One of the biggest questions being asked in 2023 in the world of professional wrestling is the status of AEW Fight Forever.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via F4WOnline.com), it was reported that AEW Fight Forever was basically ready to go and publisher THQ Nordic needed to announce a release date.
However, THQ Nordic’s Global Senior Community Manager Zyddies shut down this report by stating that the game isn’t ready to be released as of yet.
This has led to many fans questioning what’s really going on regarding the status of the game, as both Tony Khan and Kenny Omega have also said that game was ready and that it would be released very soon.
Khan said that the game was ready during his AEW Revolution post-show media scrum. Kenny Omega claimed the game was finished during a recent episode of the Swerve City Podcast, stating that the ESRB rating was holding things up.
“Well, it’s because the game has been done, but we’ve had to try to get our game in a position to be rated so that we can sell it,” Omega told Swerve City.
Zyddies spoke more in-depth on this situation on his Twitch channel to clarify his comments on social media and explain where AEW Fight Forever currently is in its development cycle.
“It really looks like a good game. Everything I’ve seen and everything looks amazing,” Zyddies said. “Sorry that was not the news that everybody wanted, that the game is fully finished and blah blah blah blah blah, but not just yet…not just yet. But soon. The problem is also the fact that we see it very differently.
“So for a publisher, a game is not done before it’s ready and out the door. That’s when it’s done for us. Because then we have to go retail, we have to deal with submissions; we have to deal with different platforms, we have to deal with different platform packs, all these things are a huge part of game development for us.
“And that’s why I keep saying that I do not believe anybody lied. I do not believe there’s any kind of miscommunication in any shape or form. I believe that simply some people look at it differently because they don’t look at it through the eyes of a publisher. A lot goes into it. And for me, as somebody who is part of the publishing house, it’s very different for me what completes a game and what doesn’t.
“AEW, they had an announcement that the game is almost done. And it’s like, then somebody asked me, and I was like, no, it’s not, and then everybody’s like, Oh my God, these guys lied. I’m like, No, they didn’t. They just look at things differently because the publisher looks at things differently. You know what I mean?
“For a publisher, a game is not really finished until it’s released, basically. And a lot of people are having a massive problem understanding that which is kind of sad. Because it kind of creates this thing that everybody now suddenly believes that, oh my god, these guys lied. It’s like no, no they didn’t. So hopefully, it’ll get sorted out.
“The game is in a good state. And as soon as we do launch it, I think people will be happy. Then everybody will just forget about all the other stuff, and everybody will be happy and enjoy it. And that’s what I’ve been trying to explain to people development can already be sorted and stuff, but that doesn’t mean the game is done.
“And even development, there’s still QA, there’s still all these different things that they have to do. I just don’t see how people misunderstand it because — but that might be because I’m part of the industry. So for me, it’s common when people check in with me; hey, is this ready? I’m like, oh, no, it’s early in publishing stages, and then like, Oh, okay. But that’s again; I’m part of the industry.
“So, for me, that’s normal that I don’t expect everything to be instantly done. That is why it annoys me so much when we’re now taking our time. All three houses, Yuke’s, THQ Nordic, and AEW, we’re taking our time; we want to do this the best we can. We make sure it goes through a long QA process, a long submission process.
“All these things and people are instantly like, oh, but we want the game now. It’s like, yeah, but you can’t have both. You can’t have a game that’s out right away and then have a good game. There’s only one of those things that actually matter that works and that matters. And for me, it’s a good game. I would always rather have a game that takes its time, and it’s good.”
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