You Can Now Fight Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick in WWE 2K26

If you've ever wanted to combat a games manufacture CEO, present you can. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick is present a playable quality successful WWE 2K26, meaning you tin either play arsenic him oregon combat him yourself. There hasn't been immoderate benignant of authoritative acknowledgement of his inclusion; helium was simply softly added successful a caller update today. The 68-year-old gaming enforcement holds an in-game standing of 77, meaning he's astir apt not going to assertion immoderate titles himself, but Zelnick is reportedly precise acceptable successful existent life.

The CEO claims helium works retired 10 to 12 times a week (that's an mean of astir doubly a day, for those who aren't mathmaticians) and runs his ain backstage workout nine known arsenic The Program. He's adjacent written his ain wellness book, Becoming Ageless: The Four Secrets To Looking and Feeling Younger Than Ever. All of this is to accidental he's beauteous jacked, adjacent though he's astir 70, and could astir apt fare amended successful a WWE ringing than the mean person.

Why did Zelnick get added into WWE 2K26? It's anyone's guess. He himself has admitted helium isn't adjacent a gamer, truthful it feels improbable to beryllium due to the fact that helium wants to play arsenic himself. He seems similar a decent sport, though, arsenic helium antecedently promoted the franchise's customized quality creator with a silly video. However, this is the archetypal clip he's been added arsenic an authoritative character. He adjacent sports his ain exclusive entranceway euphony successful WWE 2K26, which is My Way by Frank Sinatra. The opus was licensed seemingly conscionable for Zelnick, arsenic it can't beryllium utilized for immoderate different quality successful the game.

Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar Games, 2K, and a fig of different large studios, truthful Zelnick has overseen immoderate of the biggest games of all-time. He is champion known for being the lone reputable root of accusation astir GTA 6 extracurricular of Rockstar Games itself. The hype for GTA 6 has led to galore tuning into capitalist calls and listening to business-heavy interviews conscionable truthful fans tin perceive Zelnick driblet a fewer breadcrumbs present and there.

Zelnick besides precocious emphasized the accidental to turn the WWE 2K franchise, noting that it could "double oregon triple" the size that it is now.

“I bash deliberation there's ongoing opportunities to amended the prime of the game," helium said. "I bash deliberation that we tin springiness consumers much of what they want. And I cognize our squad astatine Visual Concepts ever wants to bash better. We're ne'er successful the concern of patting ourselves connected the back. We judge that arrogance is the force of continued success. And I deliberation that rubric could beryllium treble oregon triple the size that it is arsenic agelong arsenic we delight consumers, and arsenic agelong arsenic we springiness them thing caller and not expected that's accordant with the marque that they love. That's our job.”

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.