The Park returns in NBA 2K15 as ‘MyPARK’

2K announced today that The Park, a NBA 2K14 game mode that brought MyPLAYERS together in casual games of street ball, is returning this year in NBA 2K15. This time, though, it'll be referred to as MyPARK. "This year, the world is getting bigger and the stakes higher," 2K says. 

This year, there are three affiliations for which you can pledge your loyalty to: The Old Town Flyers, the Sunset Beach Ballers,or the Rivent City Rough Riders. Each affiliation comes with its own eight-court home park and unique style of basketball which provides slight boosts to various aspects of your game.

Once you select an affiliation, youll begin earning reputation for yourself with MyPARK rep, an "earned-only" feature that not only takes wins into account, but also your teammate grade and opponents. As you increase your rep, you'll unlock various MyPARK-specific upgrades.

So what's the point of all of this? Beginning October 11 and lasting through the weekend preceding the NBA All-Star game, 2K will host a MyPARK Championship which pits all three affiliations against one another in weekly rounds of competition. During this time, you can earn points that count toward the Championship, and the winning affiliation will receive a newly designed home park.

For those of you not interested in street ball, you can head to the Jordan Rec Center, which features four full-sized courts and five-minute quarters of 5v5, NBA rules basketball. Games played here also count toward your MyPARK rep and the MyPARK Championship.

Lastly, MyPARK will allow you to form Squads with anyone currently in your park which basically allows you to enter the court as a pre-formed team. Other features in MyPARK include: 

• With the new Attribute Upgrades feature, you will no longer see a park full of 99s that are impossible to guard. You’ll become a specialist depending on how you upgrade your MyPLAYER.
• MyPARK games have been shortened to 15 points, which will shorten Got Next wait times.
• With the new always-on game score overlay, you won’t have to change camera angles to find out the current score.
• The teammate grade meter shows how well you’re playing at a glance without having to bring up the game menu.
• The MyNBA2K15 mobile app makes it easy to send texts to your squad or anyone in your park. Just type in the app and the text pops up on their screen.
• Matchups are now based on height with weighting for position rather than simple join order.