Because NBA 2K11 is an older title, the most reliable way to change the language is often through community-made patches or manual file replacement.

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provides troubleshooting for classic titles, including data restoration and legacy settings.

If the game doesn't have an in-game option, you can force it to load English by editing the Windows Registry. This tells the game's launcher to use the English locale instead of Russian. Press , type regedit , and hit Enter. Navigate to the following path:

Save the file (Right-click Notepad -> Run as Administrator to save in Program Files).