What's up with Virtual Basement's Wrestling Code Game? (Patreon)

The update on the Wrestling Code isn’t an ideal one, but it is not canceled.

Virtual Basement’s The Wrestling Code has been in production for years, boasting an impressive roster of talent. Many of whom are now in WWE or AEW. 

On February 10, Wrestling Code made headlines as its trademark was abandoned. We're told this was just an oversight as the company's previous lawyer retired. Michael Dockins is working with Wrestling Code towards reinstating the trademark.

Fightful asked for an update back in November, and were told “A lot is going on behind the scenes, both good and bad,” and it was clarified that The Wrestling Code was put on hold. We were told the specific reason is because the primary developer and their team have contractual obligation to finish another game. They are working over the next ten months to finish that game in a high pressure situation and it’s taking priority."

A similar reason was given in a discord on February 10th, but to clarify, this isn't some new excuse that came out of nowhere, and has been the line of explanation for a number of months now.

Today, Fightful reached out to Virtual Basement creators who said Wrestling Code is still a self funded passion project that they're building. It was stated to us that the Wrestling Code is still having work done, but it’s very slow and specific work. They hope to showcase more of it this year.

Matt Taven, Lio Rush, Shane Mercer, Vampiro, Zach Gowen, Marko Stunt, Enzo Amore and others have done motion capture work for it. 

The game was first announced nearly six years ago.