In the fall of 1994, the annual EA basketball release received a simpler title of "NBA Live 95". This naming pattern using the forthcoming year has continued, except for varying to use of all 4 digits of the year from "2000" to "2005". Each version's initial release was in the fall near the start of the NBA campaign, though additional ports were sometimes delayed until as late as January or February. After 16 consecutive seasons of releases, an effort to retool the game as "NBA Elite 11" met with development troubles, and put the game on hiatus for three years. The series returned with "NBA Live 14" in November 2013.