Followers of WWE 2K19 and WWE 2K20 must begin interested by upgrading to the most recent sport in the event that they need to maintain taking part in on-line, with 2K saying that assist for the older video games’ on-line options can be shut down on the finish of June. The studio has mentioned that the explanation for sunsetting the older video games is so it might probably concentrate on supporting this yr’s launch, WWE 2K22.
The servers can be shut down on June 30, 2022, at which level all on-line capabilities for each WWE 2K19 and 2K20 can be unavailable–this consists of on-line matches, downloading or importing community-created content material, and the whole lot else that requires a connection to the servers.
Whereas WWE 2K20 was poorly obtained, criticized for being buggy and unambitious in comparison with earlier video games, WWE 2K19 nonetheless has its followers. Many gamers caught to the older sport even after 2K20’s launch, letting it carry all of them the way in which to 2K22’s launch earlier this yr, with the franchise skipping a 2021 installment to spend the time on getting the following sport proper.
For now, 2K19 followers have a bit over a month and a half to obtain any neighborhood creations they need to carry on their accounts. WWE 2K22 in the meantime has been hailed as an enormous enchancment on 2K20, if nonetheless not a masterpiece in its personal proper. GameSpot’s 2K22 evaluation scored it a 7/10, saying “there are nonetheless failings with regards to multi-person matches, and never all the new modes are significantly participating, however 2K22 establishes a stable basis for the longer term.”
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