All Elite Wrestlinghas quickly become one of the most popular professional wrestling promotions in the world. Not only are wrestling fans excited to have new pro wrestling alternative to WWE on television, but also an upcoming alternative to WWE’s video games. Details onAEW’s game have been thin lately, however, with many speculating its development could take years yet. However, a new report claims that AEW’s video game may be arriving much, much sooner than expected.
According to a report from Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, AEW’s video game is tentatively planned to launch as soon a September later this year. That would put the development of theAEW pro wrestling gamesignificantly further along than has previously been reported or publicly announced. While the release window has not been officially confirmed by AEW, the source is reliable for pro wrestling industry coverage.
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While the report’s reliability is high, that doesn’t necessarily mean that AEW’s game development will stay on track with what’s being reported now. It’s important to keep in mind that this is AEW’s first game and it’s being funded and produced by a company with relatively little video game development experience. The developer itself,YUKE’s, is also known for having rough development cycles. That’s just to say that relying on a September release window may be preemptive.
What’s perhaps just as exciting as the leaked release window for AEW’s wrestling game is the confirmation thatAEW has also found a publishing partnerfor its game. AEW owner Tony Khan has been funding the game’s development so far, but has always needed a partner if it was going to ship physical copies of the game. That partner is said to have been found, says Sapp, though the partner has yet to be named. The size of the publisher could indicate what kind of expectations to have for the AEW game.
The last time announcement made regarding AEW’s video game came by seeming accident mid-March whenwomen’s champion Thunder Rosamentioned it offhandedly in an interview. Another interesting bit of news from recently was the discovery of an AEW trademark for AEW: Fight Forever, which could be the game’s title.
As far as official AEW game announcements, there’s been little over the past half of a year. AEW has largely gone quiet on the state of the game, despite its initial wave of transparency following the game’s announcement. If a September release truly is the plan, however, a big announcement and a flood of information should be arriving soon. Perhaps the Summer Game Fest would be the best timing, or perhaps AEW will go ahead and make the announcement on TV duringAEW Dynamite.
