NBA 2K22 release date and special editions revealed

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The NBA 2K22 release appointment is set, and you'll be headed back off to the court by this sentence in Sept.

The official NBA 2K bring out date is the same across all supported platforms - that's Nintendo Replacement, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X - and it's coming happening September 22. The stake bequeath be available in trio different editions at launch, and if you're planning to upgrade your console (piece staying within the corresponding console kinsfolk) whatsoever time shortly, you may want to pay extra for the Cross-Gen Digital Bundle for $79.99 or the NBA 2K22 NBA 75th Day of remembrance Variation for $99.99. The standard variant will be $59.99 on endure-gen and PC surgery $69.99 on new-gen, and both it and the hybridize-gen bundle will feature Luka Dončić atomic number 3 their cover athlete.

The anniversary variation's continue features the ability leash of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant. Naturally, it also bundles in a bunch of special bonuses to give you a pegleg heavenward in the game - here are the extra table of contents you'll get for picking up NBA 2K22 NBA 75th Anniversary Variation.

100K VC
10K MyTEAM Points
10 MyTEAM Tokens
Sapphire Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant MyTEAM Card game
22 MyTEAM Promo Packs (Receive 10 at launch, then 3 per week for 4 weeks)
Baseball field Jordan Shoe MyTEAM card
Coach Circuit board MyTEAM Pack
10 Boosts for each MyCAREER Acquirement Boost type
10 Boosts for each Gatorade Boost type
4 Cover Athlete T-Shirts for your MyPLAYER
MyPLAYER backpack and sleeve sleeve
Custom-design skateboard for MyPLAYER

Meanwhile, a limited cover for the casebook variant available entirely at GameStop and EB Games in North U.S. will set NBA 2K franchise history by featuring its introductory-ever woman cover athlete: the Chicago Pitch's Candace Parker. If you gotta accumulate 'pica all, you'll likewise want to keep an middle out for the Nippon-exclusive hatch featuring Rui Hachimura of the Washington Wizards.

Now that the annual news dekametre has burst, 2K Sports plans to roll out more announcements in the weeks leading up to NBA 2K22's found, including our first take gameplay features, planned updates, and a proper reveal for the soundtrack. It's inferior for sports franchises to hit their stride with their second entry in a bran-new solace generation, so we'll be watching closely to see what 2K Sports is cooking up this time around.

Insure what else we'Ra looking forward to through the destruction of this year and on the far side with our guide to new games 2021 .

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