WWE 2K22 launch delayed until March

WWE 2K22 will launch in March 2022, which is five months behind the franchise’s normal October launch window. 2K Sports and WWE announced the new launch period during SummerSlam 2021 on Saturday; the game was first revealed at WrestleMania 37 in April.

A hype trailer (above) didn’t list platforms or a more specific date than next March. The game will launch more than two years after the most recent entry in the series, WWE 2K20, which was the first game developed entirely in-house by 2K Sports and Visual Concepts.

This game launched in a theoretically finished state, but it was riddled with gameplay bugs and technical issues that forced a 2020 edition to be canceled while the developers regroup. WWE 2K Battlegrounds, through NBA 2K 2 Playgrounds developer Saber Interactive, was left behind by fans last fall.

The last WWE 2K game not to launch in October was WWE 2K15, whose PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions followed the predecessors of these consoles by a month. WWE ’12, released by THQ, also launched in November 2011. The series, which 2K Sports took over after THQ’s liquidation in early 2013, dates back to 2004 Smackdown vs. Raw on PlayStation 2.

2K Sports said they would have more to share on WWE 2K22 in January. In addition to the trailer, the label provided two stills of wrestler Edge, captured in the engine.

Image: Visual Concepts / 2K Sports

Image: Visual Concepts / 2K Sports