The upcoming WWE 2K26 is shaping up to be the most ambitious title in the popular wrestling game franchise for a lot of reasons which also now includes a never-before-seen, bold advertising by none other than Paul Heyman explaining why players should engage in the new WWE title than other highly established franchises such as Call of Duty and Fortnite. According to Heyman, WWE 2K26 offers a 24-7, 365 engagement and interaction which could make it more suitable to succeed in the current marketplace of the industry than even powerhouse franchises like both Activision’s Call of Duty and Fortnite.
“I would like to steal people from other video game franchises. I’d like to entice people to not play Fortnite, but to play WWE 2K26. I would like to entice people not to play Call of Duty, but to play WWE 2K26.”
“It’s not just a matter of, ooh, what would happen if I put Lou Thesz and Bruno Sammartino and Brock Lesnar in a triple threat match together? It’s more of what can appeal to today’s gamer audience.”
You can check out his claims in the interview below:
The standard edition for WWE 2K26 will cost $69.99 while the ‘Deluxe Edition’ or the King of Kings edition of the game is set to cost you $99.99. Then there are two more expensive editions of the game clearly aimed at series enthusiasts including the ‘Premium edition’ or the Attitude Era edition of WWE 2K26 which is priced at $129.99.
And finally, for the absolute completionist out there, there exists the Monday Night War Edition for WWE 2K26 which will set you back by $149.99 and includes every single DLC scheduled to release for the game throughout it’s lifecycle.
CM Punk is confirmed be the focus of the Showcase mode in WWE 2K26 and players will be able to recreate many of the superstar’s most memorable and pivotal matches from his long career.
There will also be four new type of matches where one will be completely new (the Dumpster Match) to the series while three match types will be returning from much older entries of the series which are the Inferno Match, I Quit Match and the 3-Stages-of-Hell match.
WWE 2K26 is slated to release on March 13 worldwide and you can pre-order your favorite edition of the game right now across all platforms.
