NBA The Run Official Patches

This is a list of official patches (also referred to as title updates) that have been released for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S version of NBA The Run, along with their release notes. The most recent patch was released on July 21st, 2026.

July 21st, 2026 Patch

Release Dates

• PC: July 21st, 2026
• PlayStation 5: July 21st, 2026
• Xbox Series X|S: July 21st, 2026

Patch Notes

• 3 New Rookies added to the game – AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson & Cameron Boozer
  • Stats & Attributes added and tuned for all 3 Rookies
  • In the Zone abilities added to all 3 Rookies
  • Unique jumpshot, dunk and advanced trick L / R for AJ Dybantsa
  • Unique jumpshot, dunk and advanced trick forward for Cameron Boozer
  • Unique jumpshot, trick back and advanced trick L / R for Darryn Peterson
  • Unlockable jerseys / outfits for all 3 Rookies
  • Added Darryn Peterson’s post-draft sleeve tattoo
  • Rookie Ratings video here
• “Block Party” Ruleset – All blocks -1 from the other team’s score, first to 15 (can not go into negative points), set to Common rarity
• Oop City and Dunkfest Rulesets now set to Rare
• Old School Ruleset now set to Win by 2 condition
• Overhaul of AI and improved behavior across Offense and Defense
• Off the Heezay has been tuned to be possible at a more generous distance and angle
• Off the Heezay stun time has been extended to make it a more powerful counter to blocks
• Steal reach range, speed and angle have been reduced slightly to make steals more difficult
• Turned rim friction and bounce speed to reduce high bounces
• Tuned Good shot out come percentages
• Tuned Good shot rim outcomes
• Tuned Good shot off the backboard settings to greatly reduce the ball appearing to go through the side of the net and rim
• Extended near intercept range to reduce rewarding spamming steals
• Extended stun time for OTH
• Increased rim outcomes for good shots
• ITZ Ability tuning:
  • Reduced Block boost in Paint Patrol
  • Increased passive guard distance for The Shadow
  • Slight increase to movement speed in Amped up and Rocket Man
• Improved Jalen Brunson’s attributes to make him the first “4 Crown” player
• Bug fixes, polish, gameplay tuning & balancing
• New unique jumpshot, advanced trick back, forward & left / right for Kyrie Irving
• Polished Wembanyama’s enhanced block animation
• New jumpshot animation for Damian Lillard
• Multiple new alley oop animations
• New putback dunk animations
• Fixed root displacement issues on certain players
• Updated French localization
• Fixed issue w/ performance bonus not registering for CRED in KO Solos
• General fixes to KO Friends flow
• Perfect shot rim fire sounds
• Adjustments to ITZ soundscape – less muffled for some sounds / certain sound effects (mainly UI and baller/ball sounds) will cut through more, ping pong delay
• Dunk SFX a bit more subtle, new sounds for explosions
• Perfect shot ignite sounds + Perfect shot Rim SFX implemented

June 25th, 2026 Patch

Release Dates

• PC: June 25th, 2026
• PlayStation 5: June 25th, 2026
• Xbox Series X|S: June 25th, 2026

Patch Notes

Player Specific Changes

• Improved attributes for Trae Young and DJ
• Reduced start up animation on DJ’s jumpshot to be more in line with other players
• Fixed issue with Zion’s dunk where the ball didn’t visually go through the hoop
• Steph now uses correct dunk at long range
• Polished animations for Giannis, El Gigante and Wemby blocks
• Improved LeBron idle
• Fixed bug that lists Bobbito’s ITZ ability as Ankle Breaker but in game he is assigned as Deep Threat, game and UI now match, he is Ankle Breaker
• Improved Street Legend / IP Character attributes to make them more viable players / opponents
• Player attribute updates based on player feedback – Cade, SGA, Bam, Brunson and Wemby

Gameplay Changes

• Increased nearby defenders effect on jumpshots to make shooting in traffic more difficult
• Tuned delays for Guard and Protect Ball abilities
• Tuning pass on XP & CRED rewards
• Kamikaze dunk ending no longer flips
• Add Icon / Targeted player switching in KO Solos Defense. Uses L1 + X or O as input for intended targets.
• Reduced stealer movement speed and increased energy cost for steal to balance based on community feedback
• Reduced near hoop radius for block to increase chances of high skill goaltending
• Increased odds of OTH, extended range of OTH, reduced errant OTH loose ball distance
• Tuned rim bounce to avoid ball landing on top of the backboard
• Added 2 Good Shot outcomes to increase variety and make the outcome less predictable

Visual Changes

• Hit reactions look less cartoony now
• Polished shove recoil animation set
• Polished run animations for big / large players
• Updating fallback meshes of the apartment walls in Tenement to fix gaps around windows
• Fixed lighting channels on ball in Intros

Ruleset Changes

• Oop City and Dunkfest rulesets are now set to Rare
• Pickup ruleset now set to Common

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with softlocking that was being caused by players simultaneously forfeiting a match
• Fixed issue where players could start a new ability / animation while in ankle break animation
• Prevent button inputs during loading screen transitions
• Fixed issue where players can move around during Intro & Outro Sequences
• Fixed player stats system crash when party data is missing
• Fixed map randomization crash when both team’s party data is missing
• Fix issues w/ Bobbito’s shorts in Intros to remove material overrides / visual glitches
• Fix for tooltips in Matchmaking appearing below the 16:9 space on 16:10 monitors
• Fix for French / German text in the locker

User Interface Changes

• Hide ready checkmarks in the Front End for AI / Bots
• Clear baller portrait highlights when showing the carousel to prevent multiple highlights being shown
• Fill Teammates option no longer enabled if switching from KO Friends
• Removed outdated unblock button
• Fixed issue where players were getting PBP-004 error during the matchmaking carousel after queuing into KO Friends with fill with previous crewmates
• Fix case clicking off a button on PC with mouse once selected breaking navigation with cursor keys
• Fixed issue where Fill Teammates was enabled in Solos, game now checks state for Fill Teammates in all modes
• Hide Crew invite notification if the invite has been responded to in the Social Hub
• Several fixes to Social Hub scroll bar and issues around the mouse cursor interfering with other controls
• Disable actions in home screen until loading completes
• Prevent character changes occurring visually when in the Profile Screen
• Fixed issue where Ready status wasn’t updating when switching Game Modes
• Refresh the KO Friends code when returning from a Match

Stats Updates

• Corrected stat calculation for most played character time
• Time played now reflected in HH:MM:SS rather than seconds to make Time Played more clear in Profile Menu
• Treat blocked dunks / alley oops the same as failed dunks / alley oops, and don’t score them as dunks / alley oops
• Credit steal / intercept only if the play results in a turnover
• Putbacks no longer count as Alley Oops
• Don’t increment rebound stat for throw-in pick up

Audio Updates

• Removed the logic for ShotMade UI sounds from the HypeMeter widget and moving it to when scores occur to allow for for Dunk specific UI sounds
• Far shots and non-dunk shots now trigger the respective UI sfx events
• The existing “Dunk_Success” (called already in the Dunk + AlleyOop ability) audio has the UI sounds in that event now
• New Dunk fades happen in BP_AudioSetup, taping into Dunk Start and Dunk End events
• New audio created and implemented for style / dribble moves
• Bigger dunk sounds, will duck music + other sfx for it
• Updated shot made UI sounds to have built in delays (removing it from the animations in order to use data on which type of shot)
• Style moves and Dunk UI sounds
• Music slowdown event for Alley Oop
• Added Bobbito VO hooks for time running out as the game clock winds down

Other Updates

• Reduced controller vibration on XBOX

Links

• NBA The Run