Briefly: Following the first roster reveals from back at E3, and the Goldberg reveal trailer from earlier in June, WWE has officially announced the superstar that will grace the cover of this year’s WWE 2K17.
With the heavy Goldberg focus in the game’s trailer and marketing thus far, many fans were expecting to see the superstar (who didn’t have the greatest WWE run, per se) on the cover of this year’s anticipated title.
Instead, we’ll see The Beast himself, Brock Lesnar.
Naturally, Lesnar seems pretty happy about the news:
WWE notes that “The selection also marks the first time that Lesnar will be the sole Superstar appearing on a WWE video game cover.”
As much as I’m not a fan of Lesnar, featuring the part-timer on this year’s cover is likely the smartest move that WWE and 2K could have made. Lesnar (and his theme music) is returning for another MMA bout with UFC 200 on July 9th, and I’d imagine that a lot of WWE fans will be tuning into the Pay-Per-View to see The Beast face Mark Hunt, and I’d also imagine that, win or lose, seeing Lesnar in the octagon will garner a lot of interest for WWE, and possibly its latest video game.
2K has not revealed whether or not its beloved Showcase mode will return (and whether or not Lesnar will be the focus), but if there’s anything I’d ask for, it’d be an expanded and less repetitive career mode.
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