WWE 2K Battlegrounds Getting Roster Update Over The Coming Weeks

 WWE 2K Battlegrounds is getting its first free roster updates. The first batch of characters arrived on November 6th, with two more sets coming over the next couple of weeks. Some of the new superstars and their cosmetics must be unlocked using the in-game currency.

November 6

• Batista
• Goldberg
• Jey Uso (unlocked)
• Jimmy Uso (unlocked)

November 11

• Eddie Guerrero (unlocked)
• Lita (unlocked)
• Ultimate Warrior

November 18

• Booker T
• Ruby Riott (unlocked)
• Trish Stratus

The update also brings 20 new customization items including outfits, arena designs, and face paints. 

Here’s More Info On Games Modes In WWE 2K Battlegrounds

2K and Saber Interactive have revealed more info about WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Take a look at the list of modes below to get a good idea of what WWE 2K Battlegrounds will have to offer when it launches:

• Campaign Mode – Throw down in this single-player story mode told through a comic art style as you add to your stable of WWE Superstars to overcome the next challenge. Team up with Paul Heyman and Stone Cold Steve Austin as you travel the globe in search of new Superstars for an all-new WWE brand. Play as one of the seven newly created Superstars, such as Bolo Reynolds and Jessica Johnson, as you travel across several regions battling WWE Superstars, achieving campaign goals and unlocking various WWE Superstars, power-ups and items

• Exhibition Mode – Brawl with your friends or family, with up to four-player action online or on the couch in your favorite match types, including:

• One-on-One
• Tag Team
• Triple Threat
• Fatal Four Way
• Steel Cage Match
• Royal Rumble
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• King of The Battleground Mode – Battle to become the Last Man (or Woman) Standing as you and up to seven other online players burn it down and try to toss one another out of the ring! The longer you stay in the arena, the higher your score climbs. The second you send someone flying, another Superstar waiting outside the ring enters the fray

• Online Tournament Mode – Take the action online for rewards in a variety of time-limited tournaments featuring a wide range of win conditions. Keep an eye out… you never know when a new Battlegrounds tournament might be kicking off

• Battleground Challenge Mode – Brawl from the bottom all the way to the top! Create your own WWE Superstar and overcome all the odds stacked against you.

WWE 2K Battlegrounds is available on September 18 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

WWE 2K Battlegrounds Releases In September

2K Games and developer Saber Interactive have announced that the wrestling title features a roster of more than 70 WWE Superstars and Legends at launch, with additional Superstars to be released thereafter. The standard edition costs $40 and just includes the game, while the deluxe edition sets you back $50 and includes Steve Austin, the Attitude Era version of The Rock, and Ronda Rousey, as well as 1,100 Golden Bucks, which are used to unlock additional Superstars and vanity items. Anyone who pre-orders either version gets access to Edge as a playable character. WWE 2K Battlegrounds launches on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on September 18.

WWE 2K21 Not Happening, WWE 2K Battlegrounds Taking Its Place This Fall

Publisher 2K won’t be releasing WWE 2K21 this year, but will instead be releasing WWE 2K Battlegrounds this fall. The over-the-top, arcade-style title is developed by NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 developer Saber Interactive.

The game's teaser trailer shows off power-up moves and wrestlers like The Rock, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and John Cena. What platforms the game will be on was not announced.