NFL 2K3
North American cover art
Developer(s)Visual Concepts
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
Release
  • NA: August 12, 2002 (PS2, Xbox)[2]
  • NA: August 20, 2002 (GC)[1]
  • EU: March 28, 2003 (GC, PS2)
  • EU: April 17, 2003 (Xbox)
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NFL 2K3 is an American football video game released in 2002 for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. It was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega. It is the only NFL 2K game for the GameCube. The cover athlete features Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears, becoming the first cover athlete in the NFL 2K series besides Randy Moss.

Reception

The game received "universal acclaim" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[27][28][29] In Japan, where the PlayStation 2 version was localized for release on December 26, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 33 out of 40.[4]

GameSpot named NFL 2K3 the best Xbox game, and second-best PlayStation 2 game, of August 2002.[30] It won the publication's annual "Best Traditional Sports Game on GameCube" and "Best Traditional Sports Game on Xbox" awards, and was a runner-up for "Best Online Game on Xbox", "Best Online Game on PlayStation 2" and "Game of the Year on Xbox".[31]

References

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  23. ^ "NFL 2K3". Nintendo Power. Vol. 160. Nintendo of America. September 2002. p. 163.
  24. ^ "NFL 2K3". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 60. Ziff Davis. September 2002. p. 117.
  25. ^ "NFL 2K3". Official Xbox Magazine. Imagine Media. October 2002. p. 100.
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  30. ^ The Editors of GameSpot (September 7, 2002). "GameSpot's Game of the Month, August 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 6, 2004.
  31. ^ GameSpot Staff (December 30, 2002). "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 7, 2003.

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