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Review: Fire Pro Wrestling

The original Fire Pro Wrestling was a game specifically for the hardcore fans of pro wrestling. I'm not talking about the male soap-opera that is WWE, but a more brutal version such as some of the Japanese wrestling circuits ...   more

Review: Fire Pro Wrestling photo

Pro Wrestling X: Uprising makes a surprise release

Pro Wrestling X has been a distant dream for Dave Wishnowski, the independent game developer who wanted more out of his wrestling videogame experience than what the big-budget titles were offering. Inspired by games like AKI'...   more

Pro Wrestling X: Uprising makes a surprise release photo

Review: WWE '13

Ah, annual sports iterations. Many of us await them with open arms year after year, and the rest yawn in disapproval. After the massive overhaul with the Predator Technology engine in WWE '12, fans were asking, "What's next?"...   more

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WWE '13's DLC schedule revealed

Pictured: my favorite wrestler of all time, who also happens to be coming to WWE '13. Lucky me!THQ has just announced their DLC plans for WWE '13, and for better or worse, it's quite a bit of content. Their DLC plan...   more

WWE '13's DLC schedule revealed photo

Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold

Ah, a new year, a new WWE legend being featured on the cover of the next installment of THQ's wrestling games. All is well in the universe. Now, I don't claim to know anything at all about wrestling, but I'm assuming this ye...   more

Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo


Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo
Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo
Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo
Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo
Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo
Collector's Edition of WWE '13 sure to be stone cold photo



WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii

THQ has announced WWE '13, and with that came some backstory about how CM Punk has changed wrestling like how Stone Cold Steve Austin changed things 15 years ago. There's more to it then that, but, yeah. Wrestling! So what's...   more

WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo


WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo
WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo
WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo
WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo
WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo
WWE '13 coming October 30 for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii photo



This is what I wanted Skyrim to be like

Some people like Skyrim. Some people don't. From what I can tell, the difference between the two groups lies in their interest (or lack there of) in wandering around in a virtual landscape that earnestly attempts t...   more

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Diva DLC announced for WWE '12

WWE '12 is still not on store shelves, but that hasn't stopped THQ from prepping for a future DLC release. The Diva pack will be the first DLC to hit, which is planned to be released in December. Here's all the Diva's include...   more

Diva DLC announced for WWE '12 photo

Ay dios mio! Sin Cara's on the Latin cover of WWE 12

I don't recall ever seeing a game getting a Latin American Edition, but it's fitting that a wrestling game would blaze that trail. Masked luchador Sin Cara will be replacing Randy Orton as the cover athlete for WWE 12 in...   more

Ay dios mio! Sin Cara's on the Latin cover of WWE 12 photo

Customize Everything in WWE'12

Check it out. The latest video for THQ's upcoming wrestling title showcases an amazing amount of customization. It looks like you'll be able to tweak just about everything to your liking in WWE'12. And I mean everything. Fro...   more

Customize Everything in WWE'12 photo

Break everything you own with Hulk Hogan on Kinect

Panic Button Games will soon unleash Hulkamania via Hulk Hogan's Main Event, and those of you whom reserve at GameStop will be given a pre-order t-shirt.  The game will be exclusive to the Kinect, which of course means i...   more

Break everything you own with Hulk Hogan on Kinect photo

Suck down some Sake Express Pro Wrestling if you dare

It's rare that I get news tips sent directly to my personal email, but after playing Sake Express Pro Wrestling, I think that I understand why someone would send this game just to me. If I were a videogame developer, I'd pro...   more

Suck down some Sake Express Pro Wrestling if you dare photo

WWE 12 shows off its new Predator Technology

THQ breaks down their new Predator Technology in the latest trailer for WWE 12. I got to sit down with the guys over at THQ and when they started talking about "Predator Technology," my first thought was cloaked wrestling. W...   more

WWE 12 shows off its new Predator Technology photo

Preview: WWE 12

It's difficult for games with annual release dates to really improve drastically from year to year. More often then not, developers choose to focus more on improving or adding one or two features and hoping it's e...   more

Preview: WWE 12 photo


Preview: WWE 12 photo
Preview: WWE 12 photo
Preview: WWE 12 photo
Preview: WWE 12 photo
Preview: WWE 12 photo
Preview: WWE 12 photo



Here's the near-complete list of wrestlers for WWE 12

Following the somewhat recent announcement of The Rock being a pre-order bonus, THQ has released a hefty list on their site that almost details the complete roster of wrestlers. I haven't played a wrestling game in years, but...   more

Here's the near-complete list of wrestlers for WWE 12 photo

WWE 12 can smell what The Rock is cooking

Before The Rock started going by his real name and doing movies like Toothfairy he was an awesome wrestler, and THQ is giving those who pre-orders WWE 12 a chance to add him to their team. Anyone living in the United States o...   more

WWE 12 can smell what The Rock is cooking photo

WWE: Brawl steps out of the ring and into the streets

WWE games, such as their most recent WWE All-Stars, are the type of game that probably come to mind when you think of the wrestling franchise. The corporate brain behind this old entertainment past-time is trying something n...   more

WWE: Brawl steps out of the ring and into the streets photo

E3: Majesco details line-up, includes Hogan, Rayne

Majesco has a pretty interesting line-up for E3 this year, including three Mama titles, one Kinect wrestling game, and the return of a busty vampire-killing dhampir.  The full list of games can be found after the ju...   more

E3: Majesco details line-up, includes Hogan, Rayne photo

Review: WWE All-Stars

As someone who grew up in the ’80s, I have fond memories of these rubber WWF toys that I’d ricochet all over my house. Drop Hulk Hogan on his rubbery toes in just the right place and he’d spring forward, sma...   more

Review: WWE All-Stars photo




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