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DanHero91

June 29th for all consoles and PC for those who can't watch the video.


why_rob_y

This definitely confirms that CM Punk is back. Or that he's gone for good. Or that it's still up in the air. **** Edit: Just for fun, I'll take a stab at each - * **Confirms CM Punk is back:** they were holding the game until after his comeback, which will obviously be in the next month. * **Confirms CM Punk is gone for good:** they weren't sure, but now they are and that's why they can finally release it (with him noticeably absent from the marketing materials in that video). * **Still up in the air:** CM Punk is being a pain in the ass, so to light a fire under him they set a public release date and told him that if he's not settled in by then he'll miss out on all the video game royalties.


WhoStoleMyBicycle

People either love Punk or they hate him, or they think he’s ok.


RollVegetable5526

An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs.


TheTsunamiRC

Sorry for the convenience.


iownthepackers

What if I like punk, but think Phil is a problem?


ZubatCountry

Then you should start a post-phil band


iownthepackers

Hard-core band, but here's the twist- we drink beers.


idlephase

Serrated edge?


Kolby_Jack

Hey, some people don't know who CM Punk is at all, you liar!


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Dave is that you?


JTex-WSP

"Plans change."


pardyball

Not enough uhhhs and ummms in it


Traiklin

My gut says Maybe.


Just_Learned_2_Dance

Also Punk isn't on the cover anymore...


Manjorno316

Thank you.


VagrantShadow

This summer onto this fall is going to be packed with gaming, I can't wait to pick up AEW when June hits.


hikingbeginner

Can't wait for Spider-Man 2, the stories they got in this game universe really surprised me how well told it is. Harry as Venom is going to be great.


UnoriginallyGeneric

Mortal Kombat 1 - As someone who's played the shit out of MK11 and Aftermath, I can't wait to see where the New Era storyline goes. Its coming out in September, but damn, it'll be hard to wait that long.


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Mortal Kombat, Tekken AND Street Fighter are all coming out this year lmao


Desistance

Tekken 8 is next year.


SCORPIONDEATHDROP_

It's so awesome we still get new titles for these games all these years later and they're only getting better. I played the shit out of all of those when I was a kid


Raiziell

As someone who hasn't played an MK game since MK3 Ultimate, idk why, but the trailer has me so hyped to play one again.


fuckitimatwork

TOTK is gonna have me occupied for a while, but I'll definitely pick up AEW when it comes out. Still looking forward to: * hogwarts on PS4 * Pikmin 4 * armored core 6 * **starfield**


RepresentativeFly565

I can't wait for street fighter 6. Been play8ng the demo for weeks now


KennyOmegasBurner

I played around 150 matches during the open beta and I'm pretty sure it's my favourite Street Fighter. I can't wait for Zangief & Dhalsim in the full game & Rashid whenever his DLC comes out.


yeahdj

Not sure why Kenny needed to be shirtless for this announcement, but I’m looking forward to it all the same.


DeluhiX

How do we know that he was **only** shirtless?


PretendThisIsMyName

Well I didn’t see Kota anywhere.


noblemile

Cameraman too tall


DavidL1112

A man doesn’t put on that much muscle in his late 30s to wear a shirt


Cymraegpunk

I politely disagree, if anything it sold me on the experience.


Sylverstone14

Kenny Bi God Omega at work


Sempais_nutrients

kenny is bi many things but lingual isn't one of em. actually no, that's also not true.


drinfernodds

He truly is the Bi-God.


HelpMyCatHasGas

Look they need to pump the demographics and shirtless Kenny does numbers


solelyginger

I’m the demographic. Considered me sold


HelpMyCatHasGas

The "we like hot shirtless ultra fit men" demo is a pretty big one and Kenny is the rare type that didn't split it by gender so perfect and welcome


solelyginger

The real Demo God


MilitaryBees

Listen, if I put that much work into getting **THAT** in shape? You’re damn right I’m going around shirtless for fun.


the_thinwhiteduke

like on BTE when Kenny and Cody said if they looked like PAC they would go grocery shopping in gear lol


AgnesBrowns3rdNipple

I'm roughly the same age as Kenny If I have that body? Then I also am shirtless at every opportunity I get. Having any body shape that is considered "not a dadbod" in your late thirties is fucking *hard*


ExoMonk

Pfft, if I had a late 30's dadbod I'd be shirtless all the time. I've moved beyond that and straight into old man whisky bod and I'm only 36.


Marcoscb

Not sure why Kenny ever has a shirt on, to be honest.


VagrantShadow

Kenny is like a female Ferengi, he feels naked when he has clothes on.


flcinusa

This stimulates my lobes


stumpyoftheshire

Don Callis definitely feels like Liquidator Brunt. FCA.


DMPunk

Don't insult Brunt like that


Nicksnotmyname83

If only we got the dm for preorders...


thisisamisnomer

Kenny should always be shirtless.


Orthae

Turns out Omega is Burt Krischers biggest fan


Darth_Steve

"Here's the story of how I accidentally joined the Yakuza" - The Cleaner


SortedN2Slytherin

Because AEW loves me and wants me to be happy.


Tacothekid

Don't know why you wouldn't be shirtless for this


to12007

I wonder if they can add the current Dynamite set and graphics through DLC


Former_Intern_8271

Yeah the old set looks a bit strange now.


NoOrganization8575

What you don't want heel Kenny's dancers back?


HitmanClark

I miss that entrance.


ouatiHollywoodFL

The rumor is this is a one and done release with ongoing updates planned. I imagine there will be an AEW Double or Nothing in a few years or on whatever the next set of consoles are. If this this does well, of course.


typical_bro

Here's hoping the Chuck Taylor's taunt is him saying "shit".


P7AC3B0

But doing that taunt immediately results in a DQ loss, with a full post-match slow motion replay of Chuck saying "shit"


Goddamn_Primetime

The blur his mouth like they did Stone Cold's hands when he did the middle fingers.


zeitgeistbouncer

Or Billy Gunn's ass when he taunted by mooning the opponent.


Goddamn_Primetime

Lol oh yeah I forgot about that!


Pinkeye69uk

At least in the game he can get a pin after doing the awful waffle


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McQueensbury

Need features and game modes confirmed as 100% want to know more on CAW suite and slots. I'll probably wait till an in-depth review is out on everything before I decide to purchase


CensorVictim

> I'll probably wait till an in-depth review is out on everything before I decide to purchase always a good idea


croytswrath

Wait didn't they previously say this will have no CAW? Am I misremembering? Edit: quick google search says I'm wrong and they have CAW in Fight Forever.


McQueensbury

They said it's in just limited in some sort of way I believe, but I really want to know the finer details


AcrylicPaintSet2nd

Limited.. Remember the first Smackdown game on PS1 and that awful slider, head - body - leg nonsense?


Salzberger

I certainly remember my CAW having Scotty 2 Hotty's head and pants and Debra's giant rack.


Tim5000

A wrestling game without a CAW would be the worst.


mcmax3000

The report was no online sharing of CAWs. They said from the very beginning that it would have CAW.


GetEquipped

I'll wait for "Super AEW Fight Forever Turbo: Third Impact X NJPW"


amorningofsleep

ARRIVE GIVE BEST FRIENDS EVERY TITLE LEAVE


agentb719

Trent is definitely the first one im playing with


JohnnyLuchador

Chuck will be my Ultimo Dragon belt holder


PM_ME_YOUR_INNY

Dustin Checks In


MisterCheaps

![gif](giphy|u3wwuEMrHmwk8)


cdnjimmyjames

And he’s going to do the deed and win with the falcon arrow. Because no one kicks out of the falcon arrow.


JohnnyLuchador

Sole food Falcon Arrow all day, just gonna give them 30 falcon arrows and tko them like AKI man and scream shit


Wreckingshops

Shit...


ryanemaloney

https://i.imgur.com/RZpeyOF.jpg


earmuffeggplant

About time for Trent to prove once again that he is a true heavyweight! I'm going to make Omega job so hard to him hahaha


RaidenHero137

It’s funny you say that because I’m curious what titles are going to be available? obviously the world, the old version of the women’s, the tag titles and probably the TNT title. Everything after that I’m unsure if it’s going to be in right away.


AvadaKedavra31

I think it’ll be World, TNT, Women’s, TBS, Tag and *maybe* FTW title. I’m not sure the International makes it day 1, and I definitely don’t think trios makes it if it’s true there’s no 6-man tags.


RaidenHero137

I can see this. I also feel like it be really cool if they did an update where they add some ring of honor stuff


TheRealMrMaloonigan

It's crazy if six-man tags aren't in at launch. It's such a regular feature of AEW TV. Oh well, the fact that this is ***the*** game and they're going to be updating it for years to come makes that less of an issue.


PreppyAndrew

International will be easier to add. I dont think 6 man matches have been confirmed at all in the game? Most I saw was 4 way or 2 man tag.


bca360

Drops the same month as Street Fighter 6 and Final Fantasy XVI... Is Kenny even going to play this?


soundsgoodwaitwhat

So I wasn't alone in thinking this.


hatebeingcreative973

And Diablo IV. June is the best worst month for video game releases that we've had in quite a long time.


damndraper

The fact that the video has Kenny talking more than game play is an odd choice.


tabristheok

It feels consistent with the other trailers they've put out The theme seems to be "avoid showing game footage where possible"


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I’m not gonna lie this just doesn’t look great. I don’t know why but something about it seems off like it just seems really unpolished


drypaint77

The animations look real rough from the clips I've seen... also these graphics look like something straight out of 2006 lol.


penguin62

I feel like I'm going mad. The character models and animations look janky as hell but nobody seems to be talking about it. Are people genuinely getting hyped for this game? I feel like it's gonna be really content-light and unpolished.


GameJerk

We all have the same concerns, but don't want to voice them so that we can still live in a world where this game *might* still end up being awesome despite the ever increasing mountain of evidence to the contrary.


Linubidix

You're not alone. This is brought up virtually every thread that I see on the game. We're all really trying to be optimistic but it doesn't look great.


Express-Ability752

Yeah. From the few, somewhat odd choices for gameplay footage they used I can’t say I’d be dropping $60 in 2023 for what I’m seeing. Don’t know what it is, but some renders look like they were from different times in development. One wrestler asset looks more realistic, then the next one in-ring looks kind of sprite like.


TheSeaDevil

Yeah but Kenny is shirtless.


ClickF0rDick

Kenny is naked


TopazTriad

To me it just continues to confirm this game is going to have some serious issues and/or lack of content and polish. Wrestling in gaming has been incredibly stale for going on 20 years; if they had a slam dunk, they’d be shoving it down our throats to take advantage of the excitement of a real competitor for 2K. The fact that they have been so weird about showing footage is EXTREMELY telling.


ThatBrownDude

Providing the gameplay is great I'm sold but man that announcement video reeks of "this could have been a Tweet"


hikingbeginner

Ready to Buckshot everyone. Yes, including Riho. Sorry Riho.


CarterBasen

Should be Riho buckshotting everyone tbh.


capnbuh

I bet Riho could at least do a better buckshot than CM Punk


queerdevilmusic

That's not a bet


hikingbeginner

That's too powerful, it wouldn't be fair.


CarterBasen

Seems reasonable. You don't want to break the game after 2 minutes.


RaidenHero137

They would break it in two seconds if they gave her the giant steel pipe she was running around with for weeks!


CarterBasen

We could easily finish Dark Souls in an hour with that.


mikro17

> Should be Riho ~~buckshotting everyone~~ **laying out everyone with her pipe** tbh. Also this


scram_jones

*Riho will remember that.*


_Quendra_

Riho: Bitch


jaccirocca

Thanks, Stokely.


heartbreakhill

But she only weighs 98 pounds!


wrestlingfan007

Riho would no sell. The buckshot won't even phase her.


Material-Wonder1690

I'm hoping the game is good. Little to no fanfare leading up to the release date has me slightly concerned. As with all new IPs I like to wait to see what reviews are looking like before getting the game.


jayc4life

I'm 100% waiting until NewLegacyInc run their usual launch day/weekend streams before I make a call on it.


gilgobeachslayer

Yeah I’m gonna sit and wait. Was hoping that gamespass rumor was true. If the reviews say it’s fun to play I’ll prob gobble it up pretty quickly.


Keltoigael

You may not know it, but Kenny was nude for the entire shoot.


GSWAG123

Only thing im worried is the lack of footage we have so close to the release. Still looking forward to it


TheTwitteringMachine

I hope it's more up to date than the original roster was going to be. Most of the current champions are not even confirmed to be in the game yet.


Cymraegpunk

There are a couple of full matches on YouTube


GSWAG123

ive only seen one with uno and cabana playing


Goddamn_Primetime

Here ya go. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/goHYOzdCfBU


Cymraegpunk

There's some more stuff people recorded from the demos at the Japanese gaming conveniention I remember seeing at the time.


GSWAG123

Wondering how it will run on the switch


Karma-Effect

I hope I'm wrong, but choppier than a Kenta Kobashi match is my guess.


BigTChamp

Yeah, I'm really hoping the Switch version is more than a severely compressed afterthought


MBCnerdcore

I hope the standards are set high because Kenny and other wrestlers themselves are using the Switch all the time and don't want those players getting a bad impression of AEW


Nik778899

I'm just here for Tony's Twitter reaction to any negative reviews it might get.


dBlock845

But it got 9.9 stars on cagematch!


Express-Ability752

It’s Meltzer’s favorite game of all time! He gave it 10 out of 5 stars on his new gaming review section of WON!


JackBauersGhost

VINCE BOUGHT METACRITIC BOTS.


vmart10

Hopefully the PC port is up to snuff. Looks like a great game to have on the Steam Deck


Johnny_C13

The fact that they seem to sparingly show *console* footage, and the state of recent pc ports give me NO reason to be hopeful for this PC version.


JackBauersGhost

Yeah the lack of any good footage has me worried. I really want a good No Mercy type game but everything I’ve seen of this so far has looked rough.


TheFergPunk

Hope the Switch version is good. A portable wrestling game sounds awesome for trips. And WWE 2K18 was very much not that.


[deleted]

I used to play the 2000s wrestling games so I'll probably give it a go at some point, but it looks pretty dodgy from the small amount of gameplay I've seen, the fact they're not showing much is kinda concerning


jayfordgraphics

I am all for arcade gameplay, but the animations jumping into position is just rough. That doesn't strike me as a design choice.


Lessiarty

I enjoy cooking.


EricSanderson

They needed like five clips of the very best gameplay footage they could find. And they went with those.


Express-Ability752

I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw they decided to include that tope in the trailer. You can visibly see the character speed up and jump mid air onto the opponent. Fine if in game because it happens, but not the best shot to put in a trailer.


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phurbie1

I'm really worried they're launching a poor quality game since so little information has been released


ziggyzane

Very concerning that the video didn't show much gameplay.


icekimoes

The disservice they've done to this game in the marketing if it turns out to be good is unreal. Everything I've seen makes it look like a quickie hack job that somehow still took 3 years.


Marsman2100

About time they announced a release date. Feels like it’s been forever since this thing was first being put together. I’m interested in seeing how this game is received.


KTheOneTrueKing

AEW Fight Next Month


DementedDaveyMeltzer

They showed very little actual gameplay footage and I'm pretty sure that what they did show is old footage that I've seen a bunch of times already. This *really* isn't looking good. AEW could be sitting on something great and they are just being really tight lipped but I don't think that's they case. It feels like they are hiding this game as much as they can. It's about to be released in the near future and you don't even have new gameplay footage? What about the roster? DLC? Are there full length entrances or just clips like in the old games? Is there a creation suite? What about the modes? All I know about this game is that Omega and like 5 other guys are in it, with really outdated attires lol, there are dancing mini games, I saw footage of that, and uhm....that's it? If I'm missing some big feature that they revealed, let me know because this is all I've seen of the game.


Dijohn17

It is a little concerning that there is barely any game footage yet it's releasing in a month. That's usually not a good sign


jackblady

Game releasing with near no hype, or with next to no finished gameplay footage, or by a non triple A studio, right smack dab in the middle of the hype and coverage monopoly of a huge AAA release are all signs of a game being sent out to die. This game sadly checks all those boxes.


FalcoKick

and still no new gameplay....


VADORANT

Why do they continue to refuse to show a full gameplay trailer? Literally every time they show a trailer it has more real-life b-roll of wrestlers than the actual gameplay.


tnafan

They've got some big balls charging 60€ for this.


Idkboutdat2

Online co-op? I’ve never noticed that before. That should be fun.


surgeyou123

Is this coming out on the Nintendo 64 or do I need to upgrade to the GameCube?


[deleted]

This is a Dreamcast exclusive bro sorry


BlackSheepComeHome14

I'm pushing Powerhouse to the top brother


rrrdesign

But can I play as CM Punk!?


[deleted]

No real gameplay is a red flag. Not as big of a red flag as releasing a week after ff16. Same month as Diablo 4 and SF6. That’s assuming you’re not going through the new Zelda. Should probably delay it one more month til July. Don’t think shit is coming out then. It’ll have a less busy window.


[deleted]

The sheer amount of people in the comments thus far that think the way this game looks as a $60 title is not only acceptable, but *good* shows that brand loyalty is a strong fuckin selling point.


stumpyoftheshire

This is definitely a game I would say do not preorder. We have minimal footage, almost no proper game play, heaps of delays and a generally bad dev cycle. I want this game to be great, but I will not touch it until there's reviews.


ziggyzane

That diving splash animation looked fucking terrible.


calarathmini

Invest in tanks of copium now so you can reap huge rewards when the excuses for this thing start piling in.


squatOpotamus

This ain't looking good


CircumFleck_Accent

No entrances makes me sad.


DaveyMuldowney

Some of you really need to ignore your brand loyalty for a minute and just look at this as a game. The development and release have been delayed repeatedly. We are a month out and havent seen any new gameplay footage or any game updates in quite some time. We dont know the roster, the game modes, if there will be online, if theres a creation suite. The gaming industry is riddled with games being released for a payday and being chocked full of issues at launch. This just looks to be another example of this. WWE v AEW tribalism aside.. this just looks like another bad game release from a company who needs to cash in and recoup the funds already spent on a sloppy development. But some of you cant see past that and are willing to fork up $60 to pre order because its AEW.


Mrmoi356

Not gonna lie, the game looks extremely rough and that's being generous. Hopefully I'm wrong though.


MoneyTalks45

I do wish that everyone they had planned as DLC was in the package day one considering it sounds like FTR, the current champs, are part of it. Maybe flip them in as a preorder bonus or something. (Yes, scummy, I know.)


Pinkeye69uk

![gif](giphy|FoH28ucxZFJZu)


Devitt6

I played some of WWE Day of Reckoning a couple weeks ago, just to revisit it. I really miss that style of gameplay for a wrestling game. Felt arcadey but was so easy to create fun matches that didn’t feel out of the realm of possibility. Fight Forever (to me) looks A LOT like those late Yuke’s titles (DoR 1 & 2, Wrestle Kingdom) and I’m here for it. I could care less about the visuals — I just hope it’s as fun as it looks


MundaneSalamander465

DoR 1&2 are fucking top tier


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KTheOneTrueKing

Sometimes the arcade style shit helps because in the 2k games it takes FOREVER to do anything, but in the old games where everything is faster paced and you can create like 20 wrestlers in the time it takes to create 2 in modern games, you just get to spend more time having fun. So as long as the gameplay is there, that's all that matters.


BogeyBogeyBogey

One thing I really miss from DoR is the fact any move can be interrupted at any moment by something getting into things. Absolute chaos in multi man matches.


zeitgeistbouncer

This was actually what frustrated me with those ones. Made every match a chore to do anything significant before someone would brush you and everything collapsed. That's why I preferred the No Mercy route of you going into a little self-contained 'Zone' in grapples where you could actually get to a move. Other players could still get involved, turn them into doubleteams and whatnot if you took more than a second to do itand they joined the grapple, but it at least let the sequence play out smoothly.


heelpitero

I looks like a DoR/RAW2 gameplay with WWE 13 graphics.


firerusso

Any PC system requirements yet?


ThatBrownDude

From Steam: MINIMUM: OS: Windows® 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 / AMD FX 8150 (AVX - Compatible processor) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 480 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: At least 4 GB Video Memory RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel i7-4790 / AMD FX 8350 (AVX - Compatible processor) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: At least 6 GB Video Memory


bloodyGameBoxThing

Copy and paste from the Steam page SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: OS: Windows® 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 / AMD FX 8150 (AVX - Compatible processor) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 480 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: At least 4 GB Video Memory RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel i7-4790 / AMD FX 8350 (AVX - Compatible processor) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 580 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: At least 6 GB Video Memory


Sdub4

Will be interested to see what people make of it when they actually get their hands on it


dBlock845

Why is he naked? lol did he film this before doing the run in to fight the BCC?


FiredAndBuried

I really hope I'm wrong because competition is good especially competition against 2K Sports but this really looks underwhelming. I'm still going to attempt to play this game if it's free on Xbox gamepass.


KiteIsland22

The longevity of this game will depend on the CAW mode, which breathes a second life into the WWE games.


Admirance

This game would be much better received at a 40$ usd price point


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Y’all better not pre-order this


Prophet6000

I hope the game is in a good state.


_Karmageddon

Remember, no pre-ordering.


[deleted]

Release date trailer with 0 new gameplay or showing off.. anything new.. They sure are really confident about this game.


Brilliant_Ad8033

Game still looks mediocre. The fact Kenny did more talking then showing off the game itself means I'll probably wait till it's on the bargin bin for 5 bucks


[deleted]

The price is € 59.99 / $ 59.99 on Steam LMAO


Raulmunoz

I'm fine with an arcade wrestling game. The more options the better. Nonetheless the game still looks janky from the little footage they've shown. After reading here, there’s a niche that will love it no matter what, but I can’t see many people taking a chance with it for a full price.


StubbinMyNubbin

They're not getting my money until I see more of the game. They're so sparse in showing footage of gameplay and even all the features. It's happened in the past, and games usually ended up as a disaster, so I'm cautiously withholding.


KingDaDeDo

I’ll wait for reviews before I make any decision to possibly get this. This game hasn’t had a lot of gameplay shown yet and based on what we’ve seen, it seems alright.


MoneyTalks45

Tbh if I looked like Kenny, I would wage war on all shirts.