It’s that time of year when we get to unpack all of the exciting gameplay enhancements and new features coming your way with NBA 2K22! Watch the brand-new trailer for your first look at the stunning visuals and refined gameplay experience in the latest installment of the best-selling NBA basketball simulation game. NBA 2K22 is scheduled for worldwide release on September 10 for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles.
Mike Wang, NBA 2K Gameplay Director (@beluba) has quoted:
Hello, 2K fans! It’s that time of year when we get to unpack all of the exciting gameplay enhancements and new features coming your way with NBA 2K22! The first year of developing new consoles always brings new challenges, such as… major code rewrites, new technical hurdles, and systems getting rebuilt. But with all that behind us, the gameplay team was laser-focused on one goal with NBA 2K22: making a GREAT gameplay experience!
We had an ambitious feature list that we wanted to tackle this year: faster-paced gameplay, tighter and more responsive movement, more skill-based offense, and big changes to the player builder. All of which we’re going to tackle in today’s blog. We also made a strong push to ensure that we were delivering the same quality gameplay upgrades on both current and new-gen systems. So no matter which version you choose to go with this year, you’re going to get a brand new experience. But the one major focus for the team that we wanted to be priority one, was DEFENSE. So let’s get started.
Full details about the gameplay features can be found on the NBA 2K official website. However, here are the new badges you can play around within NBA 2K22:
- Fast Twitch – Ability to get off the floor quicker for standing layups and dunks
- Grace Under Pressure – Ability to convert standing layups more effectively
- Limitless Takeoff – Ability to soar from further away on driving dunk attempts
- Mouse in the House – Ability for bigs to finish over shorter players more efficiently
- Unstrippable – Ability to secure the ball better when gathering for a layup/dunk in traffic
- Chef – Ability to knock down Steph-like off-dribble deep 3’s
- Limitless Spot-up – Ability to hit logo-range 3’s off a catch and shoot
- Lucky #7 – Boosts your ability to score when shooting early in the clock
- Mismatch Expert – Ability to successfully shoot over taller defenders on a switch
- Glue Hands – Ability to make difficult catches and quicker branch out to a shot or dribble
- Hyperdrive – Boosts the speed and effectiveness of moving dribble moves
- Quick Chain – Boosts the ability to quickly chain dribble moves together
- Post Playmaker – Boosts the effectiveness of both shots and moves when playing in the post
- Triple Threat Juke – Increases the effectiveness of triple threat fakes, jabs, and go moves
- Ball Stripper – Ability to strip layup and dunk attempts more effectively
- Hustler – Ability to get to those scrappy 50/50 balls quicker than opponents
- Menace – Significantly drops the offensive ratings of opponents when you smother them
That brings the total badge count to 80 with a number of existing badges also getting some nice upgrades. There’s a lot to choose from and many ways to impact the game, so the Loadout feature is a welcomed addition. Last, but certainly not least, 2K’ve ported ALL 80 badges to current-gen, a massive upgrade for our fan base!
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