We've been treated to another look at WWE 2K22 as part of SummerSlam this weekend, along with the news that the game will officially be releasing later than usual for a WWE title, set to arrive for Xbox in March of 2022.
Typically, WWE games have released around the end of the year, but 2K22 appears to be targeting WrestleMania season for the extra development time and increased interest the brand will get for its biggest event of the year.
There's not much we can take from the footage above, but recent insider reports have suggested the game's "redesigned engine" is performing really well, so let's hope it lives up to the hype after the disappointing WWE 2K20.
It looks like the dev team is going to go quiet for a while now, with more details to be shared in January 2021.
"If you haven't noticed, things are about to hit different with WWE 2K22! Get ready to hit the ring with new controls, stunning graphics, and a redesigned engine!
WWE 2K22 comes down the aisle in March 2022!"
Got high hopes for WWE 2K22? Thoughts on the trailer and release date? Tell us in the comments.
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Still wont be any where near No Mercy on N64.
Incredible GFX. Some shots here are genuinely photo realistic at times. But they never seem to get the female wrestlers faces right.
Gonna have to impress me with the gameplay and creation features for me to consider buying it.
If they took the embarrassment of the last game serious, this could be good but I just feel like sports games are in big decline. Like NHL 22, it looks like they're trying this time, at least.
It's good that their new engine is supposedly in good shape, as shipping buggy af games is just... freakin' cut that out, publishers. But damn; the core problems with 2K's vision for wrestling games run deeper than that - they're problematic on a design level. They're not even interested in doing right by stuff like old Smackdown, WWF or Def Jam games - they're convinced they have a hit with their weird take on "simulating" all of it like they do other sports. It's hard to put into words but it's pretty lame even when it's working. Ain't nobody gonna call out a WWE 2K game as one of the best wrestling titles of all time. Wrestling fans wanna pick their characters and beat the crap out of other people; make that action the focus and make it feel as good as possible
Really hoping 2022 sees a lot of progress from Yuke's with AEW. Yuke's knows how to put out a wrestling game; have been doing it for decades. Even if WWE 2K is the prettier series, won't matter if AEW nails the gameplay, y'know? I'm only worried for Yuke's since Tony Khan's promotion keeps growing and growing, lol. Those poor devs must be like, "F**k; we gotta add CM Punk in now too!?" all the time! Has to be a really hard thing for a studio that's working on getting a first wrestling game out when that roster just won't sit still
My brothers gonna love this news, He loves the WWE 2k series.. Hopefully it's alot better than 2K20..
This looks just like the other WWE2K games to me. Nothing exciting. And as others have said here and elsewhere, the obsession with super realism and simulation in wrestling is tired. Putting someone on a table, climbing a ladder and dive bombing onto that wrestler was far more clunky than it should have been.
I'm looking forward to the AEW game, especially since they have the No Mercy director on board. Fingers crossed, I have been longing for a great wrestling game for years.
I miss WrestleMania 2000, No Mercy and the first handful of PS2 Smackdown games
Looking good hopefully it will be OK on release. Can't be any worst then 2k20
I think I will just wait for AEW's game.
@Tasuki Same with the roster they have now and now with maybe Daniel Bryanson and Adam Cole and The Fiend?!?!? OF course im waiting for the AEW game. NOT TO EVEN MENTION CM PUNK!?!?!? Hell they could even do DLC of NJPW and other organizations.
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