Like many of the Neo-Geo fighting crop (Samurai Showdown not included), the World Heroes series has some mixed reactions in this day and age. For example, its Virtual Console debut got a less than favorable mark from resident retro expert Jeremy Parish.

Nevertheless, SNK Playmore announced that a compilation would be coming our way entitled World Heroes Anthology, the American counterpart to the recently released Japanese World Heroes Gorgeous.
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28 Apr 2006

Eightballs clack on PS2, PSP

PS2 News | World Pool Championship 2007

Pool games are one of those great mysteries of the video-game industry. New ones seemingly appear out of thin air on a fairly regular basis, and while we've never heard of anyone looking forward to the next big billiards simulator, they just keep coming. The latest entries in the genre are due out this fall, courtesy of Sega. The company yesterday announced that it plans to publish World Pool Championship 2007 for the PlayStation 2, and World Pool Challenge 2007 for the PSP. Featuring ...
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12 May 2006

E3 06: World Series of Poker: Tournament of...

PS2 News | World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

Activision's World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions picks up where last year's game left off - namely, at the poker table. This year, the gambling sim features a story mode, where you become the card-playing protege of bearded card shark Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, slowly building up your reputation and winning record to the point where you get invited to the exclusive, titular tournament. You'll find yourself among some famous company, including professional players like ...
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23 Mar 2006

Winning Eleven 10 coming soon

PS2 News | World Soccer Winning Eleven 10

Konami has revealed that Winning Eleven 10, the next instalment in its obsessively adored football franchise - which is better known to UK gamers as Pro Evolution Soccer - will be released in Asia on 27 April, well ahead of this summer's World Cup in Germany. What changes series producer Shingo Takatsuka has implemented since the previous version is unclear, although it's suspected that there will be new modes of play and an option to enable an automated tactics system that will simplify the ...
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8 Jun 2004

Winning Eleven 8: Latest shots uncovered

PS2 News | World Soccer Winning Eleven 8

The trickle of screenshots from Winning Eleven 8 - the Japanese game that will eventually become Pro Evolution Soccer 4 when it reaches the UK - continues apace today with a smattering of new in-game images.The shots, which are taken from Japanese games mag Famitsu, aren't of the highest quality but they do give you a taster of what's in store from what promises to be yet another superb outing for the seminal footie series.While it's been confirmed that Winning Eleven 8 won't include an online ...
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1 Jun 2004

Winning Eleven 8: first shots!

PS2 News | World Soccer Winning Eleven 8

Gooooallll! The first shots of Winning Eleven 8 (Pro Evolution 4 to European pundits) are in and while we can't see anything new in the two screens, we're beginning to feel that Pro Evo tingle all over again.Very little is known about this new instalment of the finest football game ever but we're aware that the Master League mode will now boast 130+ teams - a significant increase over Pro Evo 3's 64. The only other tidbit is that a new "growth and decline" mechanism is being introduced - ...
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10 May 2004

Winning Eleven 8 announced

PS2 News | World Soccer Winning Eleven 8

Konami have surprised exactly no-one with the announcement of Winning Eleven 8, the latest in their critically and popularly acclaimed footy series. Details are scarce at the moment, but we can tell you that Master League mode will feature 130+ playable teams (up from 64) and a new "growth and decline" system that seems to be some sort of constantly updated handicapping system. A footy catch-up mode, in effect. Mmmn.World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 will debut on PS2 in Japan on 5 August. We'll ...
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20 Oct 2004

Is WWE Smackdown dead?

PS2 News | WWE Smackdown Vs Raw

In a turn of events almost as bizarre as the pseudo-sport itself, wrestling giants WWE have filed a lawsuit against THQ - who possess the licence to publish WWE-based games until December 2009, which includes the hugely successful Smackdown series.The suit alleges that a former WWE licensing and merchandising boss received bribes from toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific in 1998 to ensure that a joint venture between Jakks and THQ would be given the rights to produce WWE videogames - even though ...
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23 Aug 2004

Bret Hart to make SmackDown! debut

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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18 Aug 2004

SmackDown! vs Raw: New characters revealed

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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