James Harden will grace the cover of EA Sports' NBA LIVE 18

BarDown Staff

James Harden NBA LIVE 18 , Twitter/EASPORTSNBA

EA Sports is bringing the NBA LIVE franchise back to gaming consoles this September and they recently unveiled who is going to grace this year’s cover.

Proud to announce this year's #NBALIVE18 cover athlete @JHarden13 sporting the new 🔥 @HoustonRockets uniform! pic.twitter.com/Uvyqb1q1H0
— EA SPORTS NBA LIVE (@EASPORTSNBA) August 10, 2017

On Thursday night, EA Sports announced that Houston Rockets superstar James Harden is going to be gracing the cover of NBA LIVE 18.

Next Stop... #NBALIVE18
🤘 Truly honored to be on the @easportsnba cover! 🚀https://t.co/Hxjr4CIPB2
— James Harden (@JHarden13) August 10, 2017

Congrats to our very own @JHarden13 🚀🤘 on becoming the @EASPORTSNBA 2018 cover athlete! #NBALIVE18

🎮 >> https://t.co/yf2dbPAqT6 pic.twitter.com/VCYzMKWUIL
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) August 10, 2017

The upcoming release, which is due out in September, will feature three different game modes including THE ONE, THE STREETS (which includes actual popular outdoor basketball courts in the United States) and THE LEAGUE.

The birthplace of street-ball & the crossover dribble.

The legendary @EBCRuckerPark is waiting... #NBALIVE18: https://t.co/qQGbmrHeEF pic.twitter.com/ZWdDYjKb1M
— EA SPORTS NBA LIVE (@EASPORTSNBA) August 9, 2017

"Every guard at Venice has been a menace." -@richmedina

Venice Beach is ready for the competition!#NBALIVE18: https://t.co/qQGbmrHeEF pic.twitter.com/4R3nDiTCzT
— EA SPORTS NBA LIVE (@EASPORTSNBA) August 7, 2017

The city of brotherly love...

Birthplace of the Chosen League. #NBALIVE18

🏀: https://t.co/qQGbmrYQ3f pic.twitter.com/00O9vMPCVF
— EA SPORTS NBA LIVE (@EASPORTSNBA) August 4, 2017

The announcement of their cover athlete comes a week after EA Sports announced that the WNBA will also be featured in this year’s release, which a lot of fans and players are excited about.

The @WNBA is making it's mark in #NBALIVE18

Get ready for a new 🌊 🌊 🌊

For more info: https://t.co/H5xKXsw3fV pic.twitter.com/L5dlIjHyhh
— EA SPORTS NBA LIVE (@EASPORTSNBA) August 3, 2017

(H/T Twitter/EASPORTSNBA)