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While still in the midst of trying to crack the video-on-demand market, WWE is now trying its hand at the online card battling scene. 2K has revealed WWE Supercard, a free-to-play digital card game for iOS and Android featuring around 400 wrestlers and managers both past and present. Frequent updates …
Read More »GAME lands WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition exclusivity
The Hulkamania Edition of WWE 2K15 will only be available at GAME in the UK, 2K has announced. The special edition of the wrestling title will only be available on PS4 and Xbox One and will include multiple goodies themed around the Hulkster. As well as a copy of WWE …
Read More »2K reveals WWE 2K15 launch information on Twitter
The next WWE game will be the first on next-generation consoles, 2K has announced. WWE 2K15 will arrive on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 31st (for our US audience, that’s October 28th). Rather than send out a press release with a generic comment, 2K made the …
Read More »Take-Two reports record financial results as GTA V hits 33m shipments
Publisher Take-Two has reported massive financial results after Grand Theft Auto V sells in 33 million units in just nine months. For the financial year, Take-Two’s revenue grew 97 per cent to $2.414 billion (non-GAAP) or in terms of GAAP, it grew 94 per cent to $2.351 billion, the highest …
Read More »WWE reduced its royalty payment to convince 2K to make WWE 2K14
2K Games was only convinced to release WWE 2K 14 last year after the wrestling organisation agreed to reduce its royalties. That’s according to CageSideSeats.com, which has word from the Wrestling Observer newsletter writer Dave Meltzer that the publisher instead wanted to hold back its first WWE title since its …
Read More »WWE streaming service announced for consoles
Wrestling fans will soon be able to stream WWE content directly through their consoles. The sports entertainment giant has announced a new service called WWE Network is a ’24/7 streaming service’ that will offer both live events, regular programming such as Raw and Smackdown as well as archived footage. It …
Read More »Pictures: 12,000 fans greet Ryback at WWE 2K14 promotional event in Mumbai
Gamers and pro-wrestling fans, 12,000 in total, thronged to Mumbai’s Oberoi Mall to catch a glimpse of WWE star Ryback. Ryback was in Mumbai over the weekend to promote WWE 2K14 and to reveal the second preorder bonus for the game – a double-sided poster – which is exclusive to …
Read More »Wear a beard and win WWE Live tickets
The madcap characters on the 2K Games UK PR Team have developed an obsession with beards. So enamoured have they become with the untamed facial shrubbery of WWE 2K14’s alternative cover star Daniel Bryan (pictured), they have created a competition for MCV readers dedicated to chin-warming fuzz. All you have …
Read More »VideoGamer firm launches new sports games site
Sportra, a website dedicated to sports video games, is now live. The site has been launched by Pro-G Media, the publisher of VideoGamer.com, and is run by former VideoGamer editor Tom Orry and new writer Brett Phipps. Sportra focuses on providing news, videos and gamer guides around the market’s biggest …
Read More »Ryback to promote WWE 2K14 in Mumbai, reveal India-exclusive preorder bonus
WWE athlete Ryback will be in India later this month to promote WWE 2K14. Ryback will attend a promotional event organised by WWE India and E-xpress Interactive at Mumbai’s Oberoi Mall at 3 pm on 28th September. At the event, Ryback, who is also featured in the game, will also …
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