WWE 2K16
| WWE 2K16 | |
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Cover art featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin
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| Developer(s) |
Yuke's Visual Concepts |
| Publisher(s) | 2K Sports |
| Distributor(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
| Series | WWE 2K |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One |
| Release date(s) |
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | Professional wrestling, fighting, sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Publication | Score | |
| PS4 | Xbox One | |
| Game Informer | 6.25/10 | 6.25/10 |
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| GameSpot | 4/10 | 4/10 |
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| IGN | 8.8/10 | 8.8/10 |
| Aggregate score | ||
| Metacritic | 74/100 | 73/100 |
WWE 2K16 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and Visual Concepts, and published by 2K Sports for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. It is the seventeenth game in the WWE games series (third under the "WWE 2K" banner), serving as the following from their previous game WWE 2K15 (Released in 2014), and followed by WWE 2K17 (Released in 2016).
Reversals have been changed so players have a set amount of reversals per match, preventing players from spamming reversals all match. On next-gen versions, there are no loading screens between entrances, and players have the ability to attack other wrestlers during their entrance. Referee and manager AI has been improved. The chain wrestling minigame has been reworked. Pins and submissions have been reworked and improved, with a new system replacing the previous one, allowing for fairer breakouts and newer animations have also been added, including dirty pins and canceled pins. Online matchmaking has also been improved. The game will also feature rest holds characters can use to regain stamina. Gameplay in the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions remains largely the same as in previous iterations on those respective consoles, though does include smoother animations for a number of moves. Handicap tag team and tornado tag matches, all of which were removed in WWE 2K15, return in WWE 2K16.
2K announced on their social media accounts that WWE 2K16 will feature the "largest roster in the game's history", featuring over 120 unique playable characters, nearly double the 67 that were in last year's game. A developer for the game then clarified that the 120 unique playable characters count does not include potential DLC, and that all 120 characters are included and will be released with the game. 2K revealed that despite "push(ing) as hard as we could" to include them, for "various reasons," Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Bayley (the Four Horsewomen of NXT) will not be in the game or included as DLC. 2K also revealed that WWE denied them the inclusion of Cody Rhodes as himself in the game, though he was included as his Stardust gimmick.Hulk Hogan was announced as being part of the game, but was cut late in development due to the release of controversial racial statements he had made previously.2K16 features 26 superstars making their WWE games franchise debut.
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