New AO 2 video game features innovations and more players

Just in time for the Australian summer, the world is getting a bigger and better version of the AO Tennis video game that was first unveiled in 2018. In AO Tennis 2, released by Big Ant Studios, over 20,000 players and hundreds of courts are available for an immersive, customizable playing experience.

The game has all your favorites, including Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Angelique Kerber, Belinda Bencic, Marin Cilic, Alex de Minaur, Karen Khachanov, Karolina Pliskova, Daria Gavrilova and many more.

Users should be impressed by the lifelike appearance of the competitors since they were made with impeccable attention to detail, and with some of the players' help. For the 2018 AO Tennis edition, Thanasi Kokkinakis quite literally turned himself into a video game.

On court, there are so many options from slices to drop shots to underarm serves (you’re welcome Nick Kyrgios fans) to keep you motivated to practice and compete all day long. You can even challenge a call, with Hawk-Eye showing you the bounce of the ball.

There’s a lot more than just point play in AO Tennis 2. You get to customize your players, from outfit colors to bicep muscle size, and build venues from scratch, from backdrops to light sizes. The new version introduces career mode, which lets you plot out a player’s schedule and manage his or her reputation in the press room.

Published by BIGBEN, AO Tennis 2 will be available on PC on Thursday, with the Xbox1, Switch and PS4 versions available on February 11.