http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008/articles/Yesterday, we mercilessly tore apart your favorite games, explaining in cruel, cold detail why you have always been wrong for loving them. Today, the tables are turned. Today, we open ourselves up to ridicule. The following games are really, honestly bad. If not, they’re hopelessly broken or...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-games-we-hate-to-love/March 26, 2009, 1:58 p.m.Last week, we had a chance to check out the final build of WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2009 in the desolate city of Tampa, Florida. Interestingly enough, we didn’t see any WWE wrasslin’, but rather the scrappy up-and-comers from the WWE’s minor league, Florida Championship Wrestling....http://www.gamesradar.com/the-sexy-sexy-babes-of-florida-championship-wrestling/Nov. 3, 2008, 1:06 p.m.If there’s one thing us gamers love to do, it’s sit on our asses. And rarely are we ever tempted away from blowing the crap out of zombies and Nazis to partake in the sportsman-like area of gaming. Hell, anything involving increased blood flow, stretching or rapid movement is a waste of...http://www.gamesradar.com/top-7-sports-games-nerds-actually-like/June 30, 2008, 2:04 p.m.With the recent announcement of ultimate Cro-Magnon bust-em-up, WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2009 for every system under the sun, we rounded up images from all installments to see if history’s been kind to the aging grappler. Head here to chart the rise and fall of the core gameplay, even...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-visual-history-of-wwe-smackdown/April 17, 2008, 1:22 p.m.Nov 28, 2007 SmackDowns changed quite a lot this year. The big news is the arrival of the ECW brand - with Sandman, Burke and Sabu on board youre going to have to learn to use tables, ladders and chairs like you never have before, and with Dreamer up against you in General Manager (GM) mode youre...http://www.gamesradar.com/dominate-wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008/Nov. 28, 2007, 6:18 p.m.Nov 9, 2007 Males between the ages of 10 and 34 - put down that Victorias Secret catalogue and shut off Family Guy ‘cause we have a spanking-new SmackDown! vs Raw 2008 trailer for your adolescent-minded peepers. On display here is the entrance theme for the members of DX, Triple H and Shawn...http://www.gamesradar.com/new-wwe-smackdown-2008-trailer/Nov. 9, 2007, 7:20 p.m.Oct 15, 2007 THQ sends word that a demo of its latest burly bruiser WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2008 is now up for download on Xbox Live. The 360 preview lets you try out the new Superstar Fighting Styles and Struggle Submission System, which THQ says "significantly enhances" gameplay from the last...http://www.gamesradar.com/smackdown-vs-raw-demo-out-now/Oct. 15, 2007, 8:32 p.m.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 http://www.gamesradar.com/the-history-of-wwe-smackdown/Oct. 5, 2007, 2:42 p.m.Oct 1, 2007 We know, we know - all this talk about the brand new Superstar Fighting System and ECW Extreme Rules match for this years inclusion into the WWE SmackDown! franchise has got your tights in a bunch because you havent yet sampled the fine musclehead beatdowns. Turn that frown upside down...http://www.gamesradar.com/smackdown-demo-hits-stores/Oct. 1, 2007, 4:49 p.m.Sept 21, 2007 One constant complaint from fans of the long-running SmackDown! franchise has been that the wrestlers control the same for the most part. Oh sure, specific wrestlers have been tweaked annually to reflect their real-life counterpart and weight class, but now you can choose primary and...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-fighting-styles-of-smackdown-08/Sept. 21, 2007, 2:44 p.m.Sep 17, 2007 In the real world, an ass-kicking is an ass-kicking. It doesn't matter if the other guy is a street brawling gang banger, your martial artist dorm buddy, the bully on the playground, or the girl scout from down the street - the fundamental problem is someone is pounding their knuckles...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-hands-on-style-showdown-11/Sept. 17, 2007, 8:38 p.m.Sep 17, 2007 In the real world, an ass-kicking is an ass-kicking. It doesn't matter if the other guy is a street brawling gang banger, your martial artist dorm buddy, the bully on the playground, or the girl scout from down the street - the fundamental problem is someone is pounding their knuckles...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-hands-on-style-showdown/Sept. 17, 2007, 8:38 p.m.Sep 17, 2007 In the real world, an ass-kicking is an ass-kicking. It doesn't matter if the other guy is a street brawling gang banger, your martial artist dorm buddy, the bully on the playground, or the girl scout from down the street - the fundamental problem is someone is pounding their knuckles...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-hands-on-style-showdown-12/Sept. 17, 2007, 8:37 p.m.Sep 17, 2007 In the real world, an ass-kicking is an ass-kicking. It doesn't matter if the other guy is a street brawling gang banger, your martial artist dorm buddy, the bully on the playground, or the girl scout from down the street - the fundamental problem is someone is pounding their knuckles...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-hands-on-style-showdown-10/Sept. 17, 2007, 8:37 p.m.Sept 17, 2007 WWE's empire of brooding musclemen and wild theatrics has seen the light on most every console under the sun, generally with slight improvements considering the SmackDown franchise is released annually like other sports games. Not so for Nintendo's platforms, now seeing their first...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-08-hands-on-10/Sept. 17, 2007, 6:02 p.m.Sept 17, 2007 Before you get your tights in a bunch over how much you think the motion controls in the Wiis first attempt at beefcake-theater will disappoint, were here to say that the mechanics dont suck. Really. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 08 provides - were happy to say - action that is quick,...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-08-updated-hands-on/Sept. 17, 2007, 2:14 p.m.Sept 13, 2007 If you've played a fair bit of the earlier WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW games, you'd know that nothing's more satisfying than clocking your opponent over the head with a chair, pounding his face in with a sledgehammer or chucking his lifeless ass through a table. Sure, you could fight a...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-08-extreme-rules-match/Sept. 13, 2007, 6:14 p.m.Aug 20, 2007 At a WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 event held in London last week, THQ's vice president of product development, Keith Kirby, revealed that gamers could look forward to a lot more WWE offerings in the future, providing dedicated lovers of the wrestling with more besides the annual update...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-spin-offs-in-the-pipeline/Aug. 20, 2007, 5:07 p.m.Miis are cool and all but remember when we were excited to see our digital creations pop up in every Wii game wed own? Remember how Nintendo refuses to make that happen - prompting games such as MySims to have you create better/cooler versions of Miis? What gives Nintendo? We show you how things...http://www.gamesradar.com/miis-invade-your-wii-game/July 19, 2007, 8:39 p.m.That the SmackDown games have become stale in recent years is undeniable. The last couple felt particularly bogged down with samey-feeling characters, an ill-conceived stamina system and, in last year's outing especially, bafflingly idiotic AI - which Lead Programmer Reiji Sato went so far as to...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-more-hands-on/July 18, 2007, 4:52 p.m.Ever since we first tried the Wii's motion-sensitive controls, there's been a nagging question at the back of our minds: "What could a wrestling game do with this?" As it turns out, the reality isn't nearly as fantastic as our dreams of throwing angry man-mountains around in real time, with our...http://www.gamesradar.com/e3-07-wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-hands-on/July 11, 2007, 12:32 p.m."Recently I was playing against someone and he was fighting like Stone Cold Steve Austin," says Taku Chihaya, director of the new SmackDown!, "Not because of the character, but just because he never stopped. He was going crazy." This is what SmackDown's all about. It's not about the wrestlers just...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-08-hands-on/July 6, 2007, 6:46 p.m.The lights dim. The audience quietens to an excited hush. In stomps the first combatant, 90 percent macho posturing and 10 percent dewy perspiration. He looks to the crowd and waves the patented John Cena taunt - a hand fluttering in front of his face signifying that “you cant see me.”...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-17/May 31, 2007, 8:47 p.m.If you thought the notion of squeezing hulking great man-mountains into the slender Wii was farfetched, then weve got no idea how youll cope with the idea of the DS version of WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2008. Its incredibly http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-10/May 31, 2007, 7:57 p.m.Gradually, the WWE games review scores have, like a greasy tortoise, been slipping slowly downhill - due mainly to the fact that theyve started to feel the same, year in, year out. We want this decline to be arrested and SmackDown! 2008, the series PS3 debut - following the cancellation of last...http://www.gamesradar.com/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2008-16/May 11, 2007, 2:59 p.m.