AEW Fight Forever is an upcoming professional wrestling sports video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ Nordic. It is the third overall game from American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The game will be the company's debut title on home consoles and personal computers. It is scheduled to be released in winter 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.[1][2]

AEW Fight Forever
Key art featuring (clockwise from top left) Chris Jericho, Jade Cargill, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, CM Punk, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D
Developer(s)	Yuke's
Publisher(s)	THQ Nordic
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Microsoft Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
Release	Winter 2022
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Fight Forever features arcade-style gameplay, with nine match types in the launch version. These include: singles, tag team, Ladder match, Casino Battle Royale, and Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch.[3] The game also features online play, and intergender wrestling, the first Yuke's game since WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 to do so.[4]

The game features a full creation suite, including wrestlers, move-sets, entrances, and arenas. A career mode will allow players to take their own created wrestler through the AEW schedule. Fight Forever also features a variety of mini-games.

Development

The game was announced on November 10, 2020, at the AEW Games 1.0 Special Event.[5] The reveal trailer featured AEW wrestlers Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and Hikaru Shida.[6] Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita, director of WWF No Mercy and WCW/NWO Revenge, was also announced to be involved in an undisclosed role. In June 2021, the first in-development gameplay video was released, including the reveal of Darby Allin. In September, another short gameplay video featuring Jungle Boy was released.[7] In February 2022, Kenny Omega stated that the game would feature cross-platform play.

Following the April 21, 2022 taping of AEW Dynamite, AEW founder Tony Khan told the live crowd that the title of the video game would be AEW: Fight Forever.[8] This was later confirmed on May 4, 2022, with the release of gameplay videos featuring Kris Statlander and Nyla Rose.[9][10] In June 2022, Omega stated in an interview with Fightful that the game was tentatively scheduled to release later that year.[11] Omega later confirmed that the game would be published by THQ Nordic.[12]

Release

On August 3, 2022, AEW and THQ Nordic released an official teaser for the game, along with the cover art featuring CM Punk, Britt Baker, Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, and Jade Cargill.[13]

On August 12, 2022, a trailer at the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase featuring Britt Baker and Tony Schiavone was revealed, which one-on-one gameplay, as well as a look at the different mini-games in Fight Forever.[14] It was also announced that a demo of the game would be playable at Gamescom, winning the award for Best Sports Game at the event.[15][16] On September 15, 2022, a demo was also playable at the Tokyo Game Show.[17]

References

External links

• Official website

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