WWE 2K17: 12 Awesome New Things You Can Do

WWE and 2K Sports' relationship has gone from strength-to-strength once again. The upward curve for the partnership's current gen games has continued with 2K17's release, which is certainly exciting for the future. If you thought the new game was brilliant imagine what we'll be getting by the time 2K20 comes around...

You don't need me to tell you that 2K14, the last WWE game we got before current gen consoles were released, was a brilliant blend of great in-ring action and a seriously deep roster which made the abomination that was 2K15, the first current gen game, all the more difficult to take. Since then however, the only way for WWE and 2K has been up as 2K16 trumped '15, and latterly, 2K17 has continued that upward curve.

The reason behind most people's upset towards the early current gen games was due to the fact that a lot of beloved features from games gone by were nowhere to be seen with no noticeable replacement taking their place. However, now that we have a lot of what made older wrestling games great has been reintegrated back into the fold, the development teams have focussed their attentions on adding innovative content we've never seen before.

And with that, here are the thousands of awesome new things you can do in WWE 2K17 organised into 12 different categories...

Basically, there's more of everything in this year's creation suite which as I'm sure you will agree is really, really nice.

WWE 2K17 has "all-new body hair functionality to compliment the several all-new hair styles and facial hair," although we must admit that the hair in WWE 2K games needs a compete overhaul so it looks like actual human hair, rather than the stiff blatantly computerised stuff we saw all the way back on SmackDown 1.

Skin-wise, we have new wrinkles, blemishes, scars and burn marks, while you can also add bags under the eyes if you want to make your Superstar look tired... I don't see what benefit that would add but it's nice to have all the same.

Create A Championship returns with a new textures that make your belts look like metal, wood, and even reptile skin... 2K have also updated the belts to make them look 3D rather than just a flat image although it would be nice for them to fit the waist of your chosen Superstar as opposed to magically floating around their waist presumably as a result of their own gravitational pull? I don't know... science!

You can now record highlights from your CAW's matches which can be used in the new Create A Video feature which appears to be similar to what we saw in WWE '13. This exterminates the need to use a current Superstar's video wall, basic WWE logo or no video at all during your CAW's entrance.

You can now also create a victory with a choice of several motions: FACE (When crowd cheers for FACE) Motion, HEEL (When crowd cheers for HEEL) Motion, FACE Title Motion, and HEEL Victory Music (Can be set with custom music). There is also Stage Movie Display which can be set with custom videos.

Create A Show includes new visual filters on the in-ring action like black and white, sepia and even the white, snowy, "bad VHS" tape look to recreate something that looks like it comes straight from the 1980s.

When it comes to creating an arena, a small but vital change has been made which allows you to change each individual turnbuckle into different colours - the top can be one colour, the middle can be another and so on. You can even incorporate certain patterns onto these pads, including many different national flags.

Nice work, lads and lasses!