WWE 2K18 infomation thread

[Penguin]

                                                                                      

Platforms: PS4, Xbox one, Nintendo Switch & PC (MasterRace)

Release date: WW: October 17, 2017

Versions:

Standard

Deluxe/Digital Deluxe ( Season pass + 4 day early access)

Cena-Nuff Collector's edition ( Same content as DD, signed Cena plaque, Supercrd content and a John Cena action figure)

 

Confirmed information

* Updated graphics engine
* New commentary team (Michael Cole, Corey Graves & Byron Saxton)
* Road to Glory mode (Online Mycareer mode)
* Updated promo engine
* Unique Fighting Styles ( Exclusive to MyPlayer/MyCareer)
* Free Roam in MyCareer
* New grappling, Submission, Dragging and Carrying systems
* You can roam freely backstage in MyCareer.
* 8 Wrestlers in the ring at the same time (6 for Nintendo Switch)
* New match types (8-man tag, etc)
* Reworked Royal Rumble, Battle Royal and Ladder Match types
* Create-a-Match
* Updated Universe mode + New Superstar goals
* Jojo is now the ring announcer
* Shorter MyCareer with an ending
* Updated crowds
* New Elimination Chamber
* New AI/Physics for selling
* You can put logos on separate boots/kickpads (According to Youtubers, may be false)
* Fixed the stupid stretch problem with logos on Caws( according to Youtubers, may be false)
* New quick pin feature + 12 "new" interference scenarios
* Over 80 new animations for selling + fatigue
* Ultimate Control returns
*The new NXT titles.
*Loot crates (no micro-transactions) for MyPlayer

 

 

Male
 

Aiden English

AJ Styles

Akam

Akira Tozawa

Albert

Alexander Wolfe

Andre The Giant

Apollo Crews

Bam Bam Bigelow

Baron Corbin

Big Boss Man '91

Big Boss Man '99

Big Cass

Big E

Big Show

Big Show '00

Bo Dallas

Bobby Roode

Booker T

Braun Strowman

Bray Wyatt

Bret "Hitman" Hart '97

Bret "Hitman" Hart '98

The Brian Kendrick

British Bulldog

Brock Lesnar

Brutus Beefcake

Buddy Roberts

Butch

Cactus Jack '92

Cactus Jack '98

Cedric Alexander

Cesaro

Chad Gable

Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho '00

Christian

Curt Hawkins

Curtis Axel

Daniel Bryan

Darren Young

Dash Wilder

DDP '92

DDP '98

Dean Ambrose

Diesel

Dolph Ziggler

Dude Love

Dusty Rhodes

Earthquake

Eddie Guerrero

Edge

Enzo Amore

Epico Colon

Eric Young

Erick Rowan

Fandango

Finn Balor

Finn Balor Demon

The Godfather

Goldberg '98 / Goldberg '04

Goldust

Gran Metalik

Greg Valentine

Heath Slater

Hideo Itami

Jack Gallagher

Jake Roberts '91 / Jake Roberts '96

Jason Jordan

JBL

Jey Uso

Jim Neidhart

Jimmy "Jam" Garvin

Jimmy Uso

Jinder Mahal

John Cena

Johnny Gargano

Kalisto

Kane / Kane (Corporate)

Kane '98

Karl Anderson

Kassius Ohno

Kerry Von Erich

Kevin Nash

Kevin Owens

Kevin Von Erich

Killian Dain

Kofi Kingston

Konnor

Larry Zbyszko

Lex Luger

Luke

Luke Gallows

Luke Harper

Mankind

Mark Henry

Michael "PS" Hayes '86 / '92

The Miz

Mojo Rawley

Mr.McMahon

Mr.Perfect

Neville

Nick Miller

No Way Jose

Noam Dar

Papa Shango

Primo Colon

R-Truth

Randy Orton

Randy Savage

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Razor Ramon

Rezar

Rhyno

Ric Flair '88

Ric Flair '91

Rich Swann

Rick Martel

Ricky Steamboat '91

Ricky Steamboat '94

Rikishi

The Rock

The Rock '01

Roderick Strong

Roman Reigns

Rusev

Sami Zayn

Samoa Joe

Sawyer Fulton

Scott Dawson

Scott Hall

Seth Rollins

Shane McMahon

Shane Thorne

Shawn Michaels '97

Shawn Michaels '98

Sheamus

Shinsuke Nakamura

Sin Cara

Steve Austin '97

Sting

Sting '88

Sting '91

Sting '98

Sting '99

"Stunning" Steve Austin

Sycho Sid

Tatanka

Tatsumi Fujinami

Titus O'neil

TJP

Tommaso Ciampa

Triple H

Triple H '01

Triple H '98

Tye Dillinger

Tyler Breeze

Typhoon

Tyson Kidd

Ultimate Warrior

Undertaker '91 / Undertaker '98 / Undertaker '99 (Ministry of Darkness)

The Undertaker

Undertaker '00

Vader

Viktor

Xavier Woods

Zack Ryder

 

 

Female

 

 

Alexa Bliss

Alicia Fox

Alundra Blayze

Asuka

Bayley

Becky Lynch

Billie Kay

Brie Bella

Carmella

Charlotte

Dana Brooke

Ember Moon

Emma

Ivory

Jacqueline

Lita

Maryse

Mickie James

Naomi

Natalya

Nia Jax

Nikki Bella

Nikki Cross

Paige

Peyton Royce

Sasha Banks

Stephanie McMahon

Summer Rae

Tamina

Trish Stratus

 

 

 

Manager Only

 

 

Bobby Heenan

Lana

Paul Ellering

Paul Heyman

Ted Dibiase

 

 

 

Additional Content

 

Aleister Black

Batista '10

Beth Pheonix

Drew McIntyre

Elias

Jeff Hardy

John Cena '06

John Cena '10

Kurt Angle '01

Kurt Angle '06

Lars Sullivan

Matt Hardy

Ricky Morton

Rob Van Dam '06

Robert Gibson

Ruby Riot

 

Soundtrack

 

The WWE 2K18 official soundtrack includes:

Blues Brothers – “Soul Man”;

Boston – “Smokin’”;

Bruno Mars – “Runaway Baby”;

Disturbed – “Down With The Sickness”;

Eazy-E – “Boyz-N-The-Hood”;

George Thorogood & The Destroyers – “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”;

Joe Walsh – “Rocky Mountain Way”;

Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”;

Kid Rock – “You Never Met a White Boy Quite Like Me”;

¡MAYDAY! (feat. Tech N9ne) – “Last One Standing”;

Tech N9ne (feat. Krizz Kaliko, Serj Tankian) – “Straight Out The Gate”

[the King Lives]

might want to change that 8 people in the ring thing. i think that 8 people is tied only to tags and ladder matches. not sure of rumble but i know pulse did mention battle royals

[Gift Of Jericho]

According to what I read, there will be 8 people in the reworked Rumble too.

[Penguin]

48 minutes ago, Jai said:

might want to change that 8 people in the ring thing. i think that 8 people is tied only to tags and ladder matches. not sure of rumble but i know pulse did mention battle royals

If it's just for 8-man tags then that's extremely dumb of them.

[the King Lives]

9 minutes ago, Penguin said:

If it's just for 8-man tags then that's extremely dumb of them.

yeah i think it's just speculation at this point but you know how it is. implement a feature or match type. they usually take baby steps.

but if it's for Ladder matches and battle royals then i really wouldn't see why we couldn't have 8 in the rumble or even 2 v 2 v 2 v 2 matches. hopefully it's atleast possible to do 2 v 2 v 2 tornado and normal matches

52 minutes ago, Gift Of Jericho said:

According to what I read, there will be 8 people in the reworked Rumble too.

ah okay yeah i didn't read that part. which article was that from Forbes or somewhere else?

[Gift Of Jericho]

1 minute ago, Jai said:

yeah i think it's just speculation at this point but you know how it is. implement a feature or match type. they usually take baby steps.

but if it's for Ladder matches and battle royals then i really wouldn't see why we couldn't have 8 in the rumble or even 2 v 2 v 2 v 2 matches. hopefully it's atleast possible to do 2 v 2 v 2 tornado and normal matches

ah okay yeah i didn't read that part. which article was that from Forbes or somewhere else?

It's from Gamespot. There is 8-man ladder match too. Just hope it wouldn't turn into a mess in the ring lol.

[the King Lives]

1 minute ago, Gift Of Jericho said:

It's from Gamespot. There is 8-man ladder match too. Just hope it wouldn't turn into a mess in the ring lol.

oh okay yeah i saw the ladder match part lol. i wonder if EC would be 8 persons. that would be pretty awesome. if we can throw a cell over the ring via match editor we can have some type of war games scenario lol

but yeah hopefully it won't be a mess. 6 in the ring wasn't that bad from how i experienced. though i've only won 1 ladder match

[Cave Waverider]

I just hope we finally get get tag Team Ladder and/or TLC matches this time around, ideally from 2 vs. 2 up to 2 vs. 2 vs. 2 vs. 2.

But since there is said to be a new "Create a Match" feature, it might be possible to customize such matches anyhow. Hopefully it will be powerful and allow us to customize all kinds of real and also crazy match types.

[Kiraii]

There's not a PC version this year?

[Gift Of Jericho]

30 minutes ago, Kiraii said:

There's not a PC version this year?

Probably a late one, once again.

[Penguin]

They'll probably confirm it at a later date, they took awhile to confirm it the last few years as well.

[Dann]

Good to see that freeroam backstage is back. Can't wait for that.

[tomwearsglasses]

7 hours ago, Penguin said:

They'll probably confirm it at a later date, they took awhile to confirm it the last few years as well.

I agree.  Usually they announce it close to or shortly after the console release, and it comes out a few months later.  I kinda think that they intentionally hold off on announcing a PC version because they want to push console pre-orders.

[Dann]

2 minutes ago, tomwearsglasses said:

I agree.  Usually they announce it close to or shortly after the console release, and it comes out a few months later.  I kinda think that they intentionally hold off on announcing a PC version because they want to push console pre-orders.

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it won't be coming to PC. Or i'm just hallucinating and that never happened

[tomwearsglasses]

8 minutes ago, Dann said:

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it won't be coming to PC. Or i'm just hallucinating and that never happened

I can't find reliable info one way or the other - I've seen both posted but not from any reliable source.  I think people are inferring that it won't be coming to PC because it's not listed - but like I said they're usually super quiet about it until after the console release.  But who knows - they might not port it - we've been lucky in recent years but before 2k15 I don't think there had been a PC port since WWE Raw 1.

[gamingfan]

45 minutes ago, Dann said:

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it won't be coming to PC. Or i'm just hallucinating and that never happened

No one officially said anything about PC version.

Even there is a nintendo switch version on gamestop, so I think there will be PC version as always in feb.

[DrJoeyMagnum]

https://wwe.2k.com/news/entries/wwe-2k18-feature-set-reveal-developer-blog-post

[mrblacksheep]

3 hours ago, Dann said:

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it won't be coming to PC. Or i'm just hallucinating and that never happened

I'm pretty sure you didn't hear that. For the last 3 years, the PC version came out later than the console versions. Why is this even speculation at this point?

Edited July 6, 2017 by mrblacksheep

[Penguin]

4 hours ago, Dann said:

I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that it won't be coming to PC. Or i'm just hallucinating and that never happened

Even if by some chance they did say that, then they're just doing the GTA V tactic to get more console sales. Pretty sure they did it last year too.

 

Also, added some new information that I stole "borrowed" from our comrades at Caws. Those nerds watch the youtubers that played the alpha for some info.

[Suplewich]

You can put logos on separate boots/kickpad?

A lord exists.

Edited October 6, 2017 by Suplewich

[Penguin]

Kinda sad that has to be included in new features but yeah, according to the alpha peeps it's no longer a thing.

[LetterPro]

With up to 8 people, I'd love to see a return of the "guest referee" matches. Would be awesome to guest ref a 6-person bout. 

[the King Lives]

23 hours ago, Penguin said:

Even if by some chance they did say that, then they're just doing the GTA V tactic to get more console sales. Pretty sure they did it last year too.

 

Also, added some new information that I stole "borrowed" from our comrades at Caws. Those nerds watch the youtubers that played the alpha for some info.

who played the alpha. i haven't bothered with that site since that idiot you know who banned for bs

[Penguin]

My spelling of the names could be off as I don't care whatsoever but, Pulse, Lugey, Pizzaman and there was a forth but I don't remember the name. Pretty much the same as the peeps who played the early version last year. Minus our lovely and beautiful Paul. </3

But they could be a buncha liars for alls I know.

Only solace is that I'm "borrowing" info so I can just shift the blame when they come out as false.

[the King Lives]

8 minutes ago, Penguin said:

My spelling of the names could be off as I don't care whatsoever but, Pulse, Lugey, Pizzaman and there was a forth but I don't remember the name. Pretty much the same as the peeps who played the early version last year. Minus our lovely and beautiful Paul. </3

But they could be a buncha liars for alls I know.

Only solace is that I'm "borrowing" info so I can just shift the blame when they come out as false.

well tonypizzaguy is kinda off cause he is thinking that 8 man tags will be online lol. good luck with that. Chris Denker already shot that down.From the horses mouth Mark little told him it would be way too difficult with servers and all to have an 8 man tag online.

so yeah i just don't trust these youtubers that much

i mean he (pizzaguy) thinks the number 1 new feature is that online my career. that proves to me these youtubers don't care about much other than online.