After previously featuring on the cover of NBA 2K10 and the legend edition of NBA 2K17; Kobe Bryant will now once again be gracing the cover of 2K’s basketball game, in a Mamba Forever edition of NBA 2K21 set to release on September 4th.
The passing of Kobe Bryant hit the world incredibly hard back in January when he was involved in a fatal helicopter crash that took the lives of all nine people onboard, and it had since been speculated that 2K Sports would look to memorialise the basketball icon in a legend edition of NBA 2K21.
Zion Williamson and Damian Lillard have also been named as cover stars for NBA 2K21, with the game all set for release on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Stadia, and Xbox Series X.
In addition to announcing Kobe Bryant as the cover star of NBA 2K21, 2K will also be providing a special Diamond or Amethyst Kobe to owners of NBA 2K20 that can now be acquired in the game’s MyTeam mode using the locker code NBA-2K21-MAMBA-FOREVER.
We honor Kobe Bryant as our #NBA2K21 Cover Athlete for the Current Gen Mamba Forever Edition & Next Gen Mamba Forever Edition 💜💛 Use this code for chance at Diamond or Amethyst Kobe.
— NBA 2K20 MyTEAM (@NBA2K_MyTEAM) July 2, 2020
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