NBA 2K23announced one NBA Legend will be gracing its cover this year. In the lead-up to pre-orders going live for all platforms, 2K Games has announced more legends will be on the game’s cover this year, this time from the women’s side of professional basketball. Also, confirmation that theNBA 2KCity will returnbonuses for the editions that Michael Jordan will be on the cover for have been leaked and include some enticing incentives for NBA fans.
2K Games has announced that Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird will share the cover on theNBA 2K23WNBA Edition. These two WNBA and USA Women’s Basketball legends have been linked to each other throughout their playing careers since playing together at the University of Connecticut and are joining once more. Sue Bird, who will be retiring at the end of the 2022 WNBA Season, called it an honor being on theNBA 2K23 cover, and sharing the cover with longtime friend and Olympic teammate Diana Taurasi as “really, really cool personally.”
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This is the second year that a WNBA Star has been on the cover of anNBA 2Kgame.Candace Parker was on the cover forNBA 2K22. Like theNBA 2K22cover, the2K23WNBA Edition will be a GameStop exclusive release. 2K Games also announced that in celebration of these two WNBA Legends sharing the cover ofNBA 2K23, the company will be making a $100,000 donation to Every Kid Sports as part of an initiative that will go towards the registration fees of families with girls that play on youth basketball teams.
Additional details to theMichael Jordan Edition and Championship Editionofferings have also been leaked by 2KIntel on Twitter listing the price and perks of each edition. The Michael Jordan Edition may be listed at $99.99 and come with dual-entitlement within the console family (PS4-PS5 or Xbox One - Xbox Series X|S), 100,000 Virtual Currency, and other MyPlayer boosts and cosmetics, and a list of Michael Jordan-related MyTeam rewards. The Championship Edition will be $149.99 and include a 12-Month NBA League Pass subscription, all the rewards of the Michael Jordan Edition, a Michael Jordan-themed Go Kart for the City confirmed to return in NBA 2K23, and a 10% XP Boost for MyTeam and MyCareer games.
The inclusion of a year subscription ofNBA League Passin the Championship Edition is an enticing addition for the hardcore NBA andNBA 2Kfan and is the main attention grabber for this collector’s bundle. The yearly subscription for NBA League Pass is $50 a year which makes up the difference between the two special editions with some add-ons in the Champion’s edition to help it stand out.
NBA 2K23will release on September 9 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S. Pre-orders begin on July 7.
