2K Video games chokes out one other WWE recreation simply 2 years after launch
WWE 2K24 is about to get the Gunther remedy, which is to say that 2K Video games goes to mercilessly choke it out: As famous by Delisted Video games, the Steam web page for the rasslin’ recreation that was launched lower than two years in the past—on March 8, 2024—says it is going to be faraway from sale on February 1, 2026, and can lose all on-line performance on March 31. Offline modes will proceed to perform as regular.
Which may look like an awfully quick window of existence for a significant, mainstream videogame, however consider it or not the server shutdown date is definitely an extension: WWE 2K24’s on-line options had been initially set to be killed on January 5. It is also a reasonably normal interval of full performance for 2K’s WWE video games. WWE 2K23 servers took a piledriver in January 2025, 2K22 servers ate an RKO in ’24, and 4 pre-2K21 video games had been put by means of tables on the identical time in 2022.
And look, I do know, it prices cash to maintain servers up and operating, and in some unspecified time in the future a recreation’s participant numbers simply do not justify that ongoing expense. WWE 2K24 actually appears to be at that time, with simply 188 individuals enjoying on Steam proper now—not precisely an important and thriving viewers. However that, I believe, inevitably results in one other query: With all due respect to WWE followers who’re completely satisfied to pay for a brand new recreation yearly, however do we actually want a brand new WWE recreation yearly?