WWE 2K21: 10 Most Wanted New Features

by Jamie Kennedy

1. New Assets

WWE 2K20
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Alarm bells started to ring late-last year before 2K20's release when Yuke's announced they were parting ways with 2K and going off to do their own thing. Then, 2K scrambled, brought Visual Concepts on board and salvaged the meagre amount of code Yuke's had left on the servers.

It wasn't enough.

2K20 was a graphical bomb scare that looked 10x worse than games over 10 years older than it (just look at the difference between John Cena models in the pic above). In 2K21, they're going to have to build new assets and, wait for it, actually come up with new animations, models and graphics that don't rely on ancient templates.

This will take a lot of work, sure, but it's essential and it's why they might want to shift focus onto booking simulators, party game mechanics or fan service in the short-term. Rebuilding this series from the ground up will take time, and 2K desperately need to move on from second hand code.

What do you need to see from WWE 2K21? For more, check out Ranking Every WWE Return That’s Already Happened In 2020 and 10 Times WWE Ruined Their Own Ideas IMMEDIATELY!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.