For the first time since 2008's TNA Impact (or 2000's WCW Backstage Assault if we aren't counting TNA as a real competitor) there's two officially licensed wrestling games on the market.
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is the first true competitor the WWE has had since WCW and ECW were bought by Vince McMahon back in 2001. The company was founded by Tony Kahn (son of Fulham FC owner Shahid Khan) and some of New Japan's best and brightest, including Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes (who has since returned to WWE). AEW has become a monster in its own right, and is set to hit Wembley Stadium for their upcoming All In event (making for the highest paid attendance for a wrestling event since 2016).
AEW: Fight Forever launched this week across a range of platforms and picked up a respectable 3/5 from us here at Mirror Gaming. The game is an intentional throwback to the games AKI Corporation (now known as syn Sophia) made for the Nintendo 64 like WWF No Mercy and Virtual Pro Wrestling. When AEW: Fight Forever was announced back in 2020 WWE Games were the most stagnant they had ever been, WWE 2K20 was an embarrassment and caused the once-yearly franchise to skip two years.
