Rumor: WWE 2K21 Canceled, 2K Spokesperson Comments

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The future of WWE's partnership with 2K is reportedly about to change. According to Justin Leeper, who worked on three installments in the SmackDown vs. Raw series and has released numerous reports on the backstage drama surrounding the development of WWE 2K20, uploaded a new video to his YouTube account on Saturday with the report claiming WWE 2K21 would not be happening and that WWE would be looking to release a different type of game via a new developer later in 2020.

"I have heard from reliable sources, and I truly believe, that WWE 2K21 has been canceled. There will be no game this year," Leeper said.

He later added, "2K is publishing a different kind of WWE game from a different kind of game developer that's not Visual Concepts."


ComicBook.com reached out to a 2K Spokesperson regarding Leeper's claims and released the following statement on Wednesday — "We do not comment on rumors or speculation."

While some fans still enjoyed the game, WWE 2K20 was infamously panned at launch for a wide variety of glitches in matches, entrances and in customization menus. Its Metacritic sits at a lowly 43 compared to WWE 2K19's score of 76, and its poor sales took the bulk of the blame for WWE losing $2 million in revenue in the consumer product's division.

"Revenues decreased to $30.8 million from $32.8 million in the prior year quarter primarily due to lower video game royalties, which were driven by the Company's franchise console game WWE 2K20," WWE CFO Frank Riddick explained during an investor's conference call back in February.



The lineage of WWE's console gaming series traces back to WWF SmackDown on the PlayStation in 2000 and was co-developed by Visual Concepts and Yuke's on an annual basis (first by THQ Games, then by 2K Sports starting in 2013 with WWE 2K14). However in August 2019 the news broke that Visual Concepts would be the sole developer for 2K20, while Yuke's moved on to reportedly start working on its own wrestling game.



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CentPosted:

KuruptFM Tbh, WWE games haven't been the same since 2K took over. Miss them days when Yuke's would devlop the games and THQ would publish them. The games have gone downhill so much. I could play WWE Shut your mouth, WWF Smackdown just bring it, WWE here comes the pain, Day of Reckoning 2, SDVR 05/ 06 and still have more fun than the WWE2K games since 2k14


I think it was like 2007 Smackdown vs. Raw. That game was amazing. I played it on the PS2 and I had so much fun lol. Games were definitely better back then but I'm used to 2K ruining things.

GossipPosted:

I really enjoyed the RvS series better than the 2k versions. Hopefully they bring it back.

KuruptFMPosted:

Tbh, WWE games haven't been the same since 2K took over. Miss them days when Yuke's would devlop the games and THQ would publish them. The games have gone downhill so much. I could play WWE Shut your mouth, WWF Smackdown just bring it, WWE here comes the pain, Day of Reckoning 2, SDVR 05/ 06 and still have more fun than the WWE2K games since 2k14

MafiaherbsPosted:

lol they still make wwe? lmfao that shit is weak asf lol suprised they even make money and make it every year lmaoooo cracks me up such trash m8

CentPosted:

Int All games like this just love microtransactions and thats how they mostly fund the game.


This game doesn't really have as many as others to be honest. The only reason it was cancelled because the last one was just absolutely awful. They released the last one with a bunch of bugs and glitches and it took them awhile to fix. I think some still exist actually.

IntPosted:

All games like this just love microtransactions and thats how they mostly fund the game.

CentPosted:

Rareparrot Madden needs to cancel to i want high quality non microtransaction filled game


You can play madden without microtransactions. Just don't play ultimate team. Pretty simple.

On topic: The last WWE game was awful and it deserved to be cancelled anyways. Also interesting choice for the news picture lmao.

RareparrotPosted:

Madden needs to cancel to i want high quality non microtransaction filled game


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