No Hulk Hogan Still?
WWE 2K16 is professional wrestling video game base on Word Wrestling Entertainment developed by Yuke’s and Visual Concepts, and published by 2K Games. (Photo : Facebook/WWE 2K16)
It looks like new details for 2K Game’s new WWE sequel, “WWE 2K16” have been revealed regarding new WWE and NXT superstars and Hulk Hogan’s inclusion within the game.
2K Games has released 22 new WWE and NXT Superstars for “WWE 2K16” as the incredible list of names of talented grapplers and legends include “Y2J” Christ Jericho, “The Animal” Batista, “The Rated R Superstar” Edge, The Rock, The Undertaker, R-Truth, Ryback, Fandango, John Bradshow Layfield, Santino Marella and Curtis Axel, VG 24/7 reported.
There are also two new tag teams added in “WWE 2K16” which include two members of The Wyatt Family, Erick Rowan and Luke Harper as well as NXT’s current Tag Team Champions, The Vaudevillains (Simon Gutch and Aiden English).
New WWE Legends are also added into the game such as “Ravishing” Rick Rude, Andrei the Giant, Sergeant Slaughter and “Macho Man” Randy Savage, as well as, WWE Divas Natalya and Vince McMahon’s daughter Stephanie.
So far, the current list of playable WWE and NXT superstars include John Cena, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Big Show, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, Paige, Alicia Fox, Kevin Nash, Finn Balor and many more. Guest characters include the T-800 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
“WWE 2K16” will also higlight several new gameplay features like “MyCareer” were in players can create their own wrestler as they climb the mountain of success from developmental show NXT to main roster within the WWE ring. There are also a create modes like matches, Divas and championships as well returning game modes like Handicap, Ladder and Tornado Tag Team,
A new main story mode will focus on the career and higlights of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin from his early beginnings, rivalries to the many championship accomplishments and status as a WWE legend.
One WWE wrestler will not likely ever return to “WWE 2K16” is “Hulkamania” himself, Hulk Hogan. Hogan went on TV for his first official statement regarding the racism issue, but WWE management is still sticking to their decision of not hiring him back from the company, Gameranx reported.
“WWE 2K16” will launch on Oct. 27 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles.