A new edition in the NBA 2K is always just around the corner. Using its many modes and customization options, you can take the fate of your favorite basketball team and player into your own hands. Its releases are so predictable that we all assumed there would be an NBA 2K18 release before last year’s game arrived on store shelves.

Each year, NBA 2K lures users in with its detailed basketball simulations. There’s MyTeam to address your every need for putting together a team of players from across the National Basketball Association. MyLeague and MyGM simulations teach you about managing what happens before and after games. MyCareer has lured in fans again and again with a fresh simulation of what it takes to get and keep a years-long career in the sport going.

The assumptions of an NBA 2K18 release were well founded. 2K Games, the publisher of the NBA 2K series is among the companies Nintendo has corralled to support its newly released Nintendo Switch handheld and living room console. We don’t know much about the NBA 2K18 release, but we do know that there’ll be one.

NBA 2K18 Release Date

NBA 2K18 doesn’t have an official release date. It does have a potential release window. Developer Visual Concepts and publisher 2K have launched a new game in the series every September for years. There’s nothing indicating that this won’t be the case again this year. The release of NBA 2K is the unofficial start of fall game releases. Microsoft, Sony and other publishers stuff late September and all of October with their game releases, usually. Each year’s new edition of Call of Duty arrives in November.

NBA 2K18 Early Tip-Off Weekend

Hardcore fans could find themselves able to play before the official NBA 2K18 release. NBA 2K Tip-Off Weekend has let gamers that place a pre-order pick up the title the weekend before release for years now. It’s hard to imagine there not being an NBA 2K18 Early Tip-Off Weekend.

New NBA 2K18 Features

It’s so early in the 2017 games release cycle that it’s hard to pin down what features will make their way into the NBA 2K18 release. Even guessing at this is precarious, Visual Concepts and 2K Games have yet to even announce key figures for the title.

In the past, production credit has gone to culture figures that make a big contribution to the game. NBA 2K17’s MyCareer story was written and directed by Aaron Covington. He wrote the script for the popular boxing movie Creed. NBA 2K16’s story was headed by famed director Spike Lee. Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams have helmed the game’s music before.