Virtual Basement Wrestling

[Cero Miedo]

Hype Thread for Virtual Basements upcoming untitled wrestling game. Here is a a video produced by Viking Sized Gamer and a link to their Twitter page to stay up to date on roster announcements, etc.

https://twitter.com/VirtualBasement/status/1266025098080813057?s=20

 

https://twitter.com/VirtualBasement

Announced Roster (As of 6/1/20)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12nKVBYwtAI4pEwiLOyWv_-g1gJKjgoj3CPvHF5F0Lu8/edit?usp=sharing

Edited June 1, 2020 by Cero Miedo

[tristy]

They have a crazy stacked roster, and the visuals look great... but wasn't there something in the contract about Virtual Basement retaining the rights to all of these people's characters or something? I remember reading about that last year sometime.

But, I mean... shit, just over the past week they've announced, Taynara Conti, Lio Rush, Petey Williams, Eli Drake, EC3, NICK MONDO and have teased Chris Hero.

Edited June 1, 2020 by tristy
week not weekend

[Meacon Keaton]

They’re saying all the right things. I’ll hold off getting excited until I see more and it gets closer to a release. But they’re pulling me in the right direction at least.

[Skummy]

"Virtual Basement Wrestling" sounds like something seedy you'd see advertised in the back of an Apter mag.

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Or PornHub

[SeanDMan]

1 hour ago, Skummy said:

"Virtual Basement Wrestling" sounds like something seedy you'd see advertised in the back of an Apter mag.

 

Sounds like this is the end product for what Combat Zone Wrestling is becoming.

[Gabriel]

I think they'd be better off announcing the actual name of the game, because it absolutely sounds seedy as hell.

That said, I agree. They are saying all of the right things and it really sounds like they understand what the wrestling gamer community wants. The list of talents they've secured for the game is crazy and the roster looks like it's going to be huge. Sure, some of those wrestlers are people that most fans won't have ever heard of, but they are real pro wrestlers who round out the roster and can be used as enhancement talents or maybe the player finds someone they really enjoy playing with and it turns them into a fan of that particular wrestler.

I'm wondering if they are working on licensing agreements with any of the promotions that these wrestlers work for though, or if the company or companies in the game are going to be fictional.

[apsham]

With the development history these guys have, it's going to take... a lot to get me excited about this. Game released and raving reviews level stuff.

[K]

there's no footage in that video, right?

[VerbalPuke]

36 minutes ago, K said:

there's no footage in that video, right?

Right, much to my chagrin. 

[Skummy]

15 hours ago, Gabriel said:

it really sounds like they understand what the wrestling gamer community wants.

That's actually the biggest alarm bell ringing for me when I watch that trailer. Especially with no footage, it feels more like a wishlist than a game in development. 

[Colly]

I've still got about 5 years on Pro Wrestling X emails in a folder on my hotmail.

[apsham]

Their whole current strategy is to make games similar to other ones, but slightly worse so there’s that too.

[Jakey Power Glory]

Is it correct to assume this will be releasing around the same time as the next WWE 2K game? 2021 Q4?

They're really gonna be going head-to-head, interesting.

[tristy]

Impact just pulled all of their talent that was signed up for this, announced and unannounced.