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Posted by Jeff Peck on May 16, 2012 at 9:08 pm
THQ revealed in a recent earnings report that rebranding the WWE franchise has been a success.
“The successful rebranding of this annual franchise has led to higher sell-through to date, which is up approximately 20 percent on like-for-like platforms in North America versus the year-ago title,”
The company has shipped 2.2 million copies of WWE ’12 since November.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on May 14, 2012 at 7:37 am
- WWE Games’ Creative Director Cory Ledesma recently stated on his Twitter that more WWE WrestleFest downloadable content packs will be released. DLC Pack 4 was released recently, featuring the inclusion of Daniel Bryan, Mark Henry, Edge, and deceased wrestlers Eddie Guerrero and Mr. Perfect.
- GameBandits.com reports that the art director of WWE ’13 said that the game is “looking better than ever.”
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Posted by Jeff Peck on May 11, 2012 at 8:15 am
THQ issued the following press released yesterday, announcing the inclusion of Daniel Bryan, Mark Henry, Edge, and deceased wrestlers Eddie Guerrero and Mr. Perfect in a new downloadable content pack for the “Wrestlefest” mobile video game:
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – May 10, 2012 – THQ Inc. today announced availability of the downloadable Champions Pack for WWE® WrestleFest™, the recently released 2-D experience for iPhone ® and iPad ® based on the well-known WWE arcade game made popular in the 1990s. Featuring legendary and current-day WWE Superstars who have held highly coveted WWE Championships during their careers, the Champions Pack is available now worldwide through Apple’s App Store for a suggested purchase cost of $0.99 USD and includes the following items:
Current-Day WWE Superstars: Daniel Bryan®, Mark Henry®
Legendary WWE Superstars: Edge®, Eddie Guerrero®, Mr. Perfect™
Arena: Raw is War
For more information about WWE WrestleFest, please visit wwe.thq.com, facebook.com/WWEgames and twitter.com/WWEgames.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on May 4, 2012 at 11:22 am
Jim Ross indicated on Twitter that the WWE ’13 video game will have more than two announcers providing commentary.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on April 26, 2012 at 12:56 pm
DigitalTrends.com features an article looking at Electronic Arts being on the lookout for acquisitions of other video game studios. They speculate that THQ could be acquired, meaning EA would take over the rights to WWE’s video games.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on April 13, 2012 at 10:43 pm
THQ representatives wrote on Twitter that there are currently no plans to include 2012 Hall of Famer Yokozuna in the WWE ’13 video game. WWE ’13 will reportedly have a nostalgia element to it but it won’t focus on Yoko’s era.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on April 9, 2012 at 10:58 am
THQ will reveal the first official details for WWE ’13 at the E3 convention in June.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on April 9, 2012 at 8:45 am
THQ has reportedly improved the CAS Layer count on the PS3 version of WWE ’13 from 32 to 64 and improved the Create-A-Superstar mode.
Speaking of THQ, JoyStiq.com has an article up where Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick predicts they won’t be around much longer:
“THQ has had some good games, but their quality levels aren’t even remotely … the quality hasn’t measured up. THQ won’t be around in six months.”
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Posted by Jeff Peck on April 3, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Jim Ross and others did work on WWE ’13 yesterday.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on April 2, 2012 at 6:19 pm
THQ will be releasing a “WrestleMania Edition” of WWE ’12 in Europe this coming May. The game will feature the Superstars that were available for download once the game was originally released.
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Posted by Jeff Peck on March 31, 2012 at 1:21 pm
THQ officials are reportedly dropping the Road to WrestleMania mode for the WWE ’13 video game and replacing it with a regular “story mode.”
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Posted by Jeff Peck on March 24, 2012 at 12:49 pm
The Road Dogg has revealed that the New Age Outlaws will be in WWE ’13. When asked about it, Road Dogg responded via Twitter: Already did the voiceovers. He confirmed that Billy Gunn was involved as well. No word if they’ll be playable characters or not
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on March 23, 2012 at 8:34 am
Credit – WWEGaming.com
ESPN has posted an article about DDP, the former WWE wrestler namedDiamond Dallas Page reinvented as yoga guru
The article itself says “He doesn’t rule out a return to WWE and a recent agreement has led to him being a character in the latest WWE video games.”
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Considering THQ is focusing on WWE’13 Video Game right now, and these lines by ESPN article clearly indicated that he is in the latest upcoming title, which is WWE’13 releasing Oct-Nov 2012
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on March 22, 2012 at 5:00 pm
THQ sent out this press release earlier today announcing the availability of the donloadable “Broski Pack” for WWE WrestleFest.
WOKING, UK – 22 nd March, 2012 – THQ Inc. today announced availability of the downloadable Broski Pack” for WWE WrestleFest, the recently released 2-D experience for iPhone and iPad based on the well-known WWE arcade game made popular in the 1990s. Based on popular WWE Superstar and ultimate “broski,” Zack Ryder, and available now worldwide through Apple’s App Store for a suggested purchase cost of £0.69 GBP, the Broski Pack includes the following items:
* Current-Day WWE Superstars: Zack Ryder, The Miz and Alberto Del Rio
* Legendary WWE Superstars: Sgt. Slaughter and Yokozuna
* Arena: WrestleMania XXVII
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on February 23, 2012 at 8:11 am
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Former WWE superstar, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, is leading the charge against video game maker, THQ, for low-balling him and other former wrestlers offers to be included in their upcoming “WWE 13″ game.
Here’s what Waltman tweeted yesterday regarding the issue: “thq trying to low ball & deny customary royalties to Attitude Era stars who dont happen to be currently under WWE contract or Legends deal.”
He claims their offer was less than what he’d make in two-three indy shows. It was a flat-rate with no guaranteed money on the backend – a customary typically given to superstars on the current roster and those under “Legends” agreements.
Prior to Waltman tweeting about the upcoming game, I had actually heard something that seems to make more sense out of all of this. Apparently, the theme for “WWE 13″ will have something to do with the Attitude era. If that’s accurate, then X-Pac’s frustration is a little more understandable. I’m not sure he would be so offended with their offer if he wasn’t such an intricate part of the very gimmick THQ plans on using to sell the game.
The outcome of all of this will mean very little to me,as I don’t “game” often. However, I figured I would pass along the information to those of you that do because if “WWE 13″ plans on having an “Attitude” spin on it and more former wrestlers from that era join Waltman in the cause, it could get pretty interesting.
Do the wrestlers give in for the quick payday? Does THQ meet their demands? Is the “Create a Wrestler” mode the only way you’ll be able get X-Pac (and potentially others) in a game built and marketed around the Attitude era?
I expect the two parties will find a compromise, but Waltman will need to lower expectations. He and others might be able to negotiate better base-payments, but I can’t imagine backend money will ever become an option.
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