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WWE 2K developer Yuke's announced that they would be parting ways after a 20 year partnership. According to PlayStation LifeStyle, Yuke's has been looking to go in a new direction for a while now and Senior Vice President Hiromi Furuta is said to be unhappy with declining sales for the 2K Sports series of games.
"We are aware that our creators are beginning to lose sight of their passion and confidence and becoming focused only on completing assigned tasks," Furuta stated. "That's not the direction Yuke's wants to go in. Right now, looking at the market demands, players are expecting something new every time we release a game and we feel like we haven't achieved what we've really wanted to do."
The 2K games are put out on a yearly basis and often feel like the exact same game with a few very minor changes. That's why sales for the WWE games have fallen and Furuta went on to say that, "We are trying to launch a new wrestling game."
Considering the fact that we recently learned that All Elite Wrestling could be planning a video game of their own, it's hard not to wonder if that's what Yuke's is referring to here. Now, 2K Games will work with Visual Concepts instead and they've been contributing to the WWE 2K series since 2013. However, don't expect to see any major changes with WWE 2K20.