Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 44

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WWE 2K15
It might at times that the best wrestling games have been and gone.
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes
the Pain, WWF No Mercy and WCW
vs nWo: World Tour are just some
of the brilliant wrestling games that
the past has had to offer, but for one
reason or another, the previous console generation just couldn’t find a
hit title. I for one feel the lack of a
decent real-life WWE roster hurt any
chances of a decent WWE video
game. There was also a distinct lack
of innovation in the WWE titles under
THQ’s banner.
All that changed with WWE 2K14,
the first WWE title from 2K Sports.
While long-time WWE video game
developer Yuke’s stayed on to develop WWE 2K14, 2K must have sicced
The Undertaker onto them, because
they developed one heck of a return
to form. Moves were more balanced,
animations were faster and some of
the DLC was actually want fans truly
wanted. It’s safe to say then, that
when the series’ makes its currentgen debut, it’s going to be a slobberknocker.
Developer Yuke’s is looking to appease long-time WWE fans and fans
who love creating their own wrestlers,
as the campaign mode will apparently have two distinct modes: one a historical campaign which covers some
of the biggest rivalries in WWE his-

tory (Austin Vs The Rock, perhaps?)
and another that finally brings back
a story mode for your own created
wrestlers. I’ve been hoping against
hope that Yuke’s would revisit what
I consider to their crowning achievement in WWE games: An over-thetop wrestling story featuring you, and
that looks to be exactly what is going
to be present in WWE 2K15. Time to
get excited, folks!
Speaking of rivalries, rumours have
been circulating that Yuke’s will be
revisiting one of the greatest rivalries of all time in WWE 2K15: that of
the WCW Invasion era, where WCW
and WWE Superstars clashed in and

icing on the cake, err... the blood on
the mat.
The latest screenshots released for
WWE 2K15 are looking very impressive, and not just because the series’ is making the leap to the Xbox
One and PlayStation 4. No, no, it is
looking better than most other current-generation games! WWE Superstar John Cena looks photorealistic; I nearly couldn’t believe my
eyes when I first saw the shots. I’ve
been playing the WWE wrestling
games since the Sega Master System era, I’ve played every Yuke’sdeveloped WWE game, and this is
the first time where I’ve been genu-

“JOHN CENA LOOKS PHOTOREALISTIC; I
NEARLY COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN
I FIRST SAW THE SHOTS.”
out of the ring in a bloody war. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but if
this were to happen it would be the

inely blown away by the graphics.
It’s still in development, but WWE
2K15 already looks fantastic.