Girls’s NBA gamers are set to take the courtroom alongside their male NBA counterparts in NBA 2K26’s MyTeam mode for the primary time. WNBA gamers will seem in all MyTeam recreation modes, together with the brand new Breakout: Gauntlet mode the place gamers full a collection of matches the place the problem will get more durable and more durable, however they’ll solely use every card within the assortment as soon as.
WNBA gamers have been a part of the dominant 2K franchise for the reason that introduction of 12 WNBA groups in NBA 2K20. But it surely took one other two years till NBA 2K22 for Candace Parker to grow to be the primary feminine cowl star.
In-game, the Attributes and Badges for each NBA and WNBA gamers’ playing cards will “perform identically”, which 2K hopes will give a “balanced, constant gameplay expertise regardless of who’s on the courtroom”.
This information comes after EA’s flagship sports activities recreation, EA Sports activities FC 26, introduced 4 new feminine Icons becoming a member of its roster of legendary gamers in Final Staff. Female and male gamers have shared the pitch in FC Final Staff for the final couple of years in a transfer that’s been largely profitable, if not with out its difficulties.
Evaluating the 2 sports activities franchises, it is going to be fascinating to see how WNBA stars are balanced throughout the meta of 2K26 MyTeam, the place EA Sports activities FC has struggled to maintain all however very top-tier ladies’s gamers aggressive – with some notable exceptions.
In addition to new participant playing cards there will even be a devoted WNBA Domination tier, and it is possible for you to to customise your group with each WNBA uniform and your complete league’s courtroom flooring.
NBA 2K26 will launch on September fifth, with Early Entry beginning on August twenty ninth, for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles and PC.
