As the release of the WWE 2K16 continues to draw near, the latest word out is that 18 new names have been added to the old list.
The list includes much of the current WWE stars along with five familiar wrestling legends – BamBam Bigelow, Diamond Dallas Page, Finlay, Kevin Nash and Lex Luger.
The other names that were recently released include current WWE stars like Alicia Fox, Cesaro, Tyson Kidd, Cameron, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Layla, The Miz, Naomi, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Darren Young and Titus O’Neil.
With over 120 characters reportedly set to appear (excluding retro costumed characters) the confirmed list of WWE stars are more than half of the expected ones to appear. If you missed it, previous characters set to appear include the following:
1. Adam Rose
2. Alexa Bliss
3. Andre the Giant
4. Bad News Barrett
5. Bo Dallas
6. Booker T
7. Brie Bella
8. Brock Lesnar
9. Colonel Mustafa
10. Daniel Bryan
11. Dean Ambrose
12. Emma
13. Eva Marie
14. Finn Balor
15. General Adnan
16. Goldust
17. Heath Slater
18. Hideo Itami
19. Jack Swagger
20. Kalisto
21. Kane
22. Kevin Owens
23. Lord Steven Regal
24. Neville
25. Nikki Bella
26. Paige
27. Ric Flair
28. Roman Reigns
29. Sami Zayn
30. Seth Rollins
31. Sin Cara
32. Stardust
33. Steve Austin
34. Sting
35. Summer Rae
36. Tamina Snuka
37. The Rock
38. The Ultimate Warrior
39. Triple H
40. Tyler Breeze
41. Zack Ryder
First to come out were Steve Austin, Rusev, Rosa Mendes, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor. You can check out our post that here.
So with the list of WWE stars slowly being filled up, the focus now shifts on whether the game developers were able to address the concerns of the ones who aired their disappointment on WWE 2K15.
Early this year, the WWE Games Development Team encouraged gamer to share their views and send in suggestions to make WWE 2K16 better. For a list of the suggestions made, much of them are contained here.
Among the concerns aired include the lack of matches and the inability to create female wrestlers. The Season Pass was also something that was hard to handle, not to mention something that featured only Paige and three showcase storylines.
So now it should be interesting to see if those concerns were indeed addressed and if they were implemented. For those who want to pre-judge, check out the entrance video of Tyson Kidd and Cesaro below.
WWE 2K16 will be released first in North America on Oct. 27, 2015 and internationally on Oct. 30, 2015. WWE 2K16 will be available in Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4 and PS3 versions.