WWE 2K Battlegrounds Gameplay Video From Nintendo Direct

2K has revealed their first gameplay footage from WWE 2K Battlegrounds, the arcade-style brawler that brings over-the-top WWE action to a new level of intensity.

The short clip, from the latest Nintendo Direct, features WWE Superstars and gaming mainstays Cesaro, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Big E and Raw Women’s Champion Asuka, in a fatal four-way match, complete with motorcycle beatdowns, alligator stage hazards and high-flying aerial finishers.

You can watch it in the embedded video below, at around the 3:42 mark.

WWE 2K Battlegrounds is designed to be easy to pick up and play, but challenging to master, with more advanced techniques to be learned and skills to be unlocked so players of all skill levels can enjoy the action.

Eight unique Battlegrounds environments play a major role in the action, many of them featuring interactive elements adding to the mayhem alongside a variety of outrageous melee weapons players can use to pummel opponents. Soar from military helicopters, smash opponents with cars in an auto shop and toss them into the jaws of a hungry alligator in the swamp. Bombastic play-by-play is provided by WWE commentators Mauro Ranallo and Jerry “The King” Lawler to complete the mood.

Players can also customize their own arenas to give each brawl a personal touch and use the Superstar Creator to build their own, unique WWE Superstar with different body types and sizes, facial features, clothing, hair and fighting styles.

Each Superstar utilizes one of five class styles, and each class style has its own combat moves, strengths and weaknesses. Choose from the Powerhouse, Technician, High-Flyer, Brawler and All-Rounder to find the style that works best for you. Arcade-style powerups, such as Flaming Fist, Ice Breath and Earthquake, are accompanied by colorful visual effects, offering extra excitement and an additional dimension of strategy that can quickly change the direction of a match.

Features

• Exhibition: Take part in Exhibition matches at home or on-the-go, anytime and anywhere, in local and online multiplayer action for up to four players.
• Campaign: Join the adventures of seven new WWE hopefuls – created exclusively for WWE 2K Battlegrounds – in Campaign mode and compete for the chance to earn a WWE contract. Along the way, you’ll unlock new arenas, inspired by locations such as the Everglades, a military-style Bootcamp, Mexico, New York and Scotland, while receiving guidance from legendary personalities including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Paul Heyman.
• King of the Battleground: Take on all comers in the King of the Battleground, an online, last-man-standing mode where four players start in the ring while four more wait outside to enter, challenging you to run the gauntlet and defeat them all.
• Online: Test your toughness in online tournaments and Exhibition matches.

Developed by Saber Interactive, WWE 2K Battlegrounds is available now for pre-order.

WWE 2K Battlegrounds Standard Edition: ($39.99)

• Base game
• Pre-Order Bonus: Edge Totally Awesome Pre-Order Pack – Pre-order now to ensure WWE 2K Battlegrounds reeks of awesomeness and unlock WWE Hall of Famer, Edge! This pack is also included with the Digital Deluxe Edition.

WWE 2K Battlegrounds Digital Deluxe Edition: ($49.99)

• Base game
• Digital Deluxe Bonus Pack – Raise some hell with Stone Cold Steve Austin, lay the SmackDown with the Attitude Era version of The Rock and get rowdy with Ronda Rousey. The WWE 2K Battlegrounds Digital Deluxe Edition includes three versions of each Superstar.
• Edge Totally Awesome Pre-Order Pack – WWE 2K Battlegrounds will reek of awesomeness with WWE Hall of Famer Edge, included in the Digital Deluxe Edition.
• Currency Pack – Includes 1100 Golden Bucks, used to unlock additional Superstars and vanity items.