AEW Fight Forever is officially playable for fans after being in development for over three years.
The game went through a series of delays, but it marks the first time since TNA/IMPACT released its console game in 2008 that fans have had a true alternative to the WWE series.
Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, AEW Sr. Vice President of Business Development, Partnerships, and video games, Nik Sobic revealed when the idea for the game was pitched.
"On day one, Tony Khan creates AEW. On day two, Tony Khan creates AEW Fight Forever. It's very close to the truth. I was the first employee to AEW. On day one, we pumped a bunch of money into this company to get it off the ground. On day two, we had the nerve to go back and ask him for another pile of money to make this video game. The nice thing about Tony is that he's not a super emotional thinker. He's a super strategic, data and high-level thinker. We just presented our case. We said, 'we think there is a gap in the market for a game like this. AEW's audience loves video games. You look at social media sentiment and the type of game people have been asking for, this is like 20 years in the making. People have been waiting for this for a long time.' It was a pretty easy pitch. It was a successful pitch because three and a half years later, we have a video game ready to go," he said.
In promotion for the game Sobic said that if the game did well, they would invest in a franchise. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
Fans can listen to Fightful's review of the game by clicking here.
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