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Aug 23, 2004
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW
THQ have just announced the full roster for forthcoming PS2 scrapper WWE SmackDown! vs Raw - and the game will mark the first time grapple legend Bret 'Hitman' Hart makes an appearance in the SmackDown! series. Hart hasn't appeared in the WWE (or WWF as it was then called) since the infamous Survivor Series double-cross in 1997.The roster also features 41 current wrestlers, eight more 'legends' characters (including Mankind, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper and the Road Warriors) and a smattering of ...
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Aug 18, 2004
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW
THQ have released a grapple-bag full of new screenshots of WWE SmackDown! vs Raw, the sixth iteration of their well-regarded SmackDown! series.These latest shots give us an eyeful of some of the game's characters, including Torrie Wilson, Kane, Shelton Benjamin, Eddie Guerrero, John Cena, Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels. There's also a shot of one of the game's 'legends', Andre the Giant, in action against his modern-day equivalent Big Show.We'll have loads more on SmackDown! vs Raw this ...
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Jul 26, 2004
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW
THQ have just released a slew of new screenshots of WWE SmackDown! vs Raw - the sixth game in the acclaimed grapple-series. The PS2 title is again being coded by Japanese wrestle-game uber-coders Yuke's and, despite the name, isn't related to the underwhelming Raw games for Xbox. Phew.Little official information has been released as yet but, as evidenced by the shots, we can expect a fully updated roster (including Randy Orton, John Cena and Batista) and the usual backstage antics as part of an ...
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Jun 12, 2006
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
Monday 12 June 2006 Here's an excellent fan video that's popped up on YouTube.com, featuring a series of scraps between Nintendo's biggest characters and staged within the confines of a WWE game. As if Nintendo's Super Smash Bros games didn't feature enough crossover carnage already, a dedicated follower of both game series has brought Mario, Pikachu, Kirby, Wario and others - including a brilliantly realised Zero Suit Samus - to life via the character editing options of a WWE game. Be sure ...
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Mar 31, 2006
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
Friday 31 March 2006 The fourth annual WWE Superstar Challenge, held in Chicago yesterday, saw Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin emerge victorious, continuing his stranglehold on the annual SmackDown! vs Raw videogame tournament run by publisher THQ. Benjamin has won every previous competition - which pits the real-life WWE stars against each other in THQ's official game - and it was the same old story as he overcame MNM member Johnny Nitro in the final in Chicago. Before the ...
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Nov 21, 2005
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
Wrestling star John Cena has added to his existing title of WWE Champion by winning THQ's inaugural European Superstar Challenge. The event took place last week in Manchester, to coincide with WWE's huge show at the Manchester Evening News Arena, and was hosted by MTV's Dave Berry and grappling legend Ric Flair. The competition pitted a slew of wrestlers - each playing as themselves - against one another in bouts of new PS2 wrestlefest Smackdown vs Raw 2006. A total of 300 competition ...
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Nov 15, 2005
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 12 November1 (NE) WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006(PS2)2 (1) Star Wars Battlefront II(PS2, Xbox, PC)3 (4) FIFA 06(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, DS, GBA, PSP)4 (2) Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories(PSP)5 (3) Pro Evolution Soccer 5(PS2, Xbox, PC)6 (NE) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, DS, GBA)7 (10) The Sims 2(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, DS, GBA)8 (7) Resident Evil 4(PS2, Gamecube)9 (NE) The Matrix ...
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Oct 25, 2005
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
Publisher THQ has announced its first ever THQ European Superstar Challenge - a gaming competition featuring top WWE Superstar talent - and it is scheduled to take place in Manchester on 17 November 2005. WWE Raw Superstars will go head-to-head in the virtual world of THQ's much-anticipated release for PS2 and PSP title, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006. This no-holds-barred competition will test whether the Superstars have what it takes to be king of the gaming ring as they compete in a ...
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Jul 5, 2005
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
The very first nine screens of the seventh instalment of the WWE Smackdown series have finally slipped out of THQ. Parading under the full name of Smackdown vs Raw 2006, the PS2-only game has ditched the taglines but gained a whole new range of sophisticated features. Now strategy will play a far more important role in the ebb and flow of the bouts with momentum affecting the power of your moves and stamina becoming a vital attribute of every fighter. Similarly the new Hardcore stat ...
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Mar 11, 2005
PS2 News | WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2006
The Smackdown wrestling series has survived the legal wrangles between grappling supremos WWE and the games' publisher THQ, gamesradar.com can exclusively reveal. While THQ originally signed up for the licence to produce WWE-themed games until December 2009, a cast major doubt over the future of THQ's critically and commercially successful Smackdown franchise. But a source at THQ has today revealed that they have already been briefed on the next five WWE games - none of which, as yet, have ...
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