Summary
AEW Fight Foreverhas just released a new batch of DLC, which adds a brand-new game mode centered around beating The Elite. After a nearly three-year-long wait and multiple delays, THQ Nordic andformerWWEvideo game developer Yuke’slaunched All-Elite Wrestling’s answer toWWE 2K23back in June in the form ofAEW Fight Forever, a classic-style squared circle simulator that aimed to recapture the arcade feel of games likeWWF No Mercy. Reactions toFight Foreverhave been mixed after its release, with many praising its gameplay while decrying its rough presentation and lack of alternate gameplay modes.
Nonetheless, the developers behindAEW Fight Foreverremain committed to All-Elite Wrestling’s first major video game, with AEW executive vice president and in-ring performer Kenny Omega promising to look into player feedback andadd new content toFight Foreverlike new match types and possibly even playable wrestlers from Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. The first majorFight Foreverexpansion came in August with Stadium Stampede, an online battle royale that allows up to 30 players to fight it out in an empty baseball stadium filled with weapons to bash opponents with.
The next majorAEW Fight ForeverDLC is now available for all major platforms, as announced in a recent trailer on the official AEW Games YouTube channel. The biggest piece of newAEW Fight Forevercontent is an additional mode called “Beat The Elite,” in which the player must face 10 randomly selected wrestlers in a gauntlet that ends in a match against a member of The Elite. Winning all 10 matches will unlock special cosmetic items based on the difficulty the player selected for their run.
Beat The Elite is only one part of the content available inAEW Fight Forever’s Season 2 DLC pass, which also adds Anthony Bowens and Max Caster of the popular stable The Acclaimed as playable characters and an updatedAEW Dynamitearena alongside ahost of new wrestling movesand cosmetic items for players to outfit their custom grapplers with. Toni Storm will be added as a third new character eventually, and all of the Season 2 DLC is included in the recently releasedAEW Fight Forever: Bring The Boomedition.
WhileAEW Fight Foreverfeatured some promising ideas with its retro-style arcade gameplay andbranching “Road to Elite” campaign mode, many players felt the base game left much to be desired in terms of variety and customization options, which AEW Games is looking to remedy with its ongoing wave ofFight ForeverDLC. Only time will tell if AEW will continue to produce console games in the wake ofAEW Fight Forever’s lukewarm reception, but fans can now face off against The Elite in the game’s newest single-player game mode.
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Developed by YUKE’S Co., Ltd., creators of numerous, multi-million unit selling wrestling games, AEW: Fight Forever combines arcade-wrestling game feel with innovative All Elite Wrestling finishers and tandem offensive moves. The All Elite Wrestling promotion is currently taking TNT and TBS networks by storm every week with their Rampage and Dynamite shows, featuring some of the biggest legends to enter the ring plus a stable of brand new, high-flying, AEW talent. AEW: Fight Forever brings more than 50 of the best of the best from that talent roster together in one game! Online co-op wrestling is going completely next level in Fight Forever with Tag Team matches that feature sequences of team maneuvers performed with simple commands. More than 10 different game modes, including Unsanctioned Lights Out and Falls Count Anywhere PLUS more than 40 weapons, deep customization, career mode, and mini-games all await in AEW: Fight Forever!
