2K Games has announced WWE 2K26, the next game in its long-running professional wrestling video game series.

The new game was announced during Friday Night Smackdown with an Attitude Era Edition, featuring a cover adorned with stars from the Attitude Era of the WWE such as Triple H and The Rock. The Attitude Era was a period between 1997 and 2002 that saw an increase in edgier content and unpredictable storylines.


In addition to the Attitude Era Edition, WWE 2K26 will have at least two more specially themed editions -- a Monday Night War Edition, referencing an overlapping era of weekly events during the Attitude Era, as well as a King of Kings Edition, which prominently features Triple H.

No further details have been revealed for the game yet, including the details for what's included in each edition, new gameplay features, or platforms. Las year's entry was released on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch 2.

WWE 2K25 was the first game in the series to be released on the Nintendo Switch 2. It was released to generally positive reviews, with critics praising the small but meaningful additions, including the addition of intergender matches and improved presentation and performance.

The full reveal of the standard cover of WWE 2K26, including its cover star and new features and details about the game, will take place on Jan. 30, 2026.

Triple H is on all the covers of 2K26.

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It's all good.

CM Punk is on the cover for the first time since 2012. Her's one cover Triple H didn't get his mug on. The official gameplay trailer will be released tomorrow during The Royal Rumble.

WWE 2K Trailer. I'm on the fence on this one. 2K drops the prices so soon, it seems silly to buy it right out of the gate. If I do break down and buy it, it will be the standard edition. I'm tired of playing 100 plus dollars for a game with so many wrestlers and arenas still locked.

I didn’t buy 2K25 but might grab this one on a price drop. I have fun with the WWE games but don’t need to pay full price.

I went all in on 2k25, had alot of fun, but there's not much that could bring me back for a couple more years. The Island was ok, if nothing but a cash grab since to enhance your players skills you have to pay real money (or use the miniscule they give you as rewards for matchs). There are certainly some of those matches that require higher attributes to win. I think they are going more in on that aspect in the new game and I don't see a need to revisit that. I play a ton of myfaction and the World Tour has actually been a fun and challenging mode. Unfortunately, after 10 months of release we finally got a new part of the world. Supposedly we will get at least one more before WWE2k26 comes out but who knows.