WWE 2K14
Category: PlayStation 3 Game
Console: PlayStation 3 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Yuke's
Publisher: 2K
Series: WWE 2K
Genre: Sports
Mode: Single-player / Multiplayer
Region: US
Views: 1,995,596
Downloads: 1,695,631
Released: October 29, 2013
File Size: 11.8 GB
Rating: 4.7/5 (547 votes)
WWE 2K14 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by 2K for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on October 29, 2013, in North America, October 30, 2013, in Japan, October 31, 2013, in Australia, and November 1, 2013, in Europe and India. The game's box art features The Rock as the cover athlete. It received generally mixed-to-positive reviews.
Succeeding 2012's WWE '13, 2K14 is the first game in the WWE 2K series, and is the first game to be published after Take-Two Interactive gained the license for WWE video games from THQ in a bankruptcy filing. It was also the last video game to use WWE's "scratch" logo that first appeared in the Attitude Era. The game is succeeded by WWE 2K15 in 2014.
2K14 is primarily an update of WWE '13, featuring various changes to modes and mechanics, along with several new features. Improvements have been made to the navigation system, allowing for more fluid walking, running, and dragging motions. Characters also move faster than previously, before running, characters display "starting up" animations, to prevent players from spamming running attacks.
All chain reversals now result in offensive attacks, to make for quicker matches by avoiding continuous reversal stalemates. Catapult finishers can now be used offensively. Some characters can launch an opponent into the air and catch them for a catch finisher. Seven new "OMG!" moments have been added, allowing certain finishers to be done on two opponents, and players to interact with the arena environment.
Expanded features "Create-a-Superstar" character now can save slots for up to 100 created superstars. The mode also introduces the ability to use existing superstars as a template for new custom variants. "Create-a-Championship" has been expanded after being limited in WWE '13.
WWE 2K14 received generally mixed-to-positive reviews, with the Xbox 360 version receiving "generally favorable" reviews", while the PS3 version received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic which gave the Xbox 360 version a score of 75/100 based on 42 reviews and the PlayStation 3 version a score of 74/100 based on 21 reviews.
