On May 31, 2016,
WWE 2K17 was officially announced by
WWE and 2K, when they revealed
Goldberg as the pre-order bonus character accompanied by the debut trailer featuring Goldberg. 2K also announced that the game would include the two versions of Goldberg (
WCW and WWE), along with two playable arenas (
Halloween Havoc and
WCW Monday Nitro). On June 27, 2016, a reveal trailer was released announcing that
Brock Lesnar would be the cover star for
WWE 2K17. On July 14, 2016, WWE announced an
NXT Collector's Edition. The set includes NXT wrestlers such as
Apollo Crews,
Nia Jax and
Shinsuke Nakamura as playable characters as part of the NXT Enhancement Pack, a lithograph designed by Rob Schamberger and signed by Shinsuke Nakamura, an 8-inch collectable action figure of
"The Demon" Finn Bálor, trading cards, actual ring canvas from the
NXT TakeOver: London event, 50% more points in NXT for MyCareer Mode, as well as the Goldberg Pre-Order Pack. On August 8, 2016, 2K revealed the official soundtrack for
WWE 2K17, which features thirteen songs from a variety of genres, curated by
Sean Combs.
Roster On June 15, 2016, WWE announced that at
E3 2016, the first roster reveal would be announced at 2K's booth by portrait artist
Rob Schamberger. At the event,
John Cena,
The Ultimate Warrior, and
Sasha Banks were the first three names revealed. On July 26, 2016, IGN announced that the
McMahon family will be playable characters, which will include
Stephanie McMahon,
Shane McMahon, and
Vince McMahon. On August 2, 2016, IGN announced the roster would be revealed every Tuesday for 5 weeks, along with in-game videos and screenshots, concluding on August 30. On August 10, the WWE 2K official site released a
minigame that consisted of spotting the announced superstars of the
WWE 2K17 game on a picture of Brock Lesnar's Suplex City. The game revealed a roster of 136 superstars consisting of current superstars, legends, and NXT superstars. 2K later revealed that there would be more than 11 extra DLC playable superstars.
WWE 2K17 marks the video game debut of 26 superstars. == Game modes ==