It's also interesting that despite the huge budgets, the two most critically acclaimed games on this list aren't WWE games.The biggest video game franchise in WWE history is back with WWE 2K18! Featuring cover Superstar Seth Rollins, WWE 2K18 promises to bring you closer to the ring than ever before with hard-hitting action, stunning graphics, drama, excitement, new game modes, additional match types, deep creation capabilities, and everything you’ve come to love from WWE 2K. While many games didn't score well with reviewers they still managed to find a way into the wrestling fan's hearts. As a result, many fans will take what they can get just so they could play something different. This was also reflected in the gaming world too as WWE videogames were the only mainstream wrestling franchise that most fans were aware of. Updated by Michael Llewellyn on June 16, 2021: The WWE franchise has dominated TV stations for years and with the exception of the upcoming AEW promotion, it's had no real challenge to its dominance. With the exception of the Fire Pro series, there hasn’t been a wrestling game that fans of the genre consider something to be special since the AKI developed wrestling titles on the Nintendo 64 like WWF No Mercy. Nevertheless, wrestling fans are a tenacious bunch, and those that have remained faithful to their favorite genre still find a lot to love about the games that casual players won’t notice.
RELATED: 10 Greatest Wrestling Games Of All Time (According To Metacritic) Sadly, this has been reflected in the gaming industry too. The WWE 2K series is the only licensed wrestling franchise released in the West that has been worth players' time. Since WCW folded in 2001, the WWE has held a monopoly in the wrestling entertainment business for close to two decades.
It has been a decade full of ups and down for wrestling games and more so for the fans that like to play them.
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