With all the drama of trade demands, free agency surprises, and draft reaches, the NBA is rarely out of the headlines during the offseason. The same goes for the NBA 2K series. Seemingly every day, passionate fans still debate the perceived failures of the last edition, add ideas to hopeful wish lists, and survey social media for locker codes that unlock highly coveted MyTeam cards. Now it's time to turn our gaze to the series' next entry.
Today, NBA2K issued an all-new MyTEAM Developer Diary which provided new details and updates to the franchise's popular MyTEAM mode. The updates will hit NBA 2K19 when it launches this fall. You can check out the full Dev Diary blog entry on Facebook, or just read on for the highlights. Accolades are nothing new in LeBron James career and another one of sorts is headed his way. James will grace the NBA 2K19 20th Anniversary Edition of the popular video game franchise, marking the second time in his career he will be on the cover of the game. If you have any issues pertaining to wherever and how to use NBA 2K19 Coins, you can get hold of us at our own web page. He also appeared as the cover athlete on NBA 2K14.
A potential leak suggests that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the cover athlete for NBA 2K19, the latest offering in the popular 2K series for game consoles such as Nintendo, PlayStation and XBox. That NBA 2K18 cover was revealed last June, which means we're likely just weeks away from finding out who will grace the cover of NBA 2K19. Here are our top 20 choices for the cover with a few surprises. Keep in mind, we mostly avoided players who have been on the cover before Stephen Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant, etc. and those who may have an endorsement conflict like Russell Westbrook.
A new patch for NBA 2K19 has been released implementing new changes that will hopefully better the gaming experience for 2K players. As usual, the patch is available for PS4 and Xbox One right away. However, it will be slightly delayed for PC and the Nintendo Switch. There are not many gameplay fixes in this patch, but the ones that are included should bring a welcomed change. Patch 1.07 does include a fix for the frequency in the game where players fall to the floor when attempting to make shots in traffic, as well fixing an issue where illegal screens were committed in inappropriate circumstances.
NBA 2K19 has a lot to live up to considering NBA 2K18 simultaneously became the best-selling entry in franchise history while also alienating some hardcore fans with its approach to microtransactions and server instability. While developer Visual Concepts isn't talking about those elements of the game just yet, we did get our hands on the sticks for some limited impressions and talked at length with gameplay director Mike Wang and gameplay producer Scott O'Gallagher about how NBA 2K19 evolves the action on the court. Here are the eight major changes aimed at shoring up NBA 2K18's deficiencies as well as moving the franchise into the future.
