“Talking to sources who were privy to the information, Fight Forever was a huge loss for AEW. That shouldn’t be a surprise… but how much they lost might surprise people. They lost, according to those I spoke to, at least $30 million… that’s because development deadlines were missed, leading to internal delays and ultimately external delays. As I had reported, the original time to release that game was in 2022. It didn’t come out until close to Forbidden Door 2023, which leads to a lot of extra time in development and when games take that long, they also didn’t sell as well. [expectations]but from what I’ve been told, he got about half of what his expectations were. I don’t have the exact numbers, but the words they told me were: “We sold about half of what we expected, which leads to a big reason why we lost so much.” Now, as for the future of AEW games, they are interested in it. They are interested in reviewing it, but will do so later. I don’t think there is anything like that. Sources I spoke to said nothing is imminent at this time. There are rumors that they had spoken to a third party about a possible licensing deal for a game. But when I contacted AEW sources about it, they told me in so many words that they didn’t ‘know anything about it.’ “So who knows what’s going on with that, but I think all those rumors can be put to rest, since the person who told me this, the main source, would have direct knowledge of any licensing agreement or agreement that the company would sign.”
