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WWE '12 is a game that theoretically should have been awesome. Between throwing someone through a table or a totally sweet cage match, this should be a great party/fighting game. Unfortunately, the controls keep amateurs out of the ring and given the way WWE '12 is designed, you will be explaining what every button does each time you play with someone new. More »
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The latest playable version of THQ's grapple-happy sports entertainment franchise packs in more legends, ladders and leg drops than ever before. Not happy with the storylines on Monday Night Raw? Wish the some up-and-comer was getting a bigger push? You can make it happen for yourself when the game hits stores next week. More »
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Randy "Macho Man" Savage died in a car wreck in May, two months after ending an estrangement with the WWE/F by appearing in THQ's WWE Superstars. Savage, one of the greatest superstars in professional wrestling history, will also appear in the series' flagship video game WWE 12 when it releases its Legends stable of wrestlers in January. More »
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The video website Vimeo is a good place to find video game trailers, clips of people flying Wii Remote-powered drones and people having Kinect mishaps. It's a place where folks upload their create-a-wrestler for WWE video games. That brings us today's random finding: the work of one Tommy Else, who used WWE Raw 2 a 2003 Xbox game that had Bill Goldberg on the cover, to create some celebrity wrestlers. More »
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Regional covers for sports video games are not uncommon, especially for titles like FIFA. (Madden, once upon a time, also had a Spanish edition). I don't know that it's ever been done for THQ's WWE series before now, though. [Update: It has. Several times.] More »
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Back in May, one rasslin' fan from Spokane brought a 3DS to the WWE. In November, THQ will bring the WWE to the 3DS. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5836444&view=rss&microfeed=true Jerry "The King" Lawler and WWE superstar "The Miz" will in a couple of hours reveal the full roster of legends and superstars for WWE 12, live from Summerslam Fan Axxess at 4 p.m. EDT. You can follow it though this live streaming link. More »
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Friday, Totilo noticed someone sitting ringside with a 3DS at WWE SmackDown's recent event in Spokane, Wash., apparently capturing the action with the device's 3D camera. (Kotaku commenter Dr. Zaius: 'Guy was watching the match through the 3DS's 3D lenses. 'Whoa! It's like I'm RIGHT THERE!'") Yesterday, that guy contacted us to share the photos and explain why he chose Aqua Blue. More »
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On Smackdown last night, WWE rasslers Christian and Sheamus finally adjudicated matters inside the ring, and one fan captured the magic moment with an Aqua Blue 3DS, seen here. I bet this does indeed look lovely in 3D. More »
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Randy Poffo, better known as 1980s pro wrestling icon Randy "Macho Man" Savage died today at the age of 58 after suffering a heart attack and losing control of his vehicle, TMZ reported today. More »
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In 1994, the WWF and an emotional Vince McMahon bid farewell to hall-of-fame wrestler Randy Savage. On March 29, the Macho Man ends a 16-year estrangement from the wrestling circuit with his appearance in THQ's WWE All-Stars. More »
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John Cena not your idea of an ideal pro wrestler? And Dhalsim is? No to HHH, but yes to Blanka? More »
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This odd bit of bragging aired during recent WWE programming, part of the wrestling company's practice of flashing statistics about how great it is after commercial breaks. Maybe they're talking about series performance? Because beating NBA Live in a year without NBA Live ain't impressive. More »
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Calling pro wrestling "fake" is neither accurate nor informed. The term is "kayfabe." More »
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THQ today detailed their release plans for a half-dozen games, including Red Faction Armageddon which is now planned for a May 2011 release day. More »
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In May, THQ put UFC Undisputed 2010's online access behind a one-use code, included free in retail copies, or $5 sold online. The same now goes for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, and the code's price raises to $10. More »
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THQ will add a fourth wrestling title to its WWE lineup next year, the publisher's core games chief told CVG. It's not a western release of the Smackdown! vs. Raw Online currently available only in Asia, but something completely new. More »
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WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011 will add a new move-set, Kotaku learned yesterday. Finishers from the top of the ladder, 10-15 of them. More »
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E3's famous "booth babes" don't just appear out of thin air. They're hired somewhere. Usually in ads like this, for publisher THQ, which has some stringent demands for the upcoming trade show next month in Los Angeles. More »
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Jack Friedman, the founder of publisher THQ - the guys behind UFC, Dawn of War & Company Of Heroes - passed away yesterday at the age of 70. More »
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Apparently it's not enough that Dante Alighieri practically invented the Italian language and wrote an epic poem that solidified our views of Hell. Or that he's the star of his own video game. No, now he's a WWE wrestler too. More »
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THQ wrapped up two big loose ends at the end of this year, reaching a settlement with Jakks Pacific over who owed what for the rights to World Wrestling Entertainment and, separately, extending its deal with the promoter to 2018. More »
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You can read here a wrestling game review, written by a lapsed wrestling fan (me!). But first, I challenge Flower fans and Ico lovers to find a better gaming subject for their college thesis than Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010. More »
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THQ is claiming victory over partner Jakks Pacific in the most recent match of the long-running no-holds-barred legal battle royal the two have been in over the licensing rights for World Wrestling Entertainment. More »
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It's a no holds barred legal struggle between partners Jakks Pacific and THQ over when and if they should renew their licensing agreement with the WWE, set to expire at the end of this year. More »
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Yahoo! has published their list of the most searched terms of 2008, and popular free MMO Runescape has actually made the cut, coming in at number 5, beating out Naruto, Jessica Alba, and Lindsay Lohan. More »
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Thank goodness for MTV's Stephen Totilo's love of pro wrestling. Without it, we never would have heard about how Lara Croft triumphed over countless female wrestlers during this past weekend's WWE Cyber Sunday pay-per-view event. Mickie James represented gamers everywhere with her dark take on the Tomb Raider star, taking top honors in the competition, which featured the entire inventory of the slutty section of your local holiday costume store. Just when you thought things couldn't get any better than this, a fight broke out. More »
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You probably won't remember, but back in 2004, the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) sued THQ. The wrasslers accused THQ of bribery and - get this - racketeering, basically saying that THQ swindled them on a licensing deal. They weren't only seeking to have THQ's licensing deal cancelled, but were also after a hefty payout. Well, the Connecticut state court's thrown the case out, after the federal court did the same thing, which means not even some sneaky Jimmy Hart megaphone action can save the WWE in this one. More »
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As this is the weekend, let's open up with some classic Saturday-morning fare: Professional wrestling. Think that emblem on rassler Cody Rhodes' boot above is just a coincidence? Nope. Rhodes not only pays tribute to the Triforce in every bout, not only lives his professional life by its creed, he also replays The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past every year on his Super Nintendo. So when he stamps Power, Courage and Wisdom into your face, sumbitch comes by it honestly. More »
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Despite reporting modest revenue growth for its 13th consecutive year, THQ reported a net loss of $35.3 million for the fiscal year ending March 2008. The company's sales totaled $1030.5 million, relatively little change from last year's $1,026.9 sales. More »
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Nine-year-old Kieran Price is the latest victim in a brutal Xbox 360 signature erasing spree from Microsoft's repairs department. According to the Nottingham Evening Post, the traumatized Kieran had a handful of signatures from WWE wrestlers removed from his Xbox 360 when it was sent in for repairs, despite mother Janet being told that they would remain intact. Autographs from John Cena and Michelle McCool, as well as an unspecified amount of bronzer were removed during service. More »
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What happens when WWE mogul Vince McMahon shows up on Larry King Live? Larry King has to give him the smack down with a little help from video games. The best part of the clip is that Larry "I'm a killa" King really enjoys watching his virtual self beat the snot out of McMahon while McMahon shifts nervously in his chair. More »
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Kotakuite Brian P. tells us that the WWE is producing a new T-shirt for one of it's big stars, John Cena. The shirt features an 8-bit style graphic based on the cover of Nintendo's classic Pro Wrestling. The back has some different "moves" above some d-pad graphics. The shirt is selling for $25 dollars but won't be officially released until Feb. 25. One wonders what Nintendo is going to have to say about this one. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=357327&view=rss&microfeed=true Every year the wrestling games look better and better, getting closer and closer to luring me into a purchase, despite my vociferous belittling of the 'sport' an its fans. Most wrestling games I have played look excellent in screenshots but animate just this side of a paper cutout on popsicle stick puppet show. I need a wrestling game that makes me feel like I am actually walking across the ring instead of sliding with a walking motion attached. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=269882&view=rss&microfeed=true I used to love WWF when Vince McMahon would actually came out of the woodwork from time to time and brawled with Triple H for marrying into his family by drugging his daughter ("Oh no he did-ent!). Although I don't watch it anymore, I'm still definitely going to buy WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 for the Wii after seeing this clip and also just in case Mr. McMahon is a special bonus character or something. Kim Phu More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248833&view=rss&microfeed=true This Sunday at Wrestlemania 23, WWE chairman Vince McMahon and billionaire television personality Donald Trump sqaure off in the ring, with the loser getting his head shaved by the winner! Alright, so they are fighting by proxy, but the hair thing still stands. For those of you as disappointed as I am that we won't be seeing Trump get hit with a chair, THQ has released a video done in Smackdown Vs, RAW 2007 that delves into what might have been. More »
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According to the German THQ site, there will no longer be a PlayStation 3 SKU of THQ's WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007. Despite being announced in May for the PS3, the game appears to have been shelved for the time being. Or has it? A site admin for the German THQ site had this to say: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=189239&view=rss&microfeed=true Thanks to Metafuture for scoring this once-in-a-lifetime footage of a historic E3 media event. Florian Eckhardt More »
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If you came to E3 wanting to see the clothes of burly men who wear tights, or if you've had enough of looking at women in skimpy outfits and want instead to be able to view the skimpy outfits without being distracted by the women, then you're in luck. THQ, the publishers of the upcoming WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2007, have some of the actual outfits worn by actual professional wrestlers on display, including Mankind's face mask and several small pieces of cloth whimsically referred to as WWE divas' "outfits." Several displays are filled with the goods and locked behind glass so that nobody can sniff them. More »
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