Kobe Bryant Announces as Cover Athlete of NBA 2K24

Jun 27, 2023

2K has unveiled that NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, will be featured as the NBA® 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition and Black Mamba Edition cover athlete.

“As we celebrate 25 years of NBA 2K with Kobe Bryant, we commemorate his legacy and the generational impact he has had on the game of basketball,” said Greg Thomas, President at Visual Concepts. “While we mark the history of the franchise, NBA 2K24 also looks ahead to the future to bring an innovative leap in technology and the introduction of community-requested features like crossplay.”

To celebrate the return of Kobe on the NBA 2K cover, players will be able to replicate his signature skills in the brand-new Mamba Moments mode. Recreate some of Kobe’s most captivating performances and progress through his transcendent journey from a young phenom to one of the greatest players of all time. In addition, NBA 2K24 will introduce ProPLAY – a groundbreaking new technology that directly translates NBA footage into NBA 2K24 gameplay. ProPLAY delivers animations and movements via on-court NBA action for a generational leap in authenticity on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. More details on Mamba Moments and ProPLAY will be released later this summer.

NBA 2K24 will offer three editions: a Kobe Bryant Edition, a legendary Black Mamba Edition, and an all new, exclusive 25th Anniversary Edition, which includes a 12-month subscription to NBA League Pass. All editions of NBA 2K24 are available for pre-order now

2K also announced that the 2022 WNBA All-Star and New York Liberty guard, Sabrina Ionescu, will grace the cover of the NBA 2K24 WNBA Edition. The GameStop Exclusive edition is the third cover in NBA 2K franchise history to celebrate and elevate WNBA legends, now including a trailblazing up-and-coming star. Ionescu joins the legendary Kobe Bryant as the two NBA 2K24 cover athletes.

NBA 2K24 will release worldwide on September 8 on all platforms.

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