Who Developed WWE 2K20?
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2K Games announced on August 5, 2019 that WWE 2K20 will be developed by Visual Concepts, who also developed NBA 2K20. This will be the first WWE game not to be developed by Yuke’s since WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007.
2K Games
2K Games is an American video game publisher based in Novato, California. The company was founded in January 2005 by former Take-Two Interactive employees Kelly Gilmore and Christoph Hartmann. 2K Games is a division of Take-Two Interactive. The company publishes and develops video games. Their games are available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices. 2K Games has published and developed some of the most popular video games, including the Bioshock, Borderlands, Evolve, Mafia, and WWE 2K series.
History
2K Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Novato, California. The company was founded under Take-Two Interactive in September 1993 by Ryan Brant. It serves as the publishing label for Take-Two Interactive’s main franchises, including Rockstar Games, 2K Sports, 2K Play and 2K China. In addition to its subsidiaries Carnival Games and Indiebuilt, 2K publishes its titles through Rockstar Games’ subsidiary label, Rockstar New England.
Key personnel
2K Games, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Novato, California. The company was founded under Take-Two Interactive in January 2005 through the merger of Take-Two’s wholly owned development studio Visual Concepts and publisher GodGames, which Take-Two had acquired in May 2005.2K Games is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. The group comprises a number of development studios owned by Take-Two, such as Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Visual Concepts and 2K Boston.
The company’s 2K brand exists through multiple divisions: 2K Play publishes casual games for the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms;2K Sports publishes and distributes sports games such as the WWE 2K series and the NBA 2K series;and finally 2K Connnections which manages online distributable titles—such as MLB Front Office Manager for Microsoft Windows—and mobile apps for iOS and Android devices.. In Septembertake-two renamed it to simply “2K”.
Key personnel are:
• Strauss Zelnick – Chairman and CEO
• David Ismailer – President
• Karl Slatoff – President of Development
Visual Concepts
The game was developed by Visual Concepts and Yukes, and published by 2K Sports. It is the twenty-first installment in the WWE game series (sixth under the WWE 2K banner), a sequel to WWE 2K19. It was released worldwide on October 22, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
History
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the 21st installment in the WWE 2K series, and was released on October 22, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Key personnel
2K Games is the primary developer and publisher of the WWE 2K series, with Japanese video game developer Yuke’s serving as a co-development studio until WWE 2K18. WWE 2K19 was the first game in the series not to be developed by Yuke’s, with Visual Concepts taking over development duties. Other key personnel involved in the development of the WWE 2K games include producer Bryan Williams, art director Ryan Cleary, senior game designer Mike Schenk and lead core gameplay designer Ramelle Ballesca.
Yuke’s
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed in a collaboration between Yuke’s and Visual Concepts, and published by 2K Sports. It is the twenty-first game in the WWE game series, and the fifth under the WWE 2K banner. The game was released on October 22, 2019, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
History
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke’s and Visual Concepts, and published by 2K Sports. It is the twenty-first installment in the WWE games series, serving as the follow-up to WWE 2K19. It was released worldwide on October 22, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
The game’s primary mode is a story-driven MyCareer mode, in which players create a custom superstar and guide them through several years of games action. Along the way, players can make key decisions that will determine the superstar’s relationships with other characters. The mode also features cutscenes with voice acting, and interactions with real-world WWE superstars.
The game also features a number of other modes, including an “online” mode that pits players against each other in matches; a training mode that teaches newcomers the basics of wrestling; and an exhibition mode that allows players to set up single matches or multi-match tag team bouts.
Key personnel
Yuke’s is a Japanese video game development studio established in 1993. The company is best known for developing the WWE 2K series.
Yuke’s was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1993 by Yukesuke Matsuda. The company name is a combination of the founder’s surname and the word “suke”, which means ” help” in Japanese. The studio’s first game was Police 911, released for the Super Famicom in 1994.
In 2000, Yuke’s acquired 4 become one of the largest game development studios in Japan. The acquisition allowed Yuke’s to expand its development team and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
In 2002, Yuke’s released their first wrestling game, WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It for the PlayStation 2. The game was a critical and commercial success, selling over 1 million copies worldwide. WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It would go on to become one of the best-selling games on the PlayStation 2, with over 5 million copies sold globally.
Following the success of WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It, Yuke’s released numerous sequels over the years, including WWE SmackDown vs. Raw (2004), WWE Day of Reckoning (2005), WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 (2006), WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (2007), and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (2008).
In 2009, Yuke’s released their first game for the Wii console, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 All Stars. The game featured an all-star cast of past and present WWE Superstars, including The Rock, John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Bret Hart.
WWE 2K14 was released in 2013 and was the first entry in the series to be published by 2K Sports after Take-Two Interactive acquired Yukes parent company in 2012.
The latest entry in the series is WWE 2K20, which was released on October 22, 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows PC platforms.”
Development
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed in a collaboration between Yukes and Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the twenty-first game in the WWE 2K series, and was released worldwide on October 22, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Timeline
2K Sports announced on June 18, 2019 that WWE 2K20 would be released on October 22, 2019, making it the first entry in the series to be released on a seventh generation console in North America. The game was developed by Visual Concepts, who also developed WWE 2K19. On July 1, 2019, 2K announced that Ronda Rousey and Roman Reigns would be the cover athletes for WWE 2K20. This made Rousey the first woman to appear solo on a WWE video game cover and Reigns the third person (and first man) to appear twice as a cover athlete for the series after Steve Austin and John Cena.
Pre-orders for the game went live on August 5, 2019. Those who pre-ordered the Deluxe or Collector’s Edition received access to WWE 2K20 four days early on October 18, 2019. The game’s downloadable content was released in three separate packs; “WWE Originals”, “Bump in the Night” and “Rising Stars”.
Reception
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the twenty-first installment in the WWE game series (third under the WWE 2K banner), and is serving as the follow-up to WWE 2K19 (released in October 2018).
The game’s reception was generally negative. Review aggregator site Metacritic gave the PlayStation 4 version of the game a score of 33 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, making it one of the lowest-scoring games of 2019, as well as one of the lowest-scoring games in the WWE series.
Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole awarded it a “D”, writing “a fundamental lack of care has resulted in WWF No Mercy being better than this”.Game Informer’s Matt Miller panned the game as “an embarrassment to both developers and publishers alike”, giving it a score of 3 out of 10.
