


Campaign: Join the adventures of seven new WWE hopefuls – created exclusively for WWE 2K Battlegrounds – in Campaign mode and compete for the chance to earn a WWE contract.Exhibition: Take part in Exhibition matches at home or on-the-go, anytime and anywhere, in local and online multiplayer action for up to four players.Arcade-style powerups, such as Flaming Fist, Ice Breath and Earthquake, are accompanied by colorful visual effects, offering extra excitement and an additional dimension of strategy that can quickly change the direction of a match. Choose from the Powerhouse, Technician, High-Flyer, Brawler and All-Rounder to find the style that works best for you. Players can also customize their own arenas to give each brawl a personal touch and use the Superstar Creator to build their own, unique WWE Superstar with different body types and sizes, facial features, clothing, hair and fighting styles.Įach Superstar utilizes one of five class styles, and each class style has its own combat moves, strengths and weaknesses. Bombastic play-by-play is provided by WWE commentators Mauro Ranallo and Jerry “The King” Lawler to complete the mood. Soar from military helicopters, smash opponents with cars in an auto shop and toss them into the jaws of a hungry alligator in the swamp. WWE 2K Battlegrounds is designed to be easy to pick up and play, but challenging to master, with more advanced techniques to be learned and skills to be unlocked so players of all skill levels can enjoy the action.Įight unique Battlegrounds environments play a major role in the action, many of them featuring interactive elements adding to the mayhem alongside a variety of outrageous melee weapons players can use to pummel opponents. You can watch it in the embedded video below, at around the 3:42 mark. The short clip, from the latest Nintendo Direct, features WWE Superstars and gaming mainstays Cesaro, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Big E and Raw Women’s Champion Asuka, in a fatal four-way match, complete with motorcycle beatdowns, alligator stage hazards and high-flying aerial finishers. All in all, there are 70 wrestlers in the game at launch.2K has revealed their first gameplay footage from WWE 2K Battlegrounds, the arcade-style brawler that brings over-the-top WWE action to a new level of intensity. There’s a fair number of unlockables, from Hulk Hogan (and Hollywood Hogan), to Triple H and Shawn Micheals. The cash you get can then be used in multiple ways upgrading your skills, unlocking new traits for your avatar or spend it in the in-game shop to unlock new wrestlers!įinally, a game that doesn’t make you buy DLC for extra characters. Level up and you get more currency and other unlocks. You earn currency for every fight, win or lose and XP. They repeat a bit too much for my liking, though I found that I didn’t pay them any attention when I’m engrossed in the matches. Wrestler entrances are gone, replaced with a short intro featuring the fighters before a match.ĭuring the matches, Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler commentates though his lines are mostly relegated to quips here and there. Presentation is a bit lacking in this aspect too. Luckily, all this is just a stepping stone to the main event the matches.
