NBA 2K24 cover star
Kobe Bryant, the late great Lakers guard who has already been on the cover of NBA 2K three times, is back for another season. As you'll read a bit later, there's a direct gameplay tie-in, too NBA 2K24 MT.

In GameStop stores within the US and Canada exclusively, players can also grab the WNBA Edition, featuring New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu on the cover.

NBA 2K24 cross-play
NBA 2K24 will join the trend (NHL, Madden, EA FC, others) of sports games adding cross-play functionality, but it does have a few wrinkles to be aware of. We've broken out those NBA 2K24 cross-play details into a separate story here.

What's new?
Gameplay-wise, 2K hasn't shared a heck of a lot yet, but of course, that will change over the weeks ahead. What we do know for now is, on the court, NBA 2K24 is meant to benefit from something called ProPlay. 2K describes this as "a groundbreaking new technology that directly translates NBA footage into gameplay and delivers animations and movements via on-court NBA action for a generational leap in authenticity."

As is becoming increasingly common in cross-gen sports series, ProPlay is only available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game. We don't expect 2K to hype up the last-gen versions too much, as publishers are increasingly leaving them behind.

Mamba Moments
Maybe the most exciting early detail about NBA 2K24 is what the publisher has teased as Mamba Moments mode. With Kobe Bryant on the cover, Mamba Moments is likely his own starring version of last year's Michael Jordan mode Cheap 2K24 MT. Players should expect to relive several of Bryant's best moments, perhaps even replaying a game from last year's Jordan mode in which Jordan and Bryant played each other, only this time from Kobe's point of view.