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Fan favorite Cody Rhodes has once again taken center stage. Since his return to WWE, Cody Rhodes has been high in demand, as can be determined by the merchandise sales. Now he finds himself in another situation similar to CM Punk from 2013, as the new edition of WWE 2K24 comes near.

Cody Rhodes to be the face of the new WWE game

The Wrestle Plug posted a picture of Cody Rhodes on X on December 30th with the caption, BREAKING NEWS: Cody Rhodes is the WWE 2K24 cover athlete! Per BWE! The picture features a poster designed by CNG86 that features Rhodes in his American Nightmare wrestling gear.

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As per BWE, Cody Rhodes will appear as the cover athlete of the WWE 2K24 Game. It will be the 24th game from the WWE brand and the 10th game with the 2K prefix. The franchise started the chain of WWE 2K games in 2013 when CM Punk was featured as the poster boy.

The last edition of the game was WWE 2K23, which featured 16 time WWE champion John Cena as the poster boy for Icon Edition, Standard Edition, Cross-Gen Digital Edition, and Deluxe Edition. The other version released was the Bad Bunny Edition that featured celebrity superstar Bad Bunny. Now Cody Rhodes is set to be the latest in the list of stars honored to be the face of 2K games, a list that includes Cena, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins and more.

It will be the first instance of Cody Rhodes featuring in the WWE 2K game, an indicator of his popularity among fans. However, he has appeared in WWE games before (2009). Rhodes also featured in the poster for Survivor Series: War Games, also a first in his WWE career. It is yet to be revealed which edition will he feature in.

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Rhodes was a part of the WWE 2K23 game where he featured with an OVR 91. Upon other factors, Rhodes scored well in General Attributes (82), and Power Attributes (83). He did not score well in the Offense Attributes category (59) while his Durability Attribute was at 77. But these scores are updated weekly, hence, fans can expect upward movement for Rhodes as WrestleMania seasons comes closer.

The game is developed by Take-Two Interactive’s 2K sports and Visual Concepts is the lead developer. It will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC. The date of the game release is not finalized yet.

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