Ahead of its September Four launch for current- gen, Visual Concepts is lastly pulling again the curtain on particulars of its MyCareer story mode and displaying off a sandy new seashore neighborhood.
This yr, Visual Concepts is bringing us a brand-new neighborhood known as 2K Beach for the current-gen version of NBA 2K21. It was impressed by Southern California’s native seashore neighborhood, and Visual Concepts stated the workforce labored arduous to seize the look, really feel, and vibe to match it. You can play 3v3 streetball, 5v5 ProAm Games, and it comes filled with minigames, easter eggs, and different new content material. The locale is surrounded by sizzling outlets like SWAG’s, The REC, and NBA Store, and shall be used to host occasions all year long.
The common mode MyCareer, the place you create your personal participant and take them by a cinematic expertise capturing the highs and lows of the game, may even return with some vital adjustments. This yr’s narrative is known as “The Long Shadow,” specializing in a personality named Junior, who’s the son of a beloved baller. Junior will steadiness residing as much as his father’s legacy as he tries to carve out his personal path to the NBA by highschool and school. Yes, this yr, Visual Concepts is bringing again the faculty expertise. The mode means that you can decide from 10 official licensed faculties to attend: Michigan State, UConn, Florida, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, UCLA, Villanova University and West Virginia.
As at all times, Visual Concepts enlisted the assistance of some high Hollywood expertise for this journey. You can anticipate to identify Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Michael Okay. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy), Mireille Enos (The Killing, World War Z) and canopy athletes Damian Lillard and Zion Williamson to be concerned in Junior’s story to the NBA.
“We have a really dynamic cast this year,” says senior producer Ben Bishop. “There’s a lot of fun and interesting characters helping you along the way. I don’t like to spoil too much in these early previews, but I will say one of the things that I think is new and exciting for us is that one important choice you do get to make is [between] one of two agents to go with. And depending which one you pick, it will have major differences on what happens to you as your career unfolds moving into the NBA.” One instance Bishop gave was one of many brokers permitting you to earn followers by enjoying within the park.
NBA 2K21 launches on September Four for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. A model is being constructed from the bottom up for PS5 and Xbox Series X shall be launched at a later date.
As for what is going to carry over from present gen to subsequent, Visual Concepts launched a recent blog clarifying it in depth, however govt producer Erick Boenisch stated, “Everything in MyTeam carries over: your progress VC, MTDB, tokens, badge progress. MyCareer is a bit of a different beast in next gen. We’re not going to have the beach in next gen because that’s something new and crazy. So it doesn’t make sense to have that progress carry over … But the VC that you earn playing in MyCareer in current gen is a part of what carries over into next gen.”
Visual Concepts additionally stated it’s working with the WNBA for some new options and evolutions for the next-gen model of the game, and confirmed you’ll be capable of create a feminine MyPlayer on this model. Sadly, it isn’t able to elaborate on that simply but.
