Major Updates on upcoming wrestling video game (Patreon)

Virtual Basement call their upcoming video game a "passion project," and noted they didn't want to rush anything. They're hoping to self-fund the project and hope to launch it with early access over time. They want to create an alternative that opens up opportunity.

They've signed a lot of wrestlers up, and are working with them as opposed to individual wrestling companies and haven't had any conversations with the companies in general. They're looking to add wrestlers from the past, as well. They are open to integrating actual promotions as a part of add-on content, but as of now they're creating their own fictional brand to utilize in the game. The independent scene will play a role in the game, though. Virtual Basement says they've hand picked the roster themselves so far and reaching out has been a team effort.

Enzo Amore was credited with helping out in the game and connecting the team to a variety of wrestlers, too.

They told me the gameplay is a mix of No Mercy, Here Comes The Pain, Day Of Reckoning 2, and Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, and they're going above and beyond to create a strong foundation that is immediately fun, but can also be built on as the continue to work on the game. They're building a core first, then developing the individual aspects of the game. There are still some important aspects of the motion capture that they have to figure out. They mentioned that some, like taunts, can be motion capture, but for moves they might want the attention to detail that only hand animations can achieve.