WWE 2K23

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Sporting Violence, Online Interactivity and In-Game Purchases

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Themes Mild impact
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Language Mild impact
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Nudity Very mild impact
Sex Mild impact

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WWE 2K23 is the latest instalment of 2K’s wrestling video game based on the WWE, showcasing hundreds of male and female wrestlers including WWE Superstars and WWE Legends from the past.

Themes

Themes include various wrestling move with names like 'Suicide solution' and submission moves such as the 'Mandible claw'. The game also includes crude humour in the form of taunts between players.

Violence

The player is rewarded for winning in wrestling matches against their opponents, using a wide variety of physical attacks. Blood is an optional aspect of the game that can be turned “On” and “Off”

Sex

WWE Superstars can be outfitted with clothes that may reveal the torso, deep cleavage, and upper thighs.

Language

Coarse language includes the words 'pissed off', 'freakin', 'Assess and 's**k it'

Drug use

There are two special wrestling moves called “Tequila sunrise” & “Tequila Sunrise/Uso Splash” which is a Tag-Team move. These moves reference alcohol by name only.

Nudity

Although the characters are never actually fully nude, many of the uniforms and clothes reveal skin and are tight against the body.

Online interactivity

The game includes online interactivity and in-game purchases

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Classification date

21 December 2022

Year of production

2022

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Sporting Violence, Online Interactivity and In-Game Purchases

WWE 2K23

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