AEW Dynamite (2022 Video Game)

AEW Dynamite (Not to be confused of the Wrestling TV program of the same name) is the 14th Professional Wrestling game developed and published under Bandai Namco Games. It's also the first wrestling game developed for the 9th generation of consoles and the first to use Bandai Namco's updated wrestling game engine, Grappl Engine Mk II.

Development
It was announced in January 2020 that Bandai Namco was discontinuing support for their previous wrestling game, New Japan Pro Wrestling: Strong Spirits, and was working on a new project for the most recent generation of consoles, the official announcement would happen at the AEW Games 1.0 livestream on YouTube, where Kenny Omega, Tony Khan, Cody Rhodes, and Aubrey Edwards would announce their most recent partnership with Bandai Namco, and would be making a new game under the guise of Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita, the director of the AKI (now known as Syn Sophia) Pro Wrestling video games developed for the Nintendo 64.

Due to COVID 19 restrictions, the game's marketing was limited to the AEW Games Showcases presented by Kenny Omega, who would give insight into the development of the game, including talking about Grappl Engine Mk II, an evolution of the Grappl Engine that was used starting with "Ring of Honor: Death Before Dishonor", gameplay aspects, promised features, mechanics, and modes, and various promises that the game would keep in mind, such as the promise to keep the game going with DLC and patch updates that add things such as match types, modes, and fixes to whatever bugs are present.

The game's original cover, which featured outdated branding (Using the color splash motif Dynamite was known for in 2019 - 2020, along with having an outdated set of champions on the cover), was revealed at E3 2021, however the cover was changed at the start of 2022 to be more in line with the actual branding of the show.

Match Types

 * Singles
 * Normal Rules
 * Pure Rules (Added in Patch 1.1.1)
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Lights Out
 * Tables
 * Cage
 * Dog Collar (Added in Patch 1.1.0)
 * Ladder
 * Mimosa Mayhem (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Parking Lot Brawl (Added in Patch 1.1.1)
 * Iron Man
 * 3 Way
 * Normal Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Tables
 * Cage
 * Parking Lot Brawl (Added in Patch 1.1.1)
 * 4 Way
 * Normal Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Tables
 * Cage
 * Parking Lot Brawl (Added in Patch 1.1.1)
 * 5 Way
 * Normal Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Hardcore Rules
 * 6 Way
 * Normal Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Hardcore Rules


 * Tag Team (2v2)
 * Normal Rules
 * Tornado Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Tables
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Cage
 * Dog Collar (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Parking Lot Brawl (Added in Patch 1.2.2)
 * Tag Team (3v3)
 * Normal Rules
 * Tornado Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Tables
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Tag Team (4v4) (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Normal Rules
 * Blood and Guts
 * Anarchy In The Arena
 * Tag Team (2v2v2)
 * Normal Rules
 * Tornado Rules
 * Elimination
 * Ladder
 * Tables
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Falls Count Anywhere
 * Tag Team (2v2v2v2) (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Normal Rules
 * Hardcore Rules
 * Ladder
 * Specialty
 * Casino Battle Royal
 * Casino Ladder Match
 * 10 Man Battle Royal
 * 20 Man Battle Royal
 * Stadium Stampede (Added in Patch 2.0.0)

Roster
AEW Dynamite would launch with 72 wrestlers in the base game, with 89 more added in through post-launch DLC. Thus making the current roster 160 wrestlers.

Arenas

 * Dynamite '22
 * Dynamite '22 (Daily's Place) (Added in Patch 2.3.0)
 * Dynamite '23 (Added in Patch 1.1.0)
 * Dynamite '19 (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Dark '21
 * Dark '23 (Added in Patch 1.6.0)
 * Dark '19 (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * Dark: Elevation
 * Rampage '21
 * Rampage '23 (Added in Patch 1.1.0)
 * Collision '23 (Added in Patch 1.9.0)
 * Dynamite (Jericho Cruise) (Added in Patch 1.2.5)
 * All In '18 (Added in Patch 1.5.0)
 * All In '23 (Added in Patch 2.3.0)
 * Double or Nothing '21
 * Double or Nothing '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Double or Nothing '19 (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * All Out '21
 * All Out '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Revolution '22
 * Revolution '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Full Gear '21
 * WrestleDream '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Dynamite: Fyter Fest '21
 * Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen
 * Forbidden Door '22 (Added in Patch 1.7.0)
 * Forbidden Door '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Dynamite: Grand Slam '21 (Added in Patch 1.7.0)
 * Dynamite: Grand Slam '23 (Added in Patch 2.5.0)
 * Dynamite: Road Rager '21 (Added in Patch 1.4.0)
 * Dynamite: Blood and Guts '22 (Added in Patch 2.0.0)
 * ROH '23 (Added in Patch 1.7.0)
 * ROH Supercard of Honor '23 (Added in Patch 1.7.0)
 * ROH Death Before Dishonor '22 (Added in Patch 1.9.0)
 * ROH Final Battle '22 (Added in Patch 1.9.0)

Main Soundtrack

 * Aesop Rock - "Nickel Plated Pockets"
 * Amine - "REEL IT IN"
 * All That Remains - "This Calling"
 * A$AP Rocky - "Palace"
 * Denzel Curry - "X-Wing"
 * Dropout Kings feat. (hed) P.E., Crazy Town, and Twiztid - "GlitchGang (Remix)"
 * Eminem feat. Jack Harlow and Cordae - "Killer (Remix)"
 * Evanescence - "Broken Pieces Shine"
 * Fozzy - "Nowhere To Run"
 * God's Hate - "Finish the Job"
 * grandson - "Darkside"
 * Lil Uzi Vert - "POP"
 * Limp Bizkit - "Dad Vibes"
 * Linkin Park - "Hit The Floor"
 * Lio - "Off The Top"
 * Platinum Max - "Damn It Feels Good To Be Elite"
 * Run The Jewels feat. Greg Nice and DJ Premier - "Ooh LA LA"
 * SaifLove and Austin Gunn - "ALL ABOUT ME"
 * Token feat. JID - "Boom"
 * Trippie Redd feat. Chino Moreno - "GERONIMO"
 * Westside Gunn feat. Joey Bada$, Billie Essco, and Tyler The Creator - "327"
 * YUNGBLUD feat. Halsey - "11 Minutes"