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February 9th, 2010, 01:50
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_review1.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/review1.jpg)After telling everyone that NCAA Basketball and NHL 2K might be getting passive cancellations (http://kotaku.com/5467158/ea-sports-2010-releases-do-not-include-ncaa-basketball), I've been sent this tip from an anonymous reader: According to an ad listing (http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?opportunity_id=17026), 2K Sports is seeking artists for an NHL 2K11 soundtrack.
The listing, at Sonicbids - a music gigs site pairing artists with clients - 2K Sports was looking to pay a $3,000 flat fee to bands "who can provide a song to help round out the NHL 2K11 soundtrack. NHL 2K11 is the latest in a series of critically acclaimed hockey games, due out in September 2010."
While the listing is not time stamped (and it expired Jan. 20), the account posting it was initiated Jan. 6 (http://www.sonicbids.com/Profile/PromoterProfile.aspx?account_id=287378), well after the mid-December speculation that the NHL franchise was toast after Take-Two corporate left it off a list of upcoming key releases (http://kotaku.com/5429919/nhl-2ks-absence-from-take+two-report-may-mean-its-end). At the time, a 2K Sports spokesman said only that the division was evaluating its portfolio of titles and had yet to make any decisions on them.
I've emailed a 2K Sports representative for comment.
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The listing, at Sonicbids - a music gigs site pairing artists with clients - 2K Sports was looking to pay a $3,000 flat fee to bands "who can provide a song to help round out the NHL 2K11 soundtrack. NHL 2K11 is the latest in a series of critically acclaimed hockey games, due out in September 2010."
While the listing is not time stamped (and it expired Jan. 20), the account posting it was initiated Jan. 6 (http://www.sonicbids.com/Profile/PromoterProfile.aspx?account_id=287378), well after the mid-December speculation that the NHL franchise was toast after Take-Two corporate left it off a list of upcoming key releases (http://kotaku.com/5429919/nhl-2ks-absence-from-take+two-report-may-mean-its-end). At the time, a 2K Sports spokesman said only that the division was evaluating its portfolio of titles and had yet to make any decisions on them.
I've emailed a 2K Sports representative for comment.
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