{"id":51932,"date":"2026-05-13T06:16:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51932"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:16:46","slug":"nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51932","title":{"rendered":"NBA The Run Hits The Streets On June 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2171357\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/\" data-post-title=\"NBA The Run hits the streets on June 9\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2171357\">\n<picture id=\"p1f4a487b23df2d2d68fdc23e91078c61\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/intro-1778617717.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/intro-1778617717.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/intro-1778617717.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2171357\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/\" data-post-id=\"2171357\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"NBA The Run hits the streets on June 9: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Joel Embiid dunking over another player on the floor.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Play by Play Studios<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For fans of the style and arcade gameplay of the NBA Street series, developer Play by Play Studios may have a worthy successor in <em>NBA The Run<\/em>. The game is coming out on June 9 and its development just so happened to be overseen by Mike Young, an artist on the original NBA The Street series, according to a <em>Game Informer<\/em> report from October 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rather than leaning hard on the simulation aspects of a game like <em>NBA 2K26<\/em>, <em>NBA The Run<\/em> focuses on smaller, 3v3 basketball matches, and slightly more over-the-top action. Players will work their way through a four-round &#8220;Knockout Tournament&#8221; set on basketball courts around the world, before facing off in a boss battle of sorts in one of &#8220;four specially designated final courts.&#8221; The game offers three main modes, Knockout Squads (where you play one player in a team of three), Knockout Solos (where you play as a whole team) or Knockout Friends (where you can create custom private tournaments).\u00a0You can play as either fictional characters or pick from a roster of over 30 real NBA players, like Steph Curry, Luka Don\u010di\u0107, Kevin Durant and Joel Embiid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBA The Run - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6qFXL1fWrcQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>NBA The Run<\/em> got its start in 2024 as <em>The Run: Got Next<\/em>, and was later retooled once Play by Play Studios received the official NBA license to play with, <em>Game Informer<\/em> writes. Sports games are as popular as they&#8217;ve ever been, but this new game will be launching in a world that&#8217;s largely been under served with new arcade sports tiles, particularly those officially sanctioned by the National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association. Assuming everything goes as planned, <em>The Run<\/em> could be the start of a renaissance.<\/p>\n<p><em>NBA The Run<\/em> will be available for $30 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S and Steam on June 9. A Deluxe Edition of the game with three additional unlockable players and some in-game currency will cost $40.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2171357\/nba-the-run-hits-the-streets-on-june-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Play by Play Studios For fans of the style and arcade gameplay of the NBA Street series,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[305,6209,6603,489,541],"class_list":["post-51932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-hits","tag-june","tag-nba","tag-run","tag-streets","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}