Wednesday, July 14, 2021
NBA 2K22 will feature a female basketball player on the cover for the first time in the franchise’s history. This WNBA 25th Anniversary Special Edition will be available alongside the standard edition, digital cross-gen bundle, and NBA 75th Anniversary Edition. All of the covers will be designed by Charly Palmer, known for his Civil Rights series of paintings and compositions titled “America Must Change”.
The WNBA 25th Anniversary Special Edition will feature six-time WNBA All Star and WNBA Champion Candace Parker of Chicago Sky. Featuring a female player on the cover for the first time is to reflect the “ongoing initiatives to feature women prominently in the game”. The WNBA 25th Anniversary Special Edition will feature the same content as the standard edition of the game and will be available for purchase from GameStop and EB Games. Alternatively, Japanese players will be able to get a special version of the standard edition too, this time featuring Washington Wizards’ Rui Hachimura, the first Japanese player to reach the NBA Playoffs.