THQ Dissolved, WWE License heading to 2K

[Hooe]

Allow me to pump the brakes on 2K Sports as well.

Outside of NBA 2K and fond memories of a football game released almost nine years ago, what sort of track record do they have? This is the same published that released the middling MLB 2K series, which people found endless reasons to complain about. 2K Sports also has a reputation of weak servers; say what you want about EA Sports, but my experience with their online features (with regard to connectivity and intended functionality) has always been very positive.

I think that some people's impressions of EA Sports here are way too colored by their respective opinions of Madden and NCAA, which are by all accounts controversial games due primarily to the exclusivity arrangements. EA Sports' other series - FIFA, NHL, Tiger Woods - are all games that range from "good" to "excellent", and the most recent FIFA was a game of the year contender. Outside of EA Sports, Electronic Arts in general publishes a ton of quality console games as well, too many to mention.

To be clear, I think 2K will ultimately do just fine with the WWE license, given time, particularly in the presentation department. I also think, however, that the mistrust of EA is quite misplaced and colored too strongly by the efforts of one studio (Tiburon) producing one type of game (American football simulation).

[philliesfan136]

So does anybody know what happens now with DLCs and patches and so on now that THQ's gone? Just something I was wondering about.

[Dirty Turtles]

Quote: Originally Posted by apokalypse

for GM mode, guys in 2k should take a look at Total Extreme Wrestling...

That would be insanely awesome. The depth of TEW with the ability to watch the show in CPU vs CPU matches? Sold.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by tyklug2013

They might drop it in the summer of 2014, because they release NBA in the fall and MLB in the spring.

MLB 2K13 people weren't even sure it was gonna be made(it ended up being made), so who knows if 2K14 will be made.

Summer release seems random, though I can see WWE doing that especially with their PG model(summer time=summer vacation=video game time for kids). I can see it being released around WM time though,where we get all the breaking news for the game and stuff around WM, and in late April we see game released.

If not that, then it has to be released by Summerslam. Cause WWE has their annual superstar video game challenge, which is part of WWEs fan axxess at Summerslam(aka the 2nd biggest fan interaction event of the year for WWE)

[UMhester04]

Quote: Originally Posted by philliesfan136

So does anybody know what happens now with DLCs and patches and so on now that THQ's gone? Just something I was wondering about.

I doubt there will be a patch, which sucks.




Thinking about this even more and looking at what they have done with the NBA series and the Post-Game Interviews, they could make a real special Career mode using that type of interview feature - I mean there are like 300 interview questions in 2k13.

I know they very well could flop with the WWE series, but what makes me happy is that they actually have the potential to take this thing way higher than THQ ever did.

IMO 2k over THQ:
Gameplay- can be done better, THQ gameplay was very cut and dry. Hopefully 2K can make playing the game fun again.

Presentation- can be done WAY better, just look at all their sports games

Creation- THQ may have the edge on this. NBA 2k player creation is kinda weak.

Graphics- Can be done better, but THQ's graphics were pretty damn good last game

AI- can be done WAY better, again looking at previous games with their player tendencies and things like that. This isn't even an argument.

[Cubfan]

I hope we are not jumping the gun on this. The WWE license was not part of the THQ sale. Their are rumors that the license went back to WWE.

[EAGLESFAN10]

If 2K really does have the license then Commentary will once again be back in WWE games

[PVarck31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cubfan

I hope we are not jumping the gun on this. The WWE license was not part of the THQ sale. Their are rumors that the license went back to WWE.

From what I understand the license when back to the wwe and they they negotiated a deal with Take 2.

I'm not sure that's exactly what happened, but its pretty much 99.99999% done.