2K Sports has announced that NBA 2K8 has shipped to retail across North America, for Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2. Highlights of NBA 2K8 include a host of new contact animations that bring a new level of physical play in the post and while playing defense, new offball play system, and hundreds of new Signature Style animations that capture all the jump shot, dribble, and dunk moves performed by every major NBA athlete. NBA 2K8 also introduces the new NBA Blacktop features highlighted by the exciting Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.