NBA 2K22: New Season puts the focus on Shaquille O’Neal

The basketball title NBA 2K22 is now in its eighth season. This is called “Chase Greatness” and focuses on a real basketball legend.

Starting tomorrow, July 1, NBA 2K22 will continue with Season 8 called “Chase Greatness”. It’s all about the legacy of none other than Shaquille O’Neal. This is joined by a selection of tracks from “Low Profile x CASUAL” in the soundtrack.

For six weeks in Season 8, you can earn new rewards and celebrate Shaquille O’Neal serving as Star of the Season. New Signature Challenges also await you. Specifically, according to official information, Season 8 has the following content for you:

• My carreer features new courts, new equipment, new rewards and more. Level 30 players can ramp up The City and Cancha Del Mar with the new go-kart slime skin, while level 40 players can dash through MyCAREER mode with a brand new pair of winged Dash2K I shoes. In addition, in Season 8 they can dress up completely in gold in the motto of the NBA Finals – with golden glasses, golden basketball jersey, golden long shorts, golden arm sleeves, golden hat, golden shirt and golden suit.

• My Team This season focuses on some players who have had a decisive impact on the community over the past decade. There is also an endgame Jokic, an Invincible Dr. J in the Token Market, an Invincible Dominique Wilkins reward for 2000 Triple Threat wins, and more. There’s also a Kobe and Shaq pack at launch, and brand new Signature Challenges themed around AI, Kobe, MJ and LeBron. Last but not least, a final Domination stage for MyTEAM is introduced, where you play for an endgame James Harden.

• The W* brings in Sheri Sam and Taj McWilliams-Franklin, two former WNBA stars who have both become coaches. In Season 8, players can rely on their basketball experience to gain Hall of Fame rank and receive their contacts as a reward, including a takeover perk picker. There’s also 2K Breakthrough gear to earn, an Extra Points decal, a total of 4,000 VC, a seas onal apparel bundle, and exclusive W gear.

• Die First Fridays this season shine with a versatile selection of tracks from ‘Low Profile x CASUAL’. Low Profile, a female-owned music licensing and consulting agency that has expanded to include the CASUAL label, has a carefully curated, varied offering of established, well-known artists and exciting newcomers. This season’s soundtrack update includes 13 tracks from their portfolio, which can also be found on Club 2K:

• Teddi Gold – The Floor Is Lava ft. Coolio
• Saba – Stop That
• Alex Frankel – Still Got It (Choices Remix)
• Deaton Chris Anthony – Das Right
• Jany Green – Lost In Love
• Xeno_ – Heterodyne
• Xan Griffin – Lightly ft. Lani Rose
• Carneyval & Goldman – I’M IN LA
• Masego – You Gon’ Learn Some Jazz Today
• Bravo & Immortal Girlfriend – Atlantis
• AV Dummy – Commercial Street
• Carneyval – Shake Your Hips!
• Saba – MOST

• 2K Beats: The Search, NBA 2K’s annual international competition to discover up-and-coming artists, has partnered with SoundCloud this year to add the twenty winning tracks to the NBA 2K22 soundtrack. The first batch of contest winners were announced last month, the other ten tracks that will be added in Season 8 are listed below and are now on SoundCloud listen.

• NYNE – Villain (Produced by Hamley)
• AR Immortal – Oski
• tyler coolidge – “SLOW BURNER”
• SAMMY STANZA – “Saints & Sinners” featuring MAL-THA-MND
• Trey Wavey – Power to Heal
• DAVEYTHEGREAT – Rebellious Subjects, Enemies of Progress
• TT (TopTier) – Step Up
• Martian – I Know
• Josh! – Dope
• MvkeyyJ – Gimmie Dat (feat. Aklesso)