[Breaking News] Cory Ledesma officially leaves 2K and WWE Games

[Alex™]

Bryan should be the lead desginer, director by now

[Righteous]

He is moving so he is closer 2 work. How does that translate into a promotion? If he has gotten 1, cool. But I wouldnt say he did just because he is moving.

[Bob_Van_Dam]

He is moving so he is closer 2 work. How does that translate into a promotion? If he has gotten 1, cool. But I wouldnt say he did just because he is moving.

 

I'm doing what most people are doing in here, jumping to conclusions.

[the King Lives]

 

He is moving so he is closer 2 work. How does that translate into a promotion? If he has gotten 1, cool. But I wouldnt say he did just because he is moving.

 

he's moving because VC/2K is located in San Francisco i just hope bryan is as well

[King Paulie]

 

Whats with the guy whos defending Cory in this thread with all his might? Lol..I was never the "oh my gawddd, Cory Ledesma you've ruined my gameee!!" type. But after all the years of playing these games since Smackdown on the PS1, I realize that there were some good decisions and bad decisions made. And recently, many of Cory's decisions have produced some rather lackluster results, therefore if he's gone, great. That opens the doors to a lot more possibilities with the next game.

 

 

IF he truly is gone though, I highly doubt 2k will have that hard of time recreating a proper wrestling sim. They're great at doing it with other forms of sports, therefore I have confidence they'll make it as realistic as can be along with the stellar gameplay 2k games are known for. And now that we're almost certain Yukes will be back, 2k still has the core game engine. Though that too, needs to be changed and completely overhauled. 

 

 

TL;DR: 2k's got this.

 

MLB2K a failed game says hello

 

 

 

Whats with the guy whos defending Cory in this thread with all his might? Lol..I was never the "oh my gawddd, Cory Ledesma you've ruined my gameee!!" type. But after all the years of playing these games since Smackdown on the PS1, I realize that there were some good decisions and bad decisions made. And recently, many of Cory's decisions have produced some rather lackluster results, therefore if he's gone, great. That opens the doors to a lot more possibilities with the next game.

 

 

IF he truly is gone though, I highly doubt 2k will have that hard of time recreating a proper wrestling sim. They're great at doing it with other forms of sports, therefore I have confidence they'll make it as realistic as can be along with the stellar gameplay 2k games are known for. And now that we're almost certain Yukes will be back, 2k still has the core game engine. Though that too, needs to be changed and completely overhauled. 

 

 

TL;DR: 2k's got this.

 

MLB2K a failed game says hello

 

 

 

Not really a fan of bringing this up again, but that was the only franchise that was considerably terrible, from VC & 2k Sports. NBA & NFL Titles were always a step above the rest, except for maybe NBA Live 2005. And the NHL titles were average at best, they were never really known to be the unplayable, glitch fest that MLB 2k was starting after MLB2k6

[the King Lives]

 

 

Whats with the guy whos defending Cory in this thread with all his might? Lol..I was never the "oh my gawddd, Cory Ledesma you've ruined my gameee!!" type. But after all the years of playing these games since Smackdown on the PS1, I realize that there were some good decisions and bad decisions made. And recently, many of Cory's decisions have produced some rather lackluster results, therefore if he's gone, great. That opens the doors to a lot more possibilities with the next game.

 

 

IF he truly is gone though, I highly doubt 2k will have that hard of time recreating a proper wrestling sim. They're great at doing it with other forms of sports, therefore I have confidence they'll make it as realistic as can be along with the stellar gameplay 2k games are known for. And now that we're almost certain Yukes will be back, 2k still has the core game engine. Though that too, needs to be changed and completely overhauled. 

 

 

TL;DR: 2k's got this.

 

MLB2K a failed game says hello

   

 

Whats with the guy whos defending Cory in this thread with all his might? Lol..I was never the "oh my gawddd, Cory Ledesma you've ruined my gameee!!" type. But after all the years of playing these games since Smackdown on the PS1, I realize that there were some good decisions and bad decisions made. And recently, many of Cory's decisions have produced some rather lackluster results, therefore if he's gone, great. That opens the doors to a lot more possibilities with the next game.

 

 

IF he truly is gone though, I highly doubt 2k will have that hard of time recreating a proper wrestling sim. They're great at doing it with other forms of sports, therefore I have confidence they'll make it as realistic as can be along with the stellar gameplay 2k games are known for. And now that we're almost certain Yukes will be back, 2k still has the core game engine. Though that too, needs to be changed and completely overhauled. 

 

 

TL;DR: 2k's got this.

 

MLB2K a failed game says hello

   

 

Not really a fan of bringing this up again, but that was the only franchise that was considerably terrible, from VC & 2k Sports. NBA & NFL Titles were always a step above the rest, except for maybe NBA Live 2005. And the NHL titles were average at best, they were never really known to be the unplayable, glitch fest that MLB 2k was starting after MLB2k6  

i never experienced any glitches in mlb2k my gripe was after hitting a pop fly (every single one, no matter where) it would just stay in the air, defying gravity for like 10-15 seconds until an outfielder caught it lol

[Mercurius]

I think there's a good explanation why Cory Ledesma's not going to talk about WWE Games/2K Games:

WWE 2K14 started out as a THQ game, sometime before WWE '13 was released. During development, THQ went Chapter 11 before Christmas 2012, sold its properties in the months of January and February 2013. The reason why 2K got the WWE Games guys from THQ was for them to finish WWE 2K14, under the guidelines THQ was given to them before going under. It's only after 2K14's release that 2K's guidelines went into effect for future projects, hence WWE 2K15 onward.

In other words, if Cory was fired, he would've said "my time at 2K is over" or something like that.

[iamthedoctor]

https://twitter.com/RealCoryLedesma

 

Go to his twitter, read his recent tweets

 

Does this mean we can expect him to jump the Miz on WWE TV so he can continue his ongoing feud with him?

[Sir Flash™]

To be quite honest, Ledesma never struck me as a wrestling/entertainment fan and he was just some oblivious guy working on a video game.  He doesn't seem to have the people skills required when dealing with wrestling fans, so this is good news.  I personally thought the first couple of Yukes/THQ games that were released before Cory joined the team were better and had more effort in them.  As for Yukes being rumored to be leaving as well, that could be a blessing in disguise.  Think about it: fans have been asking for a new game engine for years and now, if this is true, we may get just that.  Besides everyone knew going into this year's game[WWE2K14] that we were probably getting more of the same with maybe some updates.  With WWE2K15, we may just get that overhaul and a complete re-working of WWE games altogether which will be a nice step in the right direction.  Especially with 2K's attention to detail, we might just get the upgrade into the next generation that WWE fans have been wanting in wrestling games.  I too, liked the old system but it is about due an update and critical changes need to be made in order to keep these games as realistic and as fun as possible. 

You do know yukes is under contract for a few years, than they will have no jobs. Remember back in april, that was the deal. Yukes are to train 2k employers and once they do, they are gone. So not much of a rumor, it is actually news.

[dan87]

I think there's a good explanation why Cory Ledesma's not going to talk about WWE Games/2K Games:

WWE 2K14 started out as a THQ game, sometime before WWE '13 was released. During development, THQ went Chapter 11 before Christmas 2012, sold its properties in the months of January and February 2013. The reason why 2K got the WWE Games guys from THQ was for them to finish WWE 2K14, under the guidelines THQ was given to them before going under. It's only after 2K14's release that 2K's guidelines went into effect for future projects, hence WWE 2K15 onward.

In other words, if Cory was fired, he would've said "my time at 2K is over" or something like that.

 

According your explanation it seems that we wont getting any patches?

[Mercurius]

 

I think there's a good explanation why Cory Ledesma's not going to talk about WWE Games/2K Games:

WWE 2K14 started out as a THQ game, sometime before WWE '13 was released. During development, THQ went Chapter 11 before Christmas 2012, sold its properties in the months of January and February 2013. The reason why 2K got the WWE Games guys from THQ was for them to finish WWE 2K14, under the guidelines THQ was given to them before going under. It's only after 2K14's release that 2K's guidelines went into effect for future projects, hence WWE 2K15 onward.

In other words, if Cory was fired, he would've said "my time at 2K is over" or something like that.

 

According your explanation it seems that we wont getting any patches?

 

I dunno why you come up with that conclusion, but it's 2K Games responsibility for fixes and stuff...not Ledesma.

[iamthedoctor]

I dunno if we will get a patch for all these bugs. Ive not had one update for the game come up. Other game franchises have had patches within 3 days of a release if something is wrong. THQ were lousy in regards to patching something unless it was something we actually used like the blur trick so I guess it will depend if 2K do fix it.

[BrotchMrToast]

Prediction:

2k just finished WWE 2k14 last second and now is fully concentrating on 2k15, which will be the first 100% 2k Wrestling game. I doubt 2k will go back to 2k14 for anything exceot for maybe releasing the DLCs.

[dan87]

But it's their responsibility to fix stuff with this game. At least some updates and fixes with the december dlc.

[the King Lives]

 

Prediction:

2k just finished WWE 2k14 last second and now is fully concentrating on 2k15, which will be the first 100% 2k Wrestling game. I doubt 2k will go back to 2k14 for anything exceot for maybe releasing the DLCs.

 

i beg to differ (not saying you're wrong, but) this may be looked at as a thq influenced game, but 2k has been promoting it, all over.. that said, it's their responsibility this time to fix it.

[King Paulie]

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

[the King Lives]

 

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

yeah i agree.. but when i see people like that collier dude on the 2k forums saying we don't need a patch because none of the freezing issues bothers him it really makes me shake my head. Ask Caveman Gamer i'm sure he'll know exactly what i mean lol

[iamthedoctor]

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

I hope so im getting fed up trying to have a rumble match and all that happens is no clock appearing yet if you restart you just get a blank screen.

[Sir Flash™]

the freezing whenever im trying to save is also getting annoying

[the King Lives]

 

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

I hope so im getting fed up trying to have a rumble match and all that happens is no clock appearing yet if you restart you just get a blank screen.  

i haven't even done a rumble yet, but seeing as how i'm doing one in World War 3 (60 man) i really hope that doesn't happen to me

[iamthedoctor]

 

 

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

I hope so im getting fed up trying to have a rumble match and all that happens is no clock appearing yet if you restart you just get a blank screen.  

i haven't even done a rumble yet, but seeing as how i'm doing one in World War 3 (60 man) i really hope that doesn't happen to me

 

 

I tried about 6 or 7 Rumble matches and it happened 4 times to me.

[the King Lives]

 

 

 

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

I hope so im getting fed up trying to have a rumble match and all that happens is no clock appearing yet if you restart you just get a blank screen. 

i haven't even done a rumble yet, but seeing as how i'm doing one in World War 3 (60 man) i really hope that doesn't happen to me

   

I tried about 6 or 7 Rumble matches and it happened 4 times to me.  

yeah i haven't done a rumble yet but i'm tired of the freezeups every time i go to deal with either rivalries or rankings..

[dan87]

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

well you're right but they can fix some little issues that actually are just easy, given priorities of course, to the crashing issues , the sound issues and the CAA logos.

Edited November 18, 2013 by dk7878

[tkillaz17]

 

 

 

Whats with the guy whos defending Cory in this thread with all his might? Lol..I was never the "oh my gawddd, Cory Ledesma you've ruined my gameee!!" type. But after all the years of playing these games since Smackdown on the PS1, I realize that there were some good decisions and bad decisions made. And recently, many of Cory's decisions have produced some rather lackluster results, therefore if he's gone, great. That opens the doors to a lot more possibilities with the next game.

 

 

IF he truly is gone though, I highly doubt 2k will have that hard of time recreating a proper wrestling sim. They're great at doing it with other forms of sports, therefore I have confidence they'll make it as realistic as can be along with the stellar gameplay 2k games are known for. And now that we're almost certain Yukes will be back, 2k still has the core game engine. Though that too, needs to be changed and completely overhauled. 

 

 

TL;DR: 2k's got this.

 

MLB2K a failed game says hello

 

 

yeah but we are talking about VC and Yukes together They Will Do Great !!!!!!!!!!

 

i'm just saying.. you said 2k has got this... but my experience with the last 5 or so failed mlb 2k games says otherwise LOL

 

All of the NBA 2k games as well as NFL 2k says hello. I don't see how you don't have much faith off of one game they can't get to be as good as The Show.

 

For gameplay and realism I will trust 2k/take two like no other. Their online servers are another issue in itself but it's not nearly as bad as THQ's horrible netcode.

 

As far as the original topic. It sucks to see he no longer works there but these guys seem to latch on elsewhere pretty fast. I've seen it many times recently with a lot of different developers. I guarantee he will be a part of a newly formed dev team in the near future.

Edited February 15, 2014 by tkillaz17

[Tamer™]

 

It's their responsibility to fix actual issues with the game, like glitches that happen for the majority. However its not their responsibility to fix every little issue an individual complains about, which it seems like is what those types of people actually want.

 

I hope so im getting fed up trying to have a rumble match and all that happens is no clock appearing yet if you restart you just get a blank screen.

 

i haven't even done a rumble yet, but seeing as how i'm doing one in World War 3 (60 man) i really hope that doesn't happen to me

I tried about 6 or 7 Rumble matches and it happened 4 times to me.

despite never coming across this problem , i still hope they fix this for you guys