As the NBA prepares to enter the second half of the 2020-2021 season, Take-Two Interactive is preparing to launch the fourth official season of the NBA 2K League on NBA 2K21 MT for sale in May, a game that will be released in June. However, before the season can begin, Take-Two and the NBA announced that the league will be transitioning to next-generation consoles as a result of a new partnership with Sony, which will make the PlayStation 5 the official console of the NBA 2K League.The NBA 2K League, a joint venture between the National Basketball Association and Take-Two Interactive, officially launched in May 2017. It is made up of 138 players who are divided between 23 teams that are affiliated with 23 of the 30 teams that currently make up the NBA. Warriors Gaming Squad (Golden State Warriors), Knicks Gaming (New York Knicks), Hornets Venom GT (Charlotte Hornets), and Wizards District Gaming (Washington Wizards) are just a few of the teams that compete.Steven Roberts, Vice President of Global Competitive Gaming at Sony Interactive Entertainment, spoke about the new partnership in an official PlayStation Blog post. As part of the new multi-year partnership with the NBA 2K League, Roberts stated that all league action will be brought to the 2K MT PS5, beginning with fan tournaments in April. The league action will then begin in May on the PlayStation 5, with a number of other official events being planned for the rest of the year for PS5 owners to both watch and participate in.The first fan tournament, which will be open to owners of the PlayStation 5 and NBA 2K21 in the United States, will take place in April. On April 5 and 6, NBA 2K 2021 players will compete in an online qualifier tournament dubbed the Three for All Showdown Qualifier, which will be broadcast live on the NBA 2K website. The winner will then compete in the official Three For All Showdown tournament alongside NBA 2K influencers Daniel Troydan Warren-Biers and PoorBoySin for a share of the $25,000 prize pool.Even though Roberts did not provide any additional information, he hinted that there would be more to come as a result of the partnership, including a new exclusive custom content series that would run alongside official NBA 2K League games. NBA 2K21 is now available for purchase on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, with an Apple Arcade version also available.After purchasing the Evolution Championship Series, or EVO, in March 2021, Sony has announced a partnership with the NBA 2K League, marking the company's latest foray into the eSports space. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and allegations of sexual misconduct against EVO co-founder Joey Cuellar, which resulted in the cancellation of the company's 2020 tournament, the purchase was made.