- Primary Subject: WWE 2K26 (Season 2026)
- Key Update: 2K Games has officially retired support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, making WWE 2K26 a current-gen exclusive for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and the new Nintendo Switch 2.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: January 30, 2026
- Quick Answer: WWE 2K26 launches March 13, 2026, exclusively on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Switch 2, officially ending support for PS4 and Xbox One consoles.
2K Games and the World Wrestling Federation are both ready to move into the future of their gaming franchise as the new WWE 2K26 title is readying its launch on March 13th, 2026, on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam.
You might’ve noticed something a little different in that last line. That’s right: for the first time since WWE 2K15, the annual wrestling franchise will be missing from Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Sounds exciting, right? Like, a stronger push for next-gen looks, bigger processing capabilities allowing for a more realistic approach to simulation, and a plethora of player benefits from slashing two downgraded ports from the devs’ task, right? Royal Rumble buzzer. Wrong.
Instead, this will lead directly into one of the worst times to be a WWE gamer, as a bad precedent set by 2K could Ric Flair-strut the franchise into demise. The last time the developers dropped a console generation was in October 2016, with WWE 2K17.
That white John Cena cover that promised a brighter future for all wrestling gaming enthusiasts would be the last title for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4 with not much to show for it but the groundwork and base game that could only get copied and pasted two more times before it forced 2K to take a hiatus from the series, something no other sports franchise had ever done.
WWE 2K20 sparked a backlash in the community as hashtags trended, forums lambasted, and reviews poured in against the pre-pandemic edition of the series. Glitchy features, buggy visuals, broken physics, poor controls, technical issues, and graphical errors: if it could go wrong, it did for this title.
The disappointing performance of WWE 2K20 landed it in the worst games of the year listicles, forcing Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick to put out a statement calling the quality and sales “disappointing”, leading to its natural successor being cancelled to avoid a second tornado hit.
This pattern of perceived comfort after ending support for a console generation is a warning: 2K’s laziness is already evident in the latest news about 2K26. WWE Superstars are already shown to have the same entrance animations and duplicate in-game models, making them look like two peas in a pod with 2K25, both running on the same graphics engine.
Devs tried to stealthily sprinkle old match types as brand new to their gameplay in order to disguise 2K’s Fortnite approach to taunts, now called emotes, and Legends unlockables, now hidden behind launch editions and huge price tags.
Keeping wrestlers from the roster who were always an inherent part of the games behind DLCs is one thing, but creating a version twice as expensive for old-timers is just diabolical, even for 2K’s standards.
Explain this: what do “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Goldberg, Booker T, Macho Man, Roddy Piper, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Kane, Trish Stratus, Lita, Chyna, Kurt Angle, and The Dudley Boyz have any business being behind a (Seth) freakin’ paywall?
Not even that, but slapping CM Punk on the cover whilst the remaining editions all include Triple H one way or another is just very telling of both WWE/TKO creative's direction and 2K’s approach to portraying it. If they’re not careful, this could lead directly to another hiatus or even losing licensing rights for the yearly release, which EA and even Epic Games could be salivating at the brass ring and money-printing machine of WWE. Give me a hell maybe?
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