NBA 2K10, released in 2009, features Kobe Bryant on its cover. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was the game’s standard cover athlete for the eleventh installment of the NBA 2K series.
NBA 2K10 launched in October and November 2009 for several platforms, including PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Windows, and Wii. It marked the series’ first release on both the PSP and a Nintendo platform since NBA 2K3 on the GameCube. Fans were offered four possible cover images and voted for the final design, which showed Bryant in a jersey-tugging pose.
The game also introduced a renewed career experience called MyPlayer, the predecessor to the MyCareer mode that became a long-running feature in later editions. A separate downloadable NBA 2K10 Draft Combine used Derrick Rose as its cover athlete, which can cause confusion. That was a companion release, however; the main NBA 2K10 game featured Kobe Bryant.