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From the article: EA Sports have announced that they're going to announce a new game in January, but won't tell us what just yet. Rumor has it that this new ventures. will be professional wrestling once again. More specifically they could be taking on the WWE brand when THQ's license runs out at the end of 2009.
Gamervision reports: 7-Eleven's gaming experience started with Halo 3, where they staged midnight openings all around the United States and forced gallons of Slurpees into unsuspecting fans' bellies (needed to get those collector's cups!). Since then, they've remained on the scene, breaking occasional street dates thanks to employees who don't give a damn about gaming. Thanks for that copy of Gears of War 2, guys. Well, the saga might be coming to an end... or ramping up for a big holiday push. We're not sure. All we know is that the 7-Eleven near us, and many others around the country, are cutting game prices to 50% off, as the awesome camera phone shot above confirms.
During its recent quarterly earnings call, publisher THQ revealed a mysterious in-production title known as WWE Online.
From the Daily News A 9-year-old wrestling fan jumped off his Brooklyn apartment roof wearing a homemade parachute in a fatal imitation of his favorite video game character, friends said. The broken body of Damori Miles was found on the ground outside the Albany Houses about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 contains just about anything you could want in a fighting game, including Inferno Matches, improved tag team battles and even a Create-A-Finisher mode. But even with all that and more than 60 playable characters, some gamers have been left wanting more ... Now, for the very first time, the WWE Universe has an opportunity to download updated costumes and even new Superstars for the game. Check out the details for the download packs below and then take a gander at our exclusive photo galleries (Pack 1 | Pack 2), including character models and screenshots of the Superstars in action.
G4TV writes: The first DLC for THQ/Jakks Pacific wrestling juggernaut Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 is currently available on XBox Live. For a relatively svelte 320 Microsoft Points, you can get a package that includes superstars Charlie Haas, Ted DiBiase, and Evan Bourne, and gear that is usable for Y2J himself, Chris Jericho. (Presumably, the Ted DiBiase character is not The Million Dollar Man, but his son, who is part of Randy Orton's Legacy stable.)
The good folks at WWE.com have announced that THQ will be releasing the first ever wrestling game DLC over Xbox Live very shortly. The pack will include three new playable characters in Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Charlie Haas, as well as some alternative attire for Chris Jericho.
SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 contains just about anything you could want in a fighting game, including Inferno Matches, improved tag team battles and even a Create-A-Finisher mode. But even with all that and over sixty playable characters, some gamers have been left wanting more... Coming soon, for the very first time, the WWE Universe will have an opportunity to download updated costumes and even new Superstars for the game. Check out the details for the first download pack below and then take a gander at our exclusive photo gallery, including character models and screenshots of the Superstars in action.
IGN Says: If you ran out and picked up WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 today with dreams of creating dozens of Superstars, you might be in for a surprise. Currently, the only way to drag your created Superstars from their low-30 overall rating to something that can contend with the WWE heavyweights is to take each one of them through the game's Career Mode and spend hours earning attribute points. Needless to say, if you're looking to make 30 great Superstars, that's going to take some time. However, THQ has just announced that a downloadable patch is in the works. The patch will allow fans of the leading fighting videogame franchise to give all of their created Superstars full attributes after completing the new Career Mode one time through, a statement from the company reads. Given the overall popularity of the Create-A-Superstar feature and the fans' ongoing demand for more flexibility, this new patch will greatly enhance the player's ability to fully customize many created Superstars at the same time. The bad news? All THQ would say about the patch's release date is that it'll be before Jan. 31, 2009. Hope you weren't in a hurry to create your biker gang/sewing circle.
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