(Previous THQ games had female career/stories) The story is set in 2029, where Red and Tre were inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame, which happened before Wrestlemania 45, 11 years after the end of the WWE 2K19 M圜areer storyline, as in which, the matches follow the prespectives of their career. WWE 2K20 features a female M圜areer story alongside its male story, the first for 2K. The 2K Towers mode, first introduced in WWE 2K19, made its return to the series. Players take control of different unique models of Bayley, Banks, Lynch & Flair, in 15 matches. WWE 2K20 's 2K Showcase mode revolves around the Four Horsewomen of WWE ( Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks).
The follow-up title WWE 2K22, will be released in March 2022. The backlash towards the game resulted in 2K pushing back the sequel by over two years and cancelling a planned sequel titled WWE 2K21.
The game has since gained notoriety in both the wrestling and gaming community for its many bugs at launch and technical issues. WWE 2K20 received negative reviews, with critics noting a regression in quality compared to its predecessor. They were replaced by Visual Concepts, who had previously worked with Yuke's as co-developers since 2014. The sequel to WWE 2K19, 2K20 is the first game in the series not to be developed by Yuke's, which developed every entry in the series since its inception in 2000. It is the twenty-first game in the WWE game series and the seventh under the WWE 2K banner. It was released worldwide on October 22, 2019, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports.