC will be live Saturday, May 16 from 10:00am – 2:00pm PT. We had an absolute blast running with you during the first beta and have been hard at work addressing the feedback from the community.
Here’s the list of the notable improvements we’re making for Saturday’s beta:
- All new dribble, run and sprint animations
- Extended Dunk Range
- New Ruleset, Zonebreaker
- Tuned back court shooting to be more difficult
- Pass speed increased and prediction tuned
- Pass arcs added and tuned
- Increased speed of all players while In the Zone (ITZ)
- Improved overall presentation of In the Zone
- Better ball bounce off rim to improve rebounding
- Nearby defenders now affect shooting accuracy (excluding stunned or fallen defenders)
- Shooter movement now reduces shooting accuracy
- Shoves costs more stamina
- Shoves slows the player down more
- Shoves earns less In the Zone points
- Implemented new sprint dribble w/ supporting animations
- Long pass animation added
- Improved in motion (right / left) jumpshot animations
- New self posterize animation added
- More knockdown animations added
- Improved visuals for passing out of jump shots and dunks
- Extended time of Dropping Dimes ball receiver
- Harder to steal or shove a player in pumpfake
- Moved camera change off RS to PS5 Touchpad / Xbox View button
- Added HUD pop-up to communicate current selected camera
- Updated Keyboard Controls
- Harder to shove or steal from a player once they pick up their dribble. Ie Pump Fake
- Tuned MVP calculations
- Improved presentation of MVP at end of game
- Added orange wrist band to Ant
- Added more impactful advanced spin moves for all players
- Clock on throw in doesn’t start till possession
- Improved pathfinding on inbounding post basket
- Added functionality to skip end of tournament video
- Improved “Ready Up” icon legibility in Front End / Main Menu
We’re excited to bring more players into the experience and showcase the new changes we’ve made directly based on your valuable feedback.
We’ll also be hosting a sneak peek of these updates in a livestream on the official NBA Discord on Friday, May 15 at 2:00pm PT. Join our Creative Director Mike Young, who will be answering more of your questions about our game launching June 9.
Make sure to recruit your own Crew and invite them to Sign Up for Playtesting at NBATHERUN.FirstLook.gg.
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We look forward to seeing you all later this week.
