Life cycle is only two years! "WWE 2K25" online service is closed in 2027

　　Although "WWE 2K25" is only six months after its release, publisher 2K Games has announced the server shutdown date for the wrestling game. However, players don’t need to worry about the game disappearing in the short term, because the server suspension time is set to two full years after the game is released.

　　Due to high server maintenance costs, expiration of copyright licenses, and change of issuance rights, it has become a consensus that sports games with online functions as the core and multiplayer online games have limited life cycles. As the game is fully digitalized, the problem of "disappearance" after it is removed has become increasingly prominent, which is also the issue that the "Stop Killing Games" campaign is committed to solving. "WWE 2K25" has become the latest game to announce its server suspension plan, but at least players have received sufficient warning.

　　Shortly after the PS Plus second/third gear will be free of games in September 2025, 2K confirmed through the online service status page that "WWE 2K25" will terminate the online service on March 14, 2027. This date is exactly two years away from the release date of March 14, 2025. Players have about one and a half years left to get trophys, experience multiplayer mode, use community creation functions, etc. For all-platform games currently priced at $70, the two-year validity cycle is still slightly short.

　　Switch 2 platform players are in a more disadvantageous situation: this version was released at the end of July 2025, more than four months later than other platforms, but the price is $70. This means that Switch 2 players can actually enjoy online services for a shorter time. In addition to the missing features of Switch 2 version, such as uploading pictures and community creation, the experience value of Nintendo users has further shrunk.

　　Compared with the online service period of about 22 months for the previous work "WWE 2K23" and "WWE 2K24", the life cycle of "WWE 2K25" has been slightly extended. In addition, 2K's "PGA Tour 2K23" is also scheduled to be discontinued on February 28, 2027 (about two weeks ago), while "The Golf Club 2019" and "PGA Tour 2K21" will shut down the server on October 30, 2025.