WWE 2K25's development team has released a new patch for the game less than a full day after early access players have had a chance to dive in. Patch 1.03 for WWE 2K25 doesn't offer anything in terms of additional content for the wrestling game, but it provides a lot of stability and performance upgrades and addresses player-driven concerns about multiple game modes.
The release date for WWE 2K25 Standard Edition players isn't set to arrive until March 14, but those who paid extra for the Deadman or Bloodline editions of the game have had access since midnight local time on March 7. Although it's been out for less than two days at the time of this article's publishing, the wrestling game is already getting big reactions from players in online forums, both positive and negative. Many have been excited by new features like high-flying moves off the barricade and visual body damage accumulating on wrestlers' torsos and faces, but there are also plenty of 2K fans complaining about bugs and crashes that have been popping up during matches in different game modes or in Create-a-Superstar.
WWE 2K25's The Island Has a Major Flaw
WWE 2K25's The Island Mode faces another problem for players, who are already upset over microtransactions in the wrestling game.
The patch notes don't get into a lot of specific details about the fixes that the development team have applied to player-reported problems thus far, but from the sounds of it, they cover a lot of different game modes. These include WWE 2K25's MyRise mode, in which developers have reported looking into reports of wrestler overall ratings going above the cap of 100 and AI-controlled wrestlers not responding during live events. Additionally, in MyFaction mode, there have been reported problems of incorrect match duration records and players' pin or submission mini-game preferences from other modes erroneously overriding MyFaction's default settings, which the new patch also addresses.
The reported problems being looked into by the team prior to this patch's release also extend to Universe Mode. According to the notes, players have reported the game failing to save progress when exiting Universe Mode. Along with this problem, special WWE 2K25 weapons have been absent from ringside and some players have also run into a bug showing duplicated wrestler portraits when the game is paused.
The stability and support upgrades have been reported for WWE 2K25's The Island and MyFaction gameplay modes as well as for online matches and the game's Creation Suite. Also covered under Community Creations are notes addressing concerns of facial recognition with Create-a-Superstar tools and custom matches overwriting players' selected match rules.
WWE 2K25 Version 1.03 Patch Notes
General
- Stability and performance improvements to Online play
- Stability improvements to Creation Suite
- Stability and performance improvements to MyFACTON
- Stability and performance improvements to The Island (XBX/PS5)
- Addressed reported concerns with accepting invites from other players
MyRISE
- Addressed reported concerns of unresponsive AI in Live Events
- Addressed reported concerns of Superstars going over the 100 OVR threshold
Community Creations
- Addressed reported concerns of unresponsive facial regions when using Face Photo
- Addressed reported concerns of rules being overwritten within custom matches
MyFACTION
- Addressed reported concerns of pin and submission preferences overwriting the MyFACTION default options for associated mini-games
- Addressed reported concerns of match durations not being logged properly
Universe
- Addressed reported concerns of custom weapons not being available in Universe
- Addressed reported concerns of Superstar information not being saved when leaving Universe
- Addressed reported concerns of duplicated Superstar portraits showing up in the Pause menu
WWE 2K25
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- March 14, 2025
- ESRB
- Teen // Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Visual Concepts
- Publisher(s)
- 2K Sports
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Wrestling, Sports
