WWE 2K24 Release Date, How to Get Early Access

After months of anticipation, the WWE 2K24 release date was finally revealed as the road to forty years of WrestleMania began. However, fans who were extra eager to dive in still had a chance to do that this year.

WWE 2K24 early access was available for specific editions of the game, though they've changed a bit of the wording on this compared to last year. We've got details below on the WWE 2K24 release date for every edition of the 2024 installment in this storied franchise.

Update April 1: With the game now available worldwide, players can check out our WWE 2K24 Controls Guide for more about this year's game. 

WWE 2K24 Release Date

For the standard edition, the WWE 2K24 release date was Friday, March 8, 2024. This aligned closely with the release date we've seen in recent years, but 2K Sports and WWE Games did push things a hair earlier this time.

The WWE 2K23 release date was March 17, 2023, and before that the franchise revival with WWE 2K22 arrived on March 11, 2022. With WrestleMania 40 set for April 6 and 7, this allowed players a full month of enjoying the 2K Showcase of WrestleMania moments before WWE's biggest event of 2024 arrived.

On top of that, those who purchase any edition of WWE 2K24 get one month of Peacock. New subscribers can't go wrong checking out WrestleMania 40 on Peacock, but they'll have to make sure to cancel before the free month expires to avoid being charged.

How to Get WWE 2K24 Early Access

While they didn't call it early access this year, WWE 2K24 included the same alternate release date for non-standard editions that we saw with the last few releases. The WWE 2K24 release date for the Deluxe Edition and Forty Years of WrestleMania Edition was Tuesday, March 5, 2024, and they included special WWE 2K24 cover stars as well.

Players who grabbed either of those editions instead of the Standard Edition got to play WWE 2K24 three days before the rest of the world. While technically not tied to a pre order in the same way they did last year, pre ordering so you can download the game ahead of time and be able to play the moment it goes live is always the best choice.