As electronically printed on page two or three of the WWE 2K23 instruction manual, 2K Games plans to discontinue online services for WWE 2K23 on September 30th, 2024 on all five platforms of PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series. The small blurb states:
Please note that WWE 2K23 online features are scheduled to be available until September 30, 2024 though we reserve the right to modify or discontinue online features without notice.
Visit www.wwe2k.com/status for more information.
WWE 2K23 Online Manual
The WWE 2K24 manual states similarly for all five platforms:
Please note that WWE 2K24 online features are scheduled to be available until September 30, 2025 though we reserve the right to modify or discontinue online features without notice.
Visit www.wwe2k.com/status for more information.
WWE 2K24 Online Manual
These messages should come as no surprise since 2K Sports has been printing similar notices regarding their annual sports titles for over a decade.
These come from the United States region. 2K lists seven to nine other regions / translations depending on platform and game on their site. In what seems to be a typo, the French PS5 version of WWE 2K23 claims online servers will last until December 31, 2024. All eight other WWE 2K23 PS5 regional instruction manuals match the United States closure date of September 30, 2024, and all four other French manuals also state September 30, 2024. (The typo was fixed in the French PS5 version of WWE 2K24 as it matches the United States closure date of September 30, 2025.) This author did not validate the dates printed in every PDF for WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24.
Unfortunately for WWE 2K23, www.wwe2k.com/status only seems to tell the status of WWE 2K24’s online servers.
I’ll add these pair of wrestling games to the Watch List.