While releases as controversial as 2K20's have resulted in developers losing licenses in the past, Take-Two Interactive instead gave 2K more time to work on the sequel, canceling the game's 2021 installment and contracting Saber Interactive to make WWE Battlegrounds. The major issue with annual sports games was highlighted with WWE 2K20's tumultuous release. That doesn't even account for Yukes' and All Elite Wrestling's upcoming game, which is being designed to appeal to fans of old-school titles like WWF No Mercy. WWE 2K22 is a pretty big deal for the series, and it could very well be a make-or-break release for 2K and WWE, especially given the amazing wrestling games that have been released since WWE 2K20. RELATED: How WWE 2K Can Bounce Back From the Failures of WWE 2K20 The simple fact is that game development takes a lot of time, and the extra time spent is likely for the best, as it offers the best chance of improving the final product. Considering the massive roster size of the WWE 2K games and hundreds of new moves to be implemented each year, it feels like a fast turnaround. Good video games take time to make, even when an entire studio and publisher are behind the project. WWE 2K22, however, is going to release in March 2022, which would make it the first WWE 2K game to actually release in the same year as its title.ĢK Games taking two years of development time may seem like a lot to fans, but it's actually a fairly short production time for a game like this. Typically WWE 2K games are released in November, a year before the year in the title.

The anticipated follow-up to the disastrous WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22 finally has a release date, though it isn't the date that many fans had expected.

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