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15 Jan 2009
PS3 Feature | World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
PS3 - World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets - The longest game names of all time

There are two editorial gold mines in the videogame-list business. The first is box art, because laughing at other people’s hard work gone awry is fantastically easy. Right behind those myriad articles about game packaging are lists devoted to poking fun at their very names – and we’re not afraid to go back to the well for another bit of fun. ...

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10 Apr 2009
PS3 Feature | WWE Legends of WrestleMania
PS3 - WWE Legends of WrestleMania - A trip through WrestleMania Weekend

Last weekend, Associate Production Editor Henry Gilbert and I flew to Houston, Texas for WrestleMania 25 weekend. Sponsored by THQ’s Legends of WrestleMania, the festivities included THQ’s annual superstar challenge – where the WWE wrasslers compete in the Legends game, the Hall of Fame ceremony and the big event itself, WrestleMania 25. ...

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9 Jan 2009
PS3 Feature | WWE Legends of WrestleMania
PS3 - WWE Legends of WrestleMania - Best first quarter for video games EVER?

We just made it through the holiday rush, wallets scraped bare from last year’s heaviest hitters, and there are no fewer than eleven quality games about to rush us. The first quarter (January through March) is usually a time of “catch-up,” where you play all the stuff that keeps piling up on your teetering backlog of games. Not happening this time.

No matter your platform there’s something killer on the way ...

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5 Oct 2007
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
Oct 5, 2007 With SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008 debuting next month, now's as good a time as any to look back on the series' highs and lows from the last decade - without the original PSOne titles (sorry fans). Join us on a rollercoaster ride through the heart of ...
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30 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
Friday 19 May 2006 With the long running WWE SmackDown! series about to make the transition to next-gen - SmackDown! vs Raw 2007 will be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year, alongside PS2 and PSP versions - we were recently given a rare opportunity to quiz the masterminds behind the game, the Yokohama-based development team Yuke's. In part one of our exclusive interview, we quiz them on next-gen difficulties, how they sidestep not being able to motion-capture top WWE stars, and what ...
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26 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
Wherever the future of gaming takes us, we know there will be wrestling there. WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 proves it, riding the next-gen wave with fully interactive wrestling arenas, brawling in the stands, more realistic grappling and some of the slickest-looking wrestlers you've ever seen. (For the full scoop, check out our hands-on preview.) During E3, we sat down to pick the brains of two of the game's developers - Hiromi Furuta, senior vice president of Yuke's, and Taku Chihaya, senior ...
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26 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
In part one of our interview with two of the developers of WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007, we learned about wrestler rosters, new opportunities for dirty tricks and their sources of inspiration. In part two, Yuke's Senior Vice President Hiromi Furuta and Senior Director Taku Chihaya (along with translator and project manager Colin Mack) talk about making the leap to next-gen consoles, their thoughts on the Wii and why the PS2 version won't suck despite its current-gen tarnish. When you first ...
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24 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
Wednesday 24 May 2006 In part two of our exclusive interview, SmackDown! developer Yuke's talks PS3 controllers, keeping up with roster changes, elusive legends and Wii. To read the first part of the interview, click here. Sony recently announced its new PS3 controller will have a motion sensor. Can you see a way of using that in a future SmackDown! game? Taka Chihaya (Yokohama studio senior director, Yuke's): Well, I only touched one for the first time at E3 so I haven't had much time to ...
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5 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
This is a big year for WWE SmackDown! The long-running wrestling series - it debuted on PSone in 1999 - will be released later this year on PS2, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360. This marks not only its next-gen debut but also the first time a SmackDown! game has appeared on a non-Sony platform. You'll be able to read our exclusive hands-on of SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 direct from E3 next week. But in the run-up to getting intimate with the game, we caught up with THQ creative manager Cory Ledesma to find ...
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5 May 2006
PS3 Feature | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007
Friday 5 May 2006 This is a big year for WWE SmackDown! The long-running wrestling series - it debuted on PSone in 1999 - will be released later this year on PS2, PSP, PS3 /and/ Xbox 360. This marks not only its next-gen debut but also the first time a SmackDown! game has appeared on a non-Sony platform. You'll be able to read our exclusive playtest of SmackDown! vs Raw 2007 direct from E3 next week. But in the run-up to getting hands-on with the game, we caught up with THQ creative manager ...
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