2K and WWE Sign a Multi-Year Agreement

2K will also "continue to invest" in the WWE SuperCard card-battling game.

2K has announced that it has signed a new "multi-year" agreement with the WWE, which gives the publisher the worldwide rights to make WWE games for all major platforms.

The first games in the series were published by THQ, but after the company went bankrupt, 2K's parent company Take-Two stepped in and acquired the franchise rights in early 2013. The series was developed by Japanese studio Yuke's under THQ and that continues to be the case under 2K's leadership.

In addition to console games, 2K said in its announcement that it will "continue to invest" in the WWE SuperCard card-battling spinoff game, though no specific plans were divulged.

"2K's partnership with WWE over the past three years has resulted in a successful and important addition to the company's portfolio of profitable franchises," 2K COO David Ismailer said in a statement. "We are very pleased to extend our partnership with WWE and look forward to many more years of collaboration."

The latest WWE game from 2K was WWE 2K16, which launched in October 2015 for consoles.