
In the Steps Tower, the players' progress is saved after each match, so they can play at their own pace. Losing a match or quitting resets the progress to square one. In WWE Towers, There are two types of Towers including the Gauntlet Tower, where players must complete the Tower entirely in one session, in a similar vein to a usual gauntlet match. Daily, Weekly and Pay-Per-View challenge towers are also introduced. In MyPlayer Towers mode, wrestlers or created superstars can participate in challenges online or offline. Two new "Tower" modes are present in 2K19.


Players take control of 11 different unique models of Daniel Bryan, in 11 matches, from his Velocity match against John Cena, under his real name, Bryan Danielson, to his WrestleMania 34 matchup with Shane McMahon against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, along with a twelveth and final fight, a fictional fight against his past self at WrestleMania 34. This is the first Showcase to be featured in the series since WWE 2K17's Hall of Fame Showcase DLC. WWE 2K19 features many different returning and new game modes, including the 2K Showcase Mode, focusing on the career of Daniel Bryan. The core was simulation, and people got turned off by that and we were hearing loud and clear that they weren't buying it anymore and that was the driving force behind all of that." He added "We were hearing from the fanbase that it was too slow, too sluggish and it wasn't any fun anymore." Game modes In an interview with Hardcore Gamer, WWE 2K creative director Lynell Jinks stated that WWE 2K19 would be moving away from the simulation-styled gameplay of the last four WWE games, in favor of faster, more fluid gameplay, saying " kind of got turned off by the product we were giving them and we had to think outside the box and they never thought that we'd do it. The series would be developed exclusively by Visual Concepts from WWE 2K20 onwards, with Yuke's going on to develop AEW Fight Forever for All Elite Wrestling and publisher THQ Nordic. This would be the final WWE game to be developed by Yuke's after eighteen years. It is the twentieth overall game in the WWE series, the sixth under the WWE 2K banner, and the successor to WWE 2K18.

It was released worldwide on October 9, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. WWE 2K19 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by 2K.
