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The history of WWE SmackDown! (Feature)

Oct 5, 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 ...

BioShock, Guild Wars, Resistance top Swedish charts; Wii misses top 20 (News)

Sep 7, 2007

The Xbox 360 version of BioShock has topped the latest Swedish multiformat sale chart, which is otherwise dominated by PC games. The next five games on the chart are all PC titles - including the PC version of BioShock, listed at number 6. Interestingly, not a single Wii game is in the top 20 spots on the multiformat chart.

The full report includes separate sale charts for multiformat, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, and PSP.

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 - video madness (News)

Mar 27, 2007

The brilliant minds over at THQ clearly don't have enough to do - either that, or they've been staying up way too late and getting far too little sleep. How else does one explain the fact that they've randomly sent over this video of a created character who looks remarkably like Donald Trump beating the hair gel out of a Vince McMahon lookalike. We can only hope this is the first of many. Hey THQ - may we suggest Crazy Bald Britney vs. Hot Young Jailbait Britney for the next one? Granted, if ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 - Trump vs Vince 03-27-07 (Video)

Mar 27, 2007

The best wrestling series ever goes multiformat for the first time, after years of being a PlayStation exclusive.

New Year's solutions (Feature)

Jan 4, 2007

Did you behave well enough last year for Santa to bring you some new games for Christmas? Stuck on them already? Well, don't worry, we've put together a little something for you to unwrap now - that's right, the best cheats, hints and easter eggs for the top-selling Christmas games. Just hit the tabs on the left for the games you want to know about. Many of these cheats were sent in by our readers through CheatPlanet.com (thank you kindly) - so why not share your own best cheats and tricks ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 (Review)

Nov 8, 2006

Ah, WWE SmackDown vs. RAW on PSP - no matter how good last year's game may have been, the thing that people remember most vividly is the fact that it had horribly long load times. The developers remembered this, too; they made a focused effort to drastically reduce loading. And it worked: the loads aren't lightning quick, but they are far faster, now measuring in double-digit seconds instead of minutes. Almost all of the improvements and upgrades from the console games have been crammed into ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 (Screenshots)

Nov 8, 2006

WWE intro video to go (Feature)

Oct 24, 2006

We at GamesRadar value you, our dear readers, and we know how much you folks freak out about the WWE. So, we decided to give you a special treat by capturing all the intro videos for all of the major wrestlers from the upcoming WWE Smackdown! vs RAW 2007 (the dudes that publisher THQ would give us the okay for, anyway) and post them up here for you to download and enjoy on your iPod or PSP (just right click the name and choose "save as"). We'll be updating this list daily until they're all up, ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 - PSP hands-on (Preview)

Sep 8, 2006

2007 is shaping up to be a vintage year for fans of wrestling, fighting games or just the sight of grown men hurting each other. The genre's flagship franchise, WWE SmackDown! vs RAW, is continuing to expand from its PS2 roots to explore both next-gen and handheld territory. And while we've smashed many a photo realistic face and produced many a beautifully rendered drop of sweat in our previews of the Xbox 360 edition, we've only recently gotten our hands on the PSP entry. How does it match ...

First look at handheld SmackDown! (News)

Sep 5, 2006

Tuesday 5 September 2006 The first batch of screenshots for the PSP version of WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007 has recently emerged, showing an impressive-looking scaled down version of the next wrestling ruckus. While we've had a pretty good look at SmackDown! 2007 on Xbox 360, publisher THQ has been more cagey about showing us the other, less pretty versions of the wrestlefest. A trickle of PS2 screens started in July but, for a long time, there has been no sign of a PSP screenshot - odd, ...

First look at handheld SmackDown! (News)

Sep 1, 2006

While we've gotten a pretty good look at WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 on the Xbox 360, publisher THQ has been more cagey about showing us the other, less pretty versions of the next-gen wrestlefest. A trickle of PS2 screens started in July, but for a long time, we didn't seen screen one from the PSP edition - odd, considering it's scheduled to hit stores in ...

The ring is your weapon (Feature)

Aug 18, 2006

Fighting hand-to-hand was all well and good way back in the 8-bit stone age of video games, but these days, audiences expect a little more. Specifically, they expect to be able to use anything and everything to mete out horrible injury to their enemies. When it hits in November, WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 will answer the call by enabling players to take advantage of environmental hotspots spread out across the arena. And whether it's grinding your opponent's face into a chain-link fence or ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 updated hands-on (Preview)

Aug 1, 2006

First, let's cover the part of this preview that WWE fans really want to hear: the confirmed roster for WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 so far includes Johnny Nitro, The Undertaker and Shelton Benjamin, along with the previously revealed John Cena, Triple H, Rey Mysterio, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit and Booker T. With that out of the way, we can continue. We've tangled with the Xbox 360 version of SmackDown! before, but this is the first chance we've had to really take our time with it. And while ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 (Preview)

Jun 28, 2006

In the movies, a fighter on the rise usually gets a montage outlining his climb up the ladder to success and butt-kickery. If any game were worthy of such treatment, it would be WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007. Spanning five platforms and sporting a feature list almost as long as its title, this game has been putting some serious time in at the gym. The SmackDown series - adding "vs. Raw" to the moniker back in 2004 - has become the franchise leader in wrestling games, WWE or otherwise. Now that ...

More SmackDown! next-gen plans revealed (News)

Jun 23, 2006

With a new game in the SmackDown! series piledriving its way onto shelves every November, the perpetual quandary facing the developer is what can be added each year that hasn't been done already. The answer for SmackDown! vs Raw 2007, it seems, comes in the shape of a new interface, far greater control over grappling maneuvers... and a realistic new sweat system. And as these brand new shots demonstrate, there's now also far more scope for scrapping outside the ring, thanks to a new 'fighting ...

SmackDown! exposed: 'We weren't sure what we were doing!' (Feature)

May 30, 2006

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 ...

SmackDown! confidential - part 1 (Feature)

May 26, 2006

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 ...

SmackDown! confidential - part 2 (Feature)

May 26, 2006

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 ...

SmackDown! The inside story (Feature)

May 24, 2006

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 ...

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 - hands-on (Preview)

May 16, 2006

The still-in-progress WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 was on display behind closed doors at E3, and GamesRadar got a firsthand look at the shiny new Xbox 360 version on Friday. What's more, we had a chance to step into Kurt Angle's boots and trade a few backhand slaps with (another journalist playing as) John Cena, and the game looks to be filling out nicely so far. Admittedly, the 360's visuals didn't seem a huge improvement over the already-impressive PS2 SmackDown! vs RAW 2006, at least not at ...

SmackDown! vs RAW 2007: Exclusive interview (Feature)

May 5, 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 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 ...

SmackDown! vs Raw 2007: Exclusive interview (Feature)

May 5, 2006

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 ...

WWE Superstar Speaks on SmackDown! (Feature)

Apr 18, 2006

Not only is WWE wrestler Shelton Benjamin the reigning intercontinental champion, he's also been the winner of the WWE Superstar Challenge - the knockout videogame tournament in which wrestlers go head-to-head in bouts of SmackDown! on PS2 - for four years in a row. After he once again trounced the competition in this year's contest, we caught up with Benjamin for the full SmackDown! lowdown... You've won the WWE Superstar Challenge four years in a row now. Is there anyone even close to your ...

SmackDown! vs. Raw goes multi-platform (News)

Mar 31, 2006

Top wrestling series WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw has gone fully multiformat for the first time ever. SmackDown! vs Raw 2007 - the series' eighth incarnation - will be released in November and, as well as offering the expected PS2 and PSP games, there will also be versions available for PS3 and Xbox 360. Until now, the well-regarded grapple-'em-ups had been exclusive to PlayStation ever since the original SmackDown! (then under the WWF brand) was released for PSone in 1999. We're reporting live ...

Unlockable Ledgens (Cheat)

Apr 16, 2008

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Shovel in Parking Lot (Hint)

May 8, 2007

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Unlockable Arenas (Unlockable)

May 8, 2007

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