NBA 2K26 Standard Edition

NBA 2K26 is the 2025 entry in Visual Concepts' basketball series, built on the ProPLAY system that maps animation directly from real NBA broadcast footage rather than from motion capture sessions, which is why the players move the way their real counterparts do.

The modes split along familiar lines. MyCAREER follows a created player from the draft through a career with its own story beats and a shared open-world hub; MyTEAM is the collectible card mode, building rosters out of packs across eras; MyNBA hands you a franchise, or thirty of them, with staff, scouting, finances and multi-decade eras; The W runs the same career structure through the WNBA; and Play Now is the quick game. Online play covers competitive matchmaking and team-based modes. Virtual Currency is used for upgrades and packs across MyCAREER and MyTEAM, and can be bought separately if you would rather not grind it.

The Standard Edition is the full game with every mode — MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyNBA, The W and Play Now. It contains none of the Superstar Edition extras. Keys activate on Steam or Xbox.