2K Games has released a statement on the WWE Games Twitter account concerning the embarrassing state of WWE 2K20 at launch, and is promising to release a patch within the next two weeks to resolve some of the issues with the game. WWE 2K20 was released on October 22, but the early preview footage and leaks of the in-game graphics caused serious doubts about its quality.
WWE 2K20 looks like a Nintendo Wii game, and many fans were quick to point out that the 3D models of the WWE stars look as if they were made in the character creator mode from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The notable drop in graphical quality has been attributed by fans to the departure of Yukes, the Japanese development studio that worked on WWE games since the year 2000, but was dropped from WWE 2K20 in favor of a company called Visual Concepts. The reviews for WWE 2K20 have been brutal, with the numerous bugs being cited as one of the main issues with the game.
2K Games was silent regarding the state of WWE 2K20 and its graphical issues at launch. The company has finally broken its silence with a statement on the WWE Games Twitter account. The statement claims that the company is listening to the feedback from players, and is preparing a patch that’ll be released in the next two weeks.
The problems with WWE 2K20 extend far beyond graphical issues, and it’s going to take more than a single patch to resolve them. WWE 2K20 has problems with almost every feature, ranging from severe lag in the online modes, incorrectly labeled music, the game not recognizing ownership of DLC, and prompts randomly displaying in instances when they shouldn’t appear. It’s going to take a lot of work to fix WWE 2K20, and there’s a concern whether the effort will be put in, as it’s part of an annual series of games and the decision could be made to write off WWE 2K20 in order to focus on the next title.
Professional wrestling is hot right now, thanks to the rating wars between AEW and WWE that’s happening every Wednesday. AEW is competing with WWE in an effort to challenge the McMahon family’s vice-like grip over the industry. Now is the time when WWE needs to look its strongest, and the last thing the company needs is a shoddy video game that’s being mocked across the Internet. WWE 2K20 is hardly the first WWE game to launch with bugs and missing features, but it’s been released at a time when the company needs fans looking squarely in its direction for the right reasons.
