Reese, Anthony join Gilgeous-Alexander as NBA 2K26 cover stars, release date announced

Oklahoma City Thunder constituent defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the screen prima for the NBA 2K26 Standard Edition, but he's got bully institution successful the signifier of Angel Reese and Carmelo Anthony, who volition decorate the WNBA and Superstar Editions of the game. Additionally, each 3 athletes basal unneurotic connected the Leave No Doubt Edition's cover.

2K Games besides announced that NBA 2K26 volition beryllium released connected Sep. 5, 2025. The NBA 2K26 Standard Edition volition beryllium disposable connected PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, portion the different editions volition beryllium exclusive to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Both the Superstar and Leave No Doubt Edition travel with precocious access, allowing owners to dive successful arsenic aboriginal arsenic Aug. 29.

The WNBA Edition of NBA 2K26 volition erstwhile again beryllium a carnal mentation of the game, exclusively disposable astatine GameStop successful the United States. The Chicago Sky powerfulness guardant succeeds two-time WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson connected this peculiar edition's cover, adding different accolade to her resume pursuing a stellar rookie play that saw her marque the All-Rookie and All-Star teams portion starring the league successful rebounding -- each that contempt an wounded ending her play early.

Reese called her quality connected the screen "a statement," saying "it's astir practice and showing young girls they tin beryllium confident, bold, and instrumentality up abstraction unapologetically. To beryllium cemented successful NBA 2K past is simply a peculiar grant that reflects not lone my journey, but besides each the seasoned WNBA players who person paved the mode earlier maine and the increasing interaction of the league arsenic a whole."

Carmelo Anthony played 19 NBA seasons, being named All-Star 10 times and making the All-NBA Team six times. In 2025, helium was inducted to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame to grant his achievements -- some arsenic an idiosyncratic and owed to his contributions to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, which secured the golden medal. He's participated successful 4 Olympics for the U.S. squad successful total, winning golden 3 times and bronze once.

Gilgeous-Alexander called being connected the screen "iconic", but seemed to beryllium much thrilled astir getting to enactment with developer Visual Concepts and 2K "to acceptable the code in-game from curating the passageway fits to the playlist that players volition shot to."

NBA 2K26 volition diagnostic improvements to its immersive ProPLAY features connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S arsenic good arsenic an overhauled MyCAREER mode. MyPLAYER, MyTEAM, and The City instrumentality alongside MyNBA, the series' franchise mode.