{"id":330031,"date":"2025-12-05T19:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330031\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:36:12","slug":"nba-bounce-stands-out-in-a-market-short-on-kid-friendly-sports-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330031\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Bounce stands out in a market short on kid-friendly sports games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph technology \">Even though my kids outgrew games targeted at the elementary school set, I\u2019m still a big proponent of premium games for children and their families. The market needs more of them, especially since so much awful, predatory free-to-play slop pitched as \u201ckid friendly\u201d dominates mobile platforms and Roblox. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph technology \">Outright Games launched NBA Bounce on Sept. 26 for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam platforms. While it has colorful characters and lots of fun animations, such as how mascot players dunk, it also seeks to teach the basics of basketball while offering arcade game-like controls that are more intuitive than what you get with NBA 2K. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph technology \">\u201cThe game\u2019s intuitive controls, playful visuals, and gameplay make it easy for younger or less experienced players to jump in, while multiple difficulty levels ensure that seasoned gamers can still find a challenge,\u201d said Adrienne O\u2019Keeffe, the NBA\u2019s SVP\/head of consumer product partnerships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph technology \">What separates NBA Bounce from other good games aimed at children, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/sb-blogs\/newsletter-gaming\/2025\/06\/26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/sb-blogs\/newsletter-gaming\/2025\/06\/26\/\">the return of the Backyard Sports franchise<\/a>, is its league branding &#8212; mascots, uniforms and gear, without microtransactions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph technology \">I don\u2019t know if NBA Bounce will help usher in a new era of league-licensed kids games, but I know I\u2019ll be giving out a few copies to the younger children in my family this holiday season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though my kids outgrew games targeted at the elementary school set, I\u2019m still a big proponent of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-330031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}