While an official announcement from 2K Sports hasn't arrived yet, speculation surrounding NBA 2K25 is already heating up among basketball fans. Here's a breakdown of everything we know so far:
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The release date of NBA 2K25 is September 6, 2024. Normally, it will be released on the first or the second of the Friday of September. You can see the related information below:
NBA 2K25 release date: September 6, 2024(Friday).
NBA 2K24 release date: September 8, 2023(Friday).
NBA 2K23 release date: September 9, 2022(Friday).
NBA 2K22 release date: September 10, 2021(Friday).
NBA 2K21 release date: September 4, 2020(Friday).
NBA 2K is a series of basketball sports simulation video games developed by Visual Concepts and released annually since 1999. The premise of the series is to emulate the sport of basketball, and more specifically, the National Basketball Association.
The series was originally published by Sega. Beginning with 2005’s NBA 2K6, the series is currently published by 2K (previously under the 2K Sports sub-label). As of 2022, the series consists of twenty-four main installments and several spinoff titles across eighteen different platforms. An official eSports league, the NBA 2K League, launched in 2018.
Until 2018, the series’ primary rival was EA Sports’ NBA Live series.
| Genre(s) | Sports (basketball) |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Visual Concepts Saber Interactive (Playgrounds 2) Cat Daddy Games (MyNBA2K companion app, Mobile and SuperCard) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega (1999–2004) 2K (2005–present) |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Microsoft Windows PlayStation Portable Wii Android iOS macOS Wii U Xbox One PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch Stadia PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S |
| First release | NBA 2K November 11, 1999 |
| Latest release | NBA 2K24 September 8, 2023 |
Each installment in the NBA 2K series emulates the National Basketball Association, and present slight improvements over the previous installments. As such, gameplay simulates a typical game of basketball, with the player controlling an entire team or a select player; objectives coincide with the rules of basketball and presentation resembles actual televised NBA games. Various game modes have been featured in the series, allowing for gameplay variety. Numerous elements of the games feature customizable options. Each game features the teams and players from the current NBA season; historic NBA teams and players have also been featured, as have EuroLeague teams and (starting with NBA 2K20) WNBA teams. Fictional players and teams can also be created and compiled.
A staple of the series is its career mode, which has been described as a sports-themed role-playing video game. ESPN NBA Basketball was the first game in the series to feature such a mode, but it wasn’t until NBA 2K10 and its successors that the mode became a more integral part of the series. The mode was initially titled 24/7, before being changed to MyPlayer, and settling on MyCareer. The modes center on the basketball career of the player’s created player; the player customizes several aspects of their player and plays through their career in the NBA. Key events in the player’s career are depicted, such as the draft and their retirement ceremony. A storyline is often present in the modes, and high school and college-level basketball has also been depicted. The player upgrades their player’s attributes as they play, and can participate in off-court activities.
Another mainstay of the series is a mode allowing the player to assume control of an NBA franchise, acting as general manager. The mode has been featured in numerous NBA 2K games and is often titled Association; the most recent games in the series feature the MyGM and MyLeague modes. In the modes, the player controls virtually all aspects of a team, rather than just playing games with the team. As the player simulates through seasons, they must satisfy the needs of the team’s personnel and the owner.
MyTeam mode, which was introduced in NBA 2K13, focuses on building a team of players and competing against other players’ teams online. The player’s primary venue for acquiring players for their team is card packs; the player purchases a card pack, which features random items the player can use in the mode, including players. In addition to compiling a select group of players, the player can also customize their team’s jerseys and court, among other things. The game mode progressed even further on NBA 2K19, with a MyTeam tournament between the best Xbox and PS4 players for a prize of $250,000 occurring. Other online-focused modes have also been featured in the series, such as Pro-Am, which focuses on players building a team together with their custom players.
In addition to regulation NBA games, street basketball has been featured in numerous games in the series. Created players and real players can be used in such modes; additionally, some celebrities have made appearances as playable characters in the series. In more recent games, the street basketball modes are titled Blacktop and MyPark. Blacktop is structured in the typical style of street basketball. MyPark consists of an open area filled with players who can join different games on different courts. Several games in the series feature a mode which allows the player to hold a slam dunk contest.
Several games in the series have featured game modes that are exclusive to that particular game. NBA 2K11 featured the Jordan Challenge mode, in which players are tasked with recreating some of Michael Jordan’s most memorable feats, such as scoring 69 points in a single game. NBA 2K12 featured the NBA’s Greatest mode, where the player can play with past NBA players, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, and Bill Russell. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows versions of NBA 2K14 featured a mode titled Path to Greatness; similar to the Jordan Challenge mode, it focuses on the career of LeBron James.