2K has Delisted the majority of WWE games from Steam, along with all their DLC. Several entries in the WWE series from 2K games were pulled from Steam without warning. Specifically, it appears that nearly every Legacy title from the WWE 2K game series is now gone from Steam. 2K Sport’s entire WWE game franchise has removed nearly all its Steam releases without any explanation whatsoever.
Popstasia notes that 2K Sports has only left WWE 2K22 and WWE 2K Battlegrounds as available to buy, having delisted all of their other titles from the entire WWE game franchise. The unlisting means the only WWE 2K video games currently available to purchase on Steam are this year’s WWE 2K22 And the lesser-loved arcade wrestling game WWE Battlegrounds.
With no notice, 2K has removed the vast majority of the WWE video games available for purchase on WWE Steam, along with any DLC. It appears that WWE 2K17, 18, 19, and 20 were all removed from Steam, without any current explanation for why along with all of WWE 2K17 core DLC. A bit of digging has revealed the older games were removed unceremoniously by Steam nearly two weeks ago, July 13. Since it took nearly two weeks before anybody realized WWE 2K17 was gone, one could make an argument that the removal was likely only an advisory.
It seems rather odd for 2K Sports to even take away the newest entries in the entire WWE gaming franchise, like WWE 2K21 and WWE 2K20, which were released just over 2 and 3 years ago. While it might seem weird for 2K Sports to remove even newer releases to the WWE game franchise like WWE 2K21 and WWE 2K20, it is not an unheard-of situation within the industry. As of now, there are only two officially licensed WWE 2K games left on Steam, leaving players who might want to buy older versions of the series to do so.
It is highly likely that the licensing deals with 2K Sports Activity for early video games in the franchise are up, and there is not an incentive for 2K Sports Activity to pick up these again with any meaningful capacity. Instead, it is unprecedented part is because 2K Sports did not alert to the drop-off coming, meaning 2K cannot even explain why they left those games off their list of digital purchases at all. We’ll have to wait for an official statement from 2K to know what’s happening and if we will see those titles back for purchase.
