New details about AEW: Fight Forever have surfaced, offering news on different match types and customization options players can expect. THQ Nordic has also been confirmed as a publisher.
Match types include Singles Matches, Team Games, 3-Ways, 4-Ways, Ladder Matches, Casino Battle Royale, Falls Count Anywhere, Exploding Barbed Wire Death Matches, and good, no-holds-barred fun with Lights-Out Matches. which will see the fighters brawl with guns in the ring.
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There is also a wide range of customization modes, giving players the option to change their outfit and fighter appearance while also changing their entrances, move sets, teams and arenas. They can choose to join the AEW roster and appear in matches and stories in a program of events in career mode or show off their moves during tag team matches in online co-op.
The AEW Talent Roster will give players the chance to step into the wrestling boots of some of the most legendary wrestlers to ever step into the ring, while testing out new high-profile AEW talent flight. The full list of playable characters has yet to be released, but previous previews have told us that Nyla Rose and Kris Statlander will be in the mix.
“We just hit the perfect finish by partnering with global publishing and distribution powerhouse THQ Nordic,” said Kenny Omega, AEW Vice President and former AEW World Champion and World Tag Team Champion of AEW. “The THQ brand has long been synonymous with wrestling games; there is simply no partner more qualified to bring AEW: Fight Forever to the millions of wrestling fans around the world.”
“Kenny’s incredible vision for AEW: Fight Forever is informed by his wrestling pedigree both in the ring and at the controller,” added Executive Producer Reinhard Pollice, THQ Nordic. “Combining this vision with Yukes’ unparalleled fighting game development history is resulting in an AEW experience that builds heavily on the arcade feel that first won the hearts of wrestling gamers over two decades”.
THQ Nordic and Yuke’s Media Creations have joined forces to bring AEW: Fight Forever to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. The game currently has no release date, and it’s been over a year since AEW Executive Vice President Kenny Omega suggested they were aiming for a Q1 2022 release.
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