{"id":21300,"date":"2016-05-31T09:25:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=21300"},"modified":"2016-06-11T02:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T07:33:43","slug":"wwe-2k17-official-video-game-announcement-goldberg-comments-lead-character-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/31\/wwe-2k17-official-video-game-announcement-goldberg-comments-lead-character-role\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;WWE 2K17&#8221; official details &#8211; Goldberg comments on lead role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2872343572\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>2K Sports officially announced Tuesday the next WWE video game franchise and Bill Goldberg as the lead playable\u00a0character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WWE 2k17&#8221; is due out in <strong>October<\/strong> and Goldberg will &#8220;make his virtual return to WWE&#8221; in the next video game.<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg&#8217;s WCW and WWE characters will be available with pre-sale orders of the video game. 2K Sports will also release playable arenas WCW Nitro and Halloween Havoc as bonus content for pre-orders for Playstation 4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After 12 years away from the business, I\u2019m incredibly honored to work with WWE and 2K while following in the footsteps of such greats as Ultimate Warrior, Sting, and Arnold Schwarzenegger,\u201d said Goldberg in a press release. 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I encountered the likes of The Rock, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, and Ric Flair during my WWE career, and now through WWE 2K17, I\u2019ll be taking on the biggest and baddest Superstars of today \u2013 showing them once and for all that I am still \u2018Da Man!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Goldberg\u2019s return to WWE action through two WWE 2K17\u00a0playable characters, along with the WCW <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_698072968\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span> Nitro and Halloween Havoc arenas, collectively delivers a unique opportunity to experience one of WWE\u2019s true living legends,\u201d said Chris Snyder, Vice President of Marketing at 2K. \u201cFans can now relive many of their favorite Goldberg moments, as well as create brand new ones, as they decide \u2018Who\u2019s Next?\u2019 in the virtual ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next WWE franchise video game was\u00a0developed collaboratively by Yuke\u2019s and Visual Concepts, a 2K studio. For more information on the video game, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wwe.2k.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/cts.vresp.com\/c\/?2KNews\/fb225a839d\/34bc27e647\/dc4b49cdb8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1464790111001000&amp;usg=AFQjCNETg7Rb2gHkaiRHZiQESeidUgtFVw\">2K.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.2k.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/2KSMKT_WWE2K17_Logo-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"2KSMKT_WWE2K17_Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/2KSMKT_WWE2K17_Logo-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/2KSMKT_WWE2K17_Logo-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/2KSMKT_WWE2K17_Logo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE 2K17 Goldberg Pre-order Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uIOBL-d8PJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1042145097\"><div id=\"pwtor-2329866396\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>2K Sports officially announced Tuesday the next WWE video game franchise and Bill Goldberg as the lead playable\u00a0character. &#8220;WWE 2k17&#8221; is due out in October and Goldberg will &#8220;make his virtual return to WWE&#8221; in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/31\/wwe-2k17-official-video-game-announcement-goldberg-comments-lead-character-role\/\" title=\"&#8220;WWE 2K17&#8221; official details &#8211; Goldberg comments on lead role\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[277,728,193,71,2950],"class_list":["post-21300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-2k-sports","tag-bill-goldberg","tag-wcw","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-2k17"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/Goldberg2K17_3x2.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21300"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21333,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300\/revisions\/21333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}