NBA 2K20
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NBA 2K20 is a simulator developed by Visual Concepts, released 5 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia.
What NBA 2K20 is
NBA 2K20 is a simulator game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2019. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
NBA 2K20 is a 2019 basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. Based on the National Basketball Association (NBA), it is the 21st installment in the NBA 2K franchise, the successor to NBA 2K19, and the predecessor to NBA 2K21. Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers is the cover athlete for the regular edition of the game, while Dwyane Wade is the cover athlete for the 'Legend Edition' The game is NBA 2K's last 2010s entry.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the NBA series
NBA 2K20 is the 157th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. The next entry was NBA 2K20: Legend Edition in 2019. Its critic score of 77 is 4 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.
How it was received
NBA 2K20 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 73 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60 GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 450 1GB / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7770 1GB or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 80GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
NBA 2K20 launched on 5 September 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NBA 2K20 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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