Over the past week, more updates and information about Yukes and THQ Nordic’s upcoming game AEW: Fight Forever have been coming. We’ve seen gameplay, trailers, and the cover art, with more official info said to be released on August 12th at THQ Nordic’s Showcase. Before the event, “Fightful Select” has learned even more news about the upcoming wrestling game.

Fightful revealed that nobody in All Elite Wrestling even knew what the cover looked like until it leaked one day before it was supposed to disclose. The cover athletes didn’t even know they were on the game’s cover. This is because THQ Nordic designed the cover art itself, not AEW.

As for updates on the many different modes in the game, there will be more mini-games than what was seen in a recent gameplay video. We will have the three previously shown off and a fourth centered around The King of Sloth Style, Orange Cassidy. The story/career mode for the game was reportedly not going to be like other wrestling games’ career mode, being described as “much different than anything before it.”

Many of the talent who arrived in AEW earlier in the year will not be expected to make the cut for the upcoming game, so don’t be surprised if we don’t see names like Swerve Strickland, Keith Lee, or Athena appear in the game.

Internally, AEW: Fight Forever’s release date has been moved around, with Kenny Omega previously stating that the hope is the game would release in September. Fightful also said that THQ Nordic has been in high gear over the last few months, pushing out additions and bug fixes to the game. They also report that there are rumors of more being shown off about the game next month in Japan.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Over the past few days, news on AEW’s upcoming video game, AEW Fight Forever, has been surfacing all over the internet. With all the updates coming out, AEW, along with producers THQ Nordic and developers, Yuke’s, have made a new website for the upcoming fighting game.

The first thing you will be greeted with on the website is the game’s cover art. It has mint green and white background featuring CM Punk, Jade Cargill, Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, Dr. Britt Baker, and Chris Jericho. Scrolling down takes viewers to the new announcement trailer for AEW: Fight Forever and more information.

More information will be revealed at the THQ Showcase next Friday, August 12th; however, already on the website, you can preorder the standard edition of the game for $60 on Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

THQ Nordic and Yuke’s have released some information on the website, including some of the match types, which will offer matches like the Casino Battle Royale, Unsanctioned Lights Out, and Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match. Then, of course, your standard one v. one, tag team, 3-way, and 4-way matchups.

AEW Fight Forever will also include other ways to play outside the standard Player vs. Computer expedition matches. It will consist of a career mode, local multiplayer with up to 4 players, online multiplayer with up to 30 players, and even mini-games.

So far, 19 of the 50 wrestlers available at launch have been revealed. These 19 wrestlers are Abadon, Adam Cole, Adam Page, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Darby Allin, Dr. Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, Jade Cargill, Jon Moxley, Jungle Boy, Kenny Omega, Kris Statlander, Nyla Rose, Penta El Zero Miedo, Yuka Sakazaki, and even Owen Hart.

It’s unclear when THQ Nordic and Yuke’s will release Fight Forever; however, if previous reports are accurate, it should be released before 2023.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

All Elite Wrestling’s debut console game is coming, and a plethora of features have been officially revealed after the details appeared to be leaked almost 24 hours earlier.

THQ Nordic GmbH and YUKE’s — who have both had played a part in creating WWE’s games in the past — have joined forces to create “AEW: Fight Forever.” The game is slated to be released later this year, according to Amazon. Former AEW World Champion and current AEW EVP Kenny Omega, who had a major hand in bringing the game to life, said in the press release published today by THQ Nordic that he told “Tony Khan to let me help assemble the best gaming team on the planet, to make the best wrestling game ever,” and now, we can take a look at some of those pieces he has assembled.

The game is said to have an “arcade feel that first won wrestling gamer hearts more than two decades ago.” The release is also set to feature “innovative, tandem offensive moves,” as well as online co-op wrestling “going completely next level with Tag Team matches that feature sequences of team maneuvers performed with simple commands.” In addition, gamers will be able to utilize a “long roster of the most popular AEW wrestlers” and play a “deep career mode.” “Create-a-wrestler” will be a feature in the game and the use of  “signature AEW arenas, multiple match types and even some good ol’ fashioned, unsanctioned fun” will be selectable.

And speaking of “multiple match types,” a list of the options available to play have been officially disclosed: Singles Matches, Tag-Team, 3-Way, 4-Way, Ladder Matches, Casino Battle Royale, Falls Count Anywhere, Unsanctioned Lights Out (allows use of weapons), and Exploding Barbed Wire Death matches. A handful of customization modes will be available, in addition to “create-a-wrestler,” including: Custom Move-Sets, Custom Entrances, Customs Teams, and Custom Arenas. It has also been revealed that Leaderboards and Online Multiplayer will be features when the game is released.

YUKE’s president and CEO Yukinori Taniguchi noted in the press release that he was “gratified and excited to have the opportunity to work with AEW,” while Reinhard Pollice of THQ Nordic praised Omega, saying that his “incredible vision for AEW: Fight Forever is informed by his wrestling pedigree both inside the ring and on the controller.”

The forthcoming game will be available to play on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo® Switch and is now available for pre-order in major markets.

Source: Wrestling Inc.