The 2014 edition of the EA Sports NBA franchise. NBA Live 14 uses the new EA Sports Ignite engine designed specifically for high-end sports titles. EA Sports Ignite is the new engine that will power EA Sports games on the next generation consoles. Beyond just a rendering engine, EA Sports Ignite also incorporates run-time physics, player intelligence, animation, locomotion and online systems into one powerful, new engine. For the first time, EA SPORTS games will be alive, further blurring the line that separates the real-world from the virtual.