We recently reported that WWE 2K23 possibly within the framework of Royal Rumbles 2023 could be revealed. Now both a potential release date and a cover for the game have appeared online. In terms of the release date, the dataminer “Update Lumia“, as reported by Wrestetalk. According to the dataminer, WWE 2K23 should be on 17. March come on the market. However, the tweet with the date has since been deleted.
Well-known star on the cover
The cover, which is currently haunting the Internet for WWE 2K23, shows John Cena, one of the biggest stars in the wrestling business. Cena has appeared on the cover of numerous WWE games, most recently on the cover of WWE 2K15. The alleged leak is explicitly the so-called cross-gen edition of the game. A similar concept already existed for the title last year. The release date or the cover have not yet been officially confirmed by WWE or 2K Games.
However, considering that the Royal Rumble will take place in San Antonio on the night of January 28th/29th, we could expect concrete information as soon as next week. The pay-per-view is one of the biggest events on the WWE calendar and, like Wrestlemania, has been held in stadiums for a number of years. Expectations for a possible presentation are likely, in line with the success of the predecessor WWE 2K22 (buy now €23.85 / €53.99 )be relatively high.
The WWE in 2023
Regarding WWE, the focus of coverage so far this year has been the return of Vince McMahon and the sale of the company. While McMahon left the company last summer due to a hush-money and sexual assault scandal, his re-entry drew a lot of criticism from outside and within WWE. Potential buyers are corporations such as Comcast, Disney, Amazon or the Public Investment Fund of the state Saudi Arabia in the room.
Sources: wrestle talk, Twitter (Banshee), deadline, sportsman
