2K is ramping as much as the following installment in its wrestling lineup, WWE 2K25. Whereas it may have all of the tusslin’ and scrappin’ you’d count on from a WWE title, 2K can be exploring the social points of it with a brand new on-line hub referred to as The Island.
Seen throughout at present’s Sony State of Play, The Island in WWE 2K25 is a multiplayer interactive world the place gamers can take their customized wrestlers and discover, tackle challenges, and develop storylines. It is just like The Metropolis within the NBA 2K sequence, although you will be dunking on different wrestlers as an alternative of the online.
There’s customization and personalization, a neon-lit metropolis to discover, a church for The Undertaker, and rather more to find in your quest for the highest.
Whereas WWE 2K25 is deliberate for each last-generation and present era consoles, in addition to PC, The Island will solely be obtainable on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X|S variations of the sport, per WWE 2K25’s own site. Excluding last-gen consoles from the function is probably not full shock this far into a brand new console cycle, however PC gamers will not be getting The Island both it appears. Even the pre-order choices for Steam do not present any of The Island cosmetics obtainable for PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S consumers.
In our latest hands-on preview with WWE 2K25, we did not get an opportunity to take a look at any of the brand new Island content material. What we did play of the particular wrestling, nonetheless, appears to be a step-forward:
“Time will inform if the marketed massive sweeping adjustments and new modes I didn’t get to see will really make this version stand out from its friends,” IGN’s Dale Driver mentioned. “However from my transient expertise, it’s laborious to say that is something however a really incremental step for an already well-realised sequence.”
Time will, certainly, inform whether or not The Island is a part of that incremental step, ahead or backwards. It will not be lengthy although, as WWE 2K25 is due out on March 14, 2025 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC.
For all the pieces proven throughout at present’s PlayStation State of Play, take a look at our full recap right here.
Eric is a contract author for IGN.