NBA Live 08

NBA Live 08
PlayStation 3 cover art featuring Gilbert Arenas
Developer(s)	EA Canada - PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 HB Studios - PlayStation 2, Windows, Wii & PSP
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NBA Live
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Xbox 360 Wii
Release date(s)	October 1, 2007 PlayStation 3 NA: October 1, 2007 AS: October 3, 2007 EU: October 5, 2007 AU: October 11, 2007 JP: November 8, 2007 PlayStation 2 & Xbox 360 NA: October 1, 2007 AU: October 4, 2007 EU: October 5, 2007 KO: October 18, 2007 (PS2) JP: November 8, 2007 Wii NA: October 1, 2007 EU: October 26, 2007 AU: November 1, 2007 PlayStation Portable NA: October 1, 2007 JP: November 8, 2007 KO: November 13, 2007 AU: December 6, 2007 EU: December 7, 2007 Windows AU: October 25, 2007 EU: October 26, 2007 NA: October 30, 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Review scores
Publication	Score
	PC	PS2	PS3	PSP	Wii	Xbox 360
1UP.com	N/A	N/A	C+	B	N/A	C+
EGM	N/A	N/A	6.83/10	N/A	N/A	6.83/10
Famitsu	N/A	28/40	32/40	30/40	N/A	32/40
Game Informer	N/A	N/A	7.5/10	N/A	N/A	7.5/10
GameSpot	N/A	6.5/10	7.5/10	6.5/10	3/10	7.5/10
GameSpy	N/A				N/A
GameZone	N/A	6/10	7.8/10	6.8/10	6.5/10	8.3/10
IGN	N/A	5.5/10	6.9/10	7.3/10	4.9/10	6.9/10
Nintendo Life	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A
OXM (US)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8/10
PC Gamer (UK)	77%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PSM	N/A	8/10	8.5/10	N/A	N/A	N/A
USA Today	N/A	N/A	8/10	N/A	N/A	8/10
Aggregate score
Metacritic	67/100	68/100	73/100	73/100	52/100	73/100

NBA Live 08 is the 2007 installment of the NBA Live series by EA Sports. It was released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Windows and PlayStation Portable. This is the first NBA video game to include all three next-generation consoles. It was the last NBA Live game for the Windows platform.

It features Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards as the cover athlete in most versions, but some international versions have players from those areas:

There are eight national teams featured in the game:

In addition to the contemporary USA team, there are also two USA Dream Teams.

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions; one seven, two eights, and one seven for the PSP version; and all four sevens for the PlayStation 2 version.