Inside WWE 2K16

Although “WWE 2K15” was a graphical beast the likes of Brock Lesnar, it was more a cruiserweight in terms of additional modes, creating a fervor among its most ardent fans.

As a result, “WWE 2K15” was not the game many gamers expected it to be.

That made this Spring and Summer a longer one at 2K, but according to the developers, it’s always been that way.

Forcing themselves to look at the game critically and from a bunch of different angles, they believe puts them in the best situation to make everyone happy- and make a better game.

“Every year, we begin by looking at last year’s game and usually there’s long list of things that we wanted to do but couldn’t get done so we immediately begin to look at those,” said 2K Sports and Visual Concepts’ Mark Little. “Then we start to look at consumer feedback to see what people are really excited about, what they think we can improve on and what they really didn’t like. That’s how we really get started, by getting all of that information together and then asking ourselves what we want this game to be like.”

WWE fans, however, knew what they wanted. They wanted all of the modes they loved on the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3. Modes that weren’t available in the franchise’s debut on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. They are a meticulous bunch- those wrestling game fans. They know the ins and outs of every superstar and thanks to the internet, they know even the small things, like their favorite star’s old finishers in other promotions and what inspired their ring gear.

Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com

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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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