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Tony Khan addresses future of AEW video games

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW expects to produce more video games in the future, but the company’s focus still remains on its first installment of Fight Forever.

AEW Fight Forever — the promotion’s first entry into the console video game market — was released to largely mixed reviews in June 2023. While being interviewed by Mr. Wright Way on Monday, Tony Khan was asked if AEW plans to have more console video games in the future and how long it will be until that happens.

“Well, it’s a great question. I think it was a great experience for us. And now it’s going to be something for AEW as a multimedia conglomerate, a worldwide corporation — definitely, it was a great first entry with AEW Fight Forever. People can still play AEW Fight Forever all over the world. And I think, eventually, absolutely we’ll keep putting AEW games into the world,” Khan responded.

“But right now, we’re fully supporting that [Fight Forever]. And I’m excited about AEW Fight Forever. There’s still more wrestlers and exciting things happening with the game. And, you know, I think there’s a lot of opportunities in the world of gaming, to your point.”

Fight Forever was developed by Yuke’s. This September, it was reported that AEW is strongly considering working with a different development partner for its future games.

AEW has also released a few mobile games throughout its history, including AEW Rise to the Top and Figure Fighters.

Report: AEW ‘strongly considering’ new developer for future video games

Posted on by Ian Carey

AEW is “strongly considering” working with a new development partner for future video games, Insider Gaming reported on Monday.

AEW: Fight Forever was released on June 29, 2023, to mixed reviews. The game was developed by Yuke’s, the Osaka-based company that also worked with WWE Games from 2000 to 2018.

“They [AEW] knows that things didn’t go the way they expected,” one source reportedly said. “The game was over-budget and it under-delivered when it came out. It has AEW strongly considering moving to a new developer for their games.”

“There are feelers out to some of the larger developers in the space, including some obvious ones, to see what the interest in wrestling games are. They are doing their due diligence before any decision is made.”

AEW owns the rights to the Fight Forever engine and can bring it with them to a new developer if they choose. However, today’s report does leave room for AEW and Yuke’s to work together again in the future.

“Everything is on the table,” Insider Gaming was told. “There were some positives with the Yuke’s relationship, and some feel that with a foundation in place, another game could make things better rather than giving up after one attempt. But you can’t argue that there are concerns with how things went in the final year of the game’s development.” 

In August 2022, there were reports AEW Vice President Kenny Omega and Yuke’s had “butted heads” and that Omega had grown frustrated working with the company. In April 2024, Insider Gaming reported that Yuke’s felt under pressure to “deliver something faster than what it should’ve been”.