India, Oct. 2 -- A claim has gone viral on social media that Mike Wang, the gameplay director of NBA 2K, was fired by Visual Concepts, the studio behind the game. In the last 24 hours, a purported statement from NBA 2K has gone viral on social media which states that Wang was released from the company.

The statement emerged after Mike Wang reportedly deactivated his X account. It sparked speculation that Visual Concepts fired Mike Wang. However, the statement appears to be a hoax, as neither NBA 2K nor Visual Concepts has shared it on any of their social media accounts.

As of Thursday, 2:30pm ET, Mike Wang's X account @Beluba remains active. It appears that he deactivated his account briefly reportedly amid backlash over the NBA 2K27 ga...