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Why Yukes Left 2K?

Alexander Ross • • 5 min read
Why Yukes Left 2K?

2K acknowledged that GM Mode was the most requested feature, but it never made its way back into the game. Leeper believes that Yuke's deciding to leave the franchise was the main reason why the game was so bad, and that Visual Concepts

Visual Concepts
Website. vcentertainment.com. Visual Concepts Entertainment is an American video game developer based in Novato, California. Founded in May 1988, the company is best known for developing sports games in the 2K franchise, primarily NBA 2K and WWE 2K.
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simply didn't have the tools or the time to make a decent game.

What happened between yukes and 2K?

It was also their DVD production house. In August 2019, 2K Games announced it had moved WWE 2K game development away from Yuke's to California-based studio Visual Concepts.

Did yukes make WWE 2K20?

Yuke's had been the sole developer of WWE console games until 2K's 2013 acquisition of the game rights saw it introduce Visual Concepts as support. The most recent title, WWE 2K20, saw the studio reduced to a tech support role as 2K studio Visual Concepts took over primary development.

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