NBA 2K23

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker is on the cover of the standard and digital deluxe versions, while NBA Hall Of Famer Michael Jordan is on the cover of the Michael Jordan and Championship Editions.^[3] WNBA stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are featured on the WNBA cover edition.^[4] The 'Dreamer Edition' has American rapper J. Cole on the cover.^[5]

For the first time since NBA 2K11, the Jordan Challenge is added. The game parachutes the player back to the year 1982, and the first challenge sees the player undertake a basketball game featuring Michael Jordan.^[6]

MyNBA was also updated, allowing the user to begin their MyNBA career during the 1983–84, 1991–92, or 2002–03 NBA seasons. The player can also start in the current 2022–23 NBA season in the games "modern era" selection. The new MyNBA mode includes automatic team relocations such as the Kansas City Kings moving to Sacramento, the Vancouver Grizzlies move to Memphis and the Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City, however the user can veto these moves. The "eras" mode features fully rendered arenas, logos, and jerseys from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, complete historic rosters as well as the draft classes that were previously available in previous NBA 2K games. The mode also includes television filters and broadcast packages that emulate appropriate TV broadcast styles for the specific era the user starts in with the 80s broadcasts package being similar to what the NBA on CBS had in that decade, the 90s broadcasts package being similar to the NBA on NBC package used early in 90s, and the 2000s broadcast package is similar to ESPN broadcasts used in the early 2000s. The 1980s and 90s broadcast packages are also used in the Jordan Challenge mode. In addition to the NBA eras, with them came historical rule changes that allows you to change or add new rules impacting gameplay in the NBA eras, you are able to change or add historical rules during the off-season of the simulation.^[7]

Some more notable changes in NBA 2K23 was the removal of contracts in MyTeam, allowing your players to be able to play unlimited games without needing to continually add contracts, or add a diamond contract to your players to be able to play more games with them.^[7] In addition, a new feature added to MyTeam is a mode called Triple Threat Online, allowing you to co-op against up to 3 people on each team.^[8]