NBA 2K26 adds Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo to WNBA modes

Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo are no longer just names on a league press release. In NBA 2K26, both expansion franchises have been added into MyWNBA and The W, giving players a chance to slot the new teams straight into the game’s WNBA ecosystem instead of waiting for them to show up in some future roster update.

That matters because this is more than a cosmetic tweak. The Fire and Tempo add real roster variety to the WNBA side of 2K26, and they connect the game more tightly to one of the league’s biggest recent milestones. For players who spend their time building saves in MyWNBA or running a W career in The W, the update makes the mode feel closer to the real league calendar and the real expansion story unfolding outside the game.

The move also fits the direction 2K has been pushing for the last year, with the WNBA getting a bigger footprint across the franchise. Instead of treating the women’s side as a side lane, 2K26 is folding a real expansion event into the playable core. That is the kind of update that shows up immediately on the sticks: new team options, new matchups, and a fresher league landscape for anyone who likes to simulate, rebuild, or test out custom scenarios with current WNBA hardware.

The same Season 6 rollout is carrying more than just the expansion teams. 2K26 also added new MyPLAYER build templates, including Pro-Tuned, Community, and NBA Builds, giving players new starting points for MyCAREER experimentation. Old Town Park was refreshed too, with a roller coaster added to the backdrop and a 25 percent REP boost for games played there, which makes that stop worth revisiting for anyone grinding progression or looking for a faster path through the season.

Seen together, the update is doing two jobs at once. It is making the WNBA side of NBA 2K26 feel more current by bringing Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo into the modes where players actually use them, and it is layering in seasonal incentives that touch MyPLAYER, Park, and The W. That is the clearest sign yet that 2K wants its WNBA content to live inside the main rhythm of the game, not sit off to the side as an afterthought.