In a slightly more positive review for Hardcore Gamer, Cory Wells appreciated the game's lower retail price point and ability to played as a party game, but agreed that micro-transactions and the lack of playable characters on offer tainted the experience. Destructoid opined that it was "a game nobody will remember a year from now." Writing for Nintendo Life, Chris Scullion denounced the game for being a grind and having limited replayability outside of the campaign mode, but did offer some praise to the co-op mode. Hyper Sauce of GamesRadar+ criticized the game's reliance on microtransactions, and stated that WWE video games had reached "its rock bottom". The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of WWE 2K Battlegrounds received "mixed to average" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic. On November 23, WWE 2K revealed that WrestleMania 36 host and tight end of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski, and NBA 2K21 current gen cover star and point guard of the Portland Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard, would be available as playable characters the following day and December 2, respectively. Later, it was announced that the characters could also be unlocked via microtransactions, like many other unlockables in the game. On August 16, IGN revealed the game's entire roster, with superstars like Hulk Hogan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt appearing in the base game, and additional superstars including Doink the Clown, The Boogeyman, Earthquake, and Typhoon announced to arrive as free, unlockable content in the months following the game's release. On May 4, 2020, an ESRB Rating confirmed that 2K Battlegrounds would be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch (the first WWE game to be released on Switch since 2K18) and would be the first WWE game to release on Stadia, but 2K have yet to confirm this. The trailer featured John Cena, The Rock, "The Man" Becky Lynch, "The Queen" Charlotte Flair and Stone Cold Steve Austin. WWE 2K Battlegrounds was officially announced on Apas a spin-off to the WWE 2K series, while also announcing that video game industry veteran Patrick Gilmore would be the new game's executive producer. In the aftermath to 2019's WWE 2K20 poor reception, rumors emerged that 2K's next WWE title would be entirely different from the rest of the WWE 2K series. WWE 2K Battlegrounds received mixed reviews, with critics praising the art style and co-operative gameplay modes, but criticizing the use of microtransactions and lack of gameplay features. The game itself was produced in lieu of the previously planned WWE 2K21 which was cancelled due to the development troubles, low sales, and the negative reception of 2019's WWE 2K20. The game has been compared to 2011's WWE All Stars because of its deviation from the more simulator-oriented style of the mainline WWE games. A spin-off to the WWE 2K series, Battlegrounds is a fast-paced, arcade-style fighting game similar in format to Saber's previous games, NBA Playgrounds and NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. Pre-orders are now live, with a standard edition that will cost £34.99 and a digital deluxe edition that will cost £44.99, with the later giving players "all versions of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Ronda Rousey unlocked at the beginning of play" according to the press release we were sent.Īfter last year's notoriously buggy WWE 2K20 (opens in new tab), here's hoping that WWE 2K Battlegrounds is the start of the series getting back on track.Ĭheck out some of the best upcoming PS4 games (opens in new tab) that we're waiting for.WWE 2K Battlegrounds is a professional wrestling video game developed by Saber Interactive and published by 2K Sports on September 18, 2020. Finally, you'll also be able to build your own wrestler, if you ever fancied going toe-to-toe with some of the WWE's best. One arena, for example, will let you chuck your opponents into the mouth of an alligator, if you really wanted to do some damage. In another fun touch, the arenas you fight in will have interactive elements you can use to help gain an upper hand while you're grappling. There's also an exhibition mode for quick matches online or offline with up to four players, alongside a new King of the Battlegrounds online mode, where you fight to be the last person standing among four wrestlers who start in the ring, as well as four more who are waiting to enter.
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