On February 24, 2017, Spike Chunsoft debuted a website featuring a teaser video of the series making a possible return. Less than a week later, on March 3, "Fire Pro Wrestling World" would be officially announced, returning the series to its roots, in terms of graphical presentation and gameplay mechanics. Also, the new game would be the first in the series to incorporate online multiplayer gameplay on the PC via Steam and the PlayStation 4 console. Fire Pro Wrestling World was released to Early Access on Steam for the PC platform on July 10, 2017, and left Early Access, to a full release, on December 18, 2017.