WWE 2K24 guide, release date and everything you need to know
Feb. 28, 2024Plus see all the Showcase matches in your WWE 2K24 guide
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WWE 2K24 keeps getting stronger, with the recent addition of CM Punk as DLC, and a host of more general improvements over last year’s edition. Ongoing MyFaction concerns held GR back from awardingWWE 2K24a five-star review, but there’s still loads to like here. You can get full details below, from casket, ambulance and gauntlet matches, to the WWE 2K24 cover star and trailer. The bell’s just rung – it’s time to grapple with your WWE 2K24 guide.
WWE 2K24 release date
The first WWE 2K24 trailer dropped ahead of the Royal Rumble, which saw Cody Rhodes and Bayley win their respective 30-wrestler brawls, and book their tickets to WrestleMania 40. The video offers plenty of footage from the 40 Years of WrestleMania mode, plus a tease of the new casket and special guest referee matches. Hit the image above to watch.
The WWE 2K24 cover star is Cody Rhodes, with the formerAEW Fight Foreverfavorite headed to WrestleMania in the hope of capturing his first WWE world title. That quest has inspired the game’s catch line: “finish your story”, after Rhodes fell short of this goal last year.
Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair share the cover of the WWE 2K24 deluxe edition, while the 40 Years of WrestleMania edition features a montage of retro stars such as Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and Andre The Giant.
These were the three different tiers of WWE 2K24 pre-order available, with each offering a different set of access and unlockable items. Here’s the breakdown of what you could get in each WWE 2K24 edition:
Four new match types are featured in WWE 2K24. They are the ambulance match, casket match, gauntlet match, and special guest referee match. Backstage brawl bouts have also been expanded with interactive vending machines, cars, and even a working elevator. You can read more about those, plus other new features such as super finishers, in GR+‘sWWE 2K24 preview.
In-game, 40 Years of WrestleMania is known as Showcase of the Immortals. These are the matches featured in the mode:
There will be five WWE 2K24 DLC drops. CM Punk is the biggest name to make the Season Pass offering, while other intriguing names include the Dudley Boyz, Sandman, and Michelle McCool. Unlike theWWE 2K23 DLClist, only one NXT wrestler makes the cut: women’s champion Lyra Valkyria. The release schedule is below, and you can get full details of what’s in each pack via ourWWE 2K24 DLCguide.
Many icons from previous games are already locked into theWWE 2K24 roster, and have been mentioned above – we’re talking Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, Triple H, and numerous others. However, the recent series of mobile game WWE SuperCard suggested that many new (old!) faces may be set to join them, too. Sure enough, Ken Shamrock and William Regal make long-awaited returns, while we’re even getting Japanese icon The Great Muta as DLC. Hit that link for all the names in this year’s game, both new and old.
MyFaction is inevitably back, and the biggest news of all is ‘Persona’ cards. Unlock these and you can take the character they belong to into all modes – meaning we shouldn’t see a repeat of last year’s Scott Steiner travesty. 2K added his Big Poppa Pump gimmick, but it was exclusive to that mode. Not a good look when it’s the only one in the game offering paid-for currency. Also new this year are ranked quickplay, a revamped Faction Wars 2.0, more 4v4 match types, and a Faction Wars specific reward shop.
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