Summary
WWE 2K25will include the Prime Hydration Station and its individual drink bottles as interactive weapons, according to a report based on a session with a preview build of the upcoming wrestling game. Visual Concepts has focused on adding more weapons in recent years, andWWE 2K25seems to be no exception to this trend.
Anyone watching WWE broadcasts or streams over the last several months can’t have ignored the presence ofLogan Paul’s Prime Hydrationadvertising. Prime secured a spot as the first-ever advertising logo at the center of a WWE ring, wrestlers sometimes use the Hydration Station to grab a refreshing drink or as an object to toss opponents into, and Paul himself is occasionally accompanied to the ring by a walking Prime mascot during his matches.
Game Rant’s ownhands-on preview ofWWE 2K25has revealed some good things coming in the historic wrestling game series, including some classic matches in Showcase Mode with expertly delivered narration by Paul Heyman and the highly requested addition of intergender wrestling. However, one detail from the preview event briefly noted on by United Kingdom-based publicationMetrois that the Prime Hydration Station has been added at ringside as an object that can be interacted with in a variety of ways, from tossing opponents into it to grabbing bottles to be used as weapons.
WWE 2K25 Adds Prime Hydration Station Weapons
Water bottles were added as aweapon in WWE 2K24, allowing players to smash each other with them and incorporating the thrown weapon technique that was also added with last year’s entry in the series. Reports are showing that those same tactics can be used with Prime, but they aren’t the only ones. Released video has also shown that players can grab an oversized bottle of Prime that comes up to about waist height and can use it to assist them in delivering an atomic drop to opponents, lifting them from behind before jamming their tailbone against the amusingly large bottle’s lid.
The addition of Prime weapons isn’t the only improvement players should expect whenWWE 2K25releases on March 14, just a little over a month before WrestleMania 41.WWE 2K25’s new Island Modewill introduce a new quest-based system as players compete in a number of themed arenas in an effort to impress the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns. Additionally, after only minor improvements in last year’s installment, Backstage Brawl matches will get two new venues in the form of the NXT Parking Lot and the WWE Archives, and there has reportedly been a big improvement to character models, including former WWE Women’s Champion Bayley, who reacted negatively to herWWE 2K24model.
