Loss of life, taxes, and a brand new NBA 2K recreation yearly, proper? 2K and developer Visible Ideas have unveiled this 12 months’s entry of their annual basketball sim franchise, NBA 2K25, revealing its launch date and, as is conventional yearly, revealing who the sport’s cowl stars will probably be.
This 12 months, the sport’s Commonplace Version will probably be adorned by Boston Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum, whereas the WNBA Version (which you’ll be able to learn extra about, alongside the sport’s different editions, by way of right here) will function Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson.
“It’s an honor to be named a canopy athlete for NBA 2K25,” stated Jayson Tatum. “I’ve been enjoying NBA 2K since I used to be a child and it’s been a dream to sooner or later be on the duvet. Even after coming off an NBA Championship, it’s humbling to see this come to life.”
“Being featured on the NBA 2K25 cowl is an enormous second for me and a testomony to the ever-growing fandom of the WNBA,” stated A’ja Wilson. “Seeing increasingly more WNBA athletes scanned into NBA 2K25 to greatest seize the fashion and confidence of the league has been empowering, and I can’t anticipate followers to expertise it in-game.”
In the meantime, 2K has additionally confirmed that NBA 2K25’s PC model goes to lastly have parity with its PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S variations for gamers who’ve the specs to run the sport properly sufficient, which suggests the entire greatest gameplay and technical enhancements on this 12 months’s recreation aren’t simply going to be restricted to gamers on current-gen consoles. Cross-play will probably be accessible on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S solely, nevertheless.
The aforementioned WNBA Version will retail for $69.99, and will probably be accessible solely on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, solely in america and Canada, and solely as a bodily version. In the meantime, the Commonplace Version will retail for $69.99 on all platforms besides the Change, the place it will likely be priced at $59.99 as it’s yearly.
NBA 2K25 launches on September 6.
