All Elite Wrestling (AEW) fans can rejoice as the highly anticipated “AEW: Fight Forever” game is officially set to be released on June 29th, 2023.
The game, developed by Yuke’s and published by THQ Nordic, is the debut title on home consoles and personal computers from AEW and is scheduled for release on multiple platforms, including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.
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About AEW Fight Forever
Fight Forever is a professional wrestling sports video game that offers a thrilling mix of action and strategy.
The game features arcade-style gameplay and includes nine match types in the launch version, such as singles match, tag team match, ladder match, Casino Battle Royale, and Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch.
The game also boasts a full creation suite, which includes wrestlers, entrances, and arenas. Players can navigate through the AEW schedule with their own created wrestler in the game’s career mode, titled “Road to Elite”.
The game also includes a variety of mini-games and online play, making it an exciting and immersive experience for players.
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The Development Journey
The journey to the creation of “AEW: Fight Forever” began with several members of AEW management expressing interest in an AEW video game ahead of AEW Dynamite’s debut episode in October 2019.
The game was officially announced on November 10, 2020, at the AEW Games 1.0 Special Event.
Yukes, which has previously worked on multiple games for both NJPW and WWE, was announced as the developer of AEW: Fight Forever.
This marks Yuke’s first wrestling game since WWE 2K19 in 2018. The development team was led by Hideyuki “Geta” Iwashita, the director of WWF No Mercy and WCW/nWo Revenge.
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Influences and Key Features
One of the key influences for the game was WWF No Mercy due to its popularity with fans of the genre. The senior producer at Yuke’s, Hiromi Furuta, stated that Fight Forever was not intended to rival the WWE 2K series.
Instead, the game is a spiritual successor to games like WWF No Mercy and Virtual Pro Wrestling, with gameplay in the style and veins of the AKI engine that ran those games.
Furthermore, the game has partnered with the Owen Hart Foundation to preserve the legacy of the late wrestler Owen Hart, marking his first appearance in a video game since 2004 in Showdown: Legends of Wrestling.
