Brock Lesnar confronts Goldberg on Monday Night Raw! (WWE 2K17 Custom Storyline)
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WWE 2K17 is a professional wrestlingsimulation game developed by Yuke's and Visual Concepts, and is published by 2K Sports for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One and Microsoft Windows[1] It is the eighteenth game in the WWE game series (fourth under the WWE 2K banner) and is serving as the follow up to WWE 2K16.

On May 31, 2016, WWE 2K17 was officially announced by WWE and 2K, when they revealed Goldberg as the pre-order bonus character accompanied by the debut trailer featuring Goldberg. 2K also announced that the game will include the two versions of Goldberg (WCW and WWE), along with two playable arenas (Halloween Havoc and WCW Monday Nitro).[1][2] On June 27, 2016, a reveal trailer was released announcing that Brock Lesnar will be the cover star for WWE 2K17.[3] On July 14, 2016, WWE announced an NXT Collector's Edition. The set will include superstars such as Apollo Crews, Nia Jax and Shinsuke Nakamura as playable characters as part of the NXT Enhancement Pack, a lithograph designed by Rob Schamberger and signed by Shinsuke Nakamura, an 8-inch collectable action figure of Demon Finn Bálor, trading cards, actual ring canvas from the NXT TakeOver: London event, 50% more points in NXT for MyCareer Mode, as well as the Goldberg Pre-Order Pack.

WWE 2K17 allows fighting in the crowd and backstage areas, seeing the return of these backstage brawls, which is a feature of this game that can be used for matches such as Falls Count Anywhere or any other No Disqualification type matches. The game also features a secondary submission system, similar to the Breaking Point submission system features in earlier games in the series.

The gameplay on WWE 2K17 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is roughly similar to the gameplay on WWE 2K14. Fighting in the crowd, transitioning to backstage areas, pre- and post-match assaults, and promos have been excluded on the PlayStation 3. Backstage brawls are included however. Create-A-Video, Highlight Reel, and Create-A-Victory are also excluded. Custom soundtrack and Create-a-story designer are exclusive to the PlayStayion 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

On June 15, 2016, WWE announced that at E3 2016, the first roster reveal would be announced at 2K's booth by portrait artist Rob Schamberger.[5] At the event, John Cena, The Ultimate Warrior, and Sasha Banks were the first three names revealed.[6] On July 26, 2016, IGN announced that the McMahon family will be playable characters, which will include Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Vince McMahon.[7][8] On August 2, 2016, IGN announced the roster would be revealed every Tuesday for 5 weeks, along with in-game videos and screenshots, concluding on August 30.[9][10] On August 10, the WWE 2K official site released a minigame that consisted of spotting the announced superstars of the WWE 2K17 game on a picture of Brock Lesnar's Suplex City. The mini-game also announced that there will be more than 150 playable superstars from the past, present, and NXT.[11] 2K later revealed that there will be more than 10 extra DLC playable superstars.

On August 8, 2K revealed the official soundtrack for WWE 2K17. The soundtrack features thirteen songs from a variety of artists from various music genres, which was curated by Sean Combs (known by his stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, Diddy, and P. Diddy)
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