WWE 2K Battlegrounds is a wrestling game released for the Nintendo Switch. It was developed by Saber Interactive and published by Take-Two Interactive. Like NBA Playgrounds, the game is an arcade-like experience with cartoonish characters in likeness to the WWE Superstars.
In the aftermath to 2019's WWE 2K20 poor reception , rumors emerged that 2K's next WWE title would be entirely different from the rest of the WWE 2K series.
WWE 2K Battlegrounds was officially announced on April 27, 2020 as a spin-off to the WWE 2K series, while also announcing that video game industry veteran Patrick Gilmore would be the new game's executive producer. The trailer featured John Cena, The Rock, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Stone Cold Steve Austin. On May 4, 2020, an ESRB Rating confirmed that 2K Battlegrounds would be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch (the first WWE game to be released on Switch since WWE 2K18) and would be the first WWE game to release on Stadia, but 2K have yet to confirm this. On August 16, IGN revealed the game's entire roster, with superstars like Hulk Hogan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt appearing in the base game, and additional superstars including Doink the Clown, The Boogeyman, Earthquake, and Typhoon announced to arrive as free, unlockable content in the months following the game's release. Later, it was announced that the characters could also be unlocked via microtransactions, like many other unlockables in the game.
