There’s a lot of new content in “WWE 2K16,†from the updated pinning system and improvements in the MyCareer mode, but the visuals have been stepped up tremendously. From better hair and cloth animations to wrestlers grimacing and making faces during taunts and while performing/taking moves, “WWE 2K16†is a hottie from every single angle.
For 2K, it’s almost a night and day experience from developing the games solely on last generation’s hardware when they took over the series from THQ.
“Graphically we could do a lot more (Than on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), especially when everyone really responded well to our scanning process.,†Chris Snyder VP of Marketing at 2K Sports told Examiner in an exclusive interview. “We scanned pretty much everyone in the WWE. We continue to scan, we don’t just scan a guy or diva one time say ‘hey, that’s it.’ We’ll go around all year long and continue to scan, continue to scan. Just being able to carry as many modes and wrestlers we have, there’s a lot in this game, where it be Create or Career or the Online experience or the Offline experience or the Stone Cold showcase. There is a tremendous amount in the game, including an entire soundtrack. I think as far as disc space goes, what a lot of people don’t realize is we were maxing out the discs on old-gen and we have a lot more space now with next-gen. There are a lot of areas we haven’t even scratched the surface on yet.â€
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
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