In our last hands-on with WWE Smackdown! Vs RAW 2007, we covered the known roster, the new analog control scheme and the tremendous variety of props and other implements of destruction you can use to obliterate your opponent. Our friends at THQ stopped by for another visit, but this time, they showered us with info on the newly redesigned Season mode, the General Manager mode and the Create-a-Wrestler mode (which you can witness first-hand if you click the Movies tab above). There are three ... » Read More

1 Aug 2006

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 updated hands-on

360 Preview | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007

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 ... » Read More

28 Jun 2006

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007

360 Preview | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007

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 ... » Read More

16 May 2006

WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 - hands-on

360 Preview | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007

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 ... » Read More

10 May 2006

E3 06: WWE SmackDown! vs RAW hands-on

360 Preview | WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007

SmackDown! has gone next-gen - and we've already played it. GamesRadar has just been given early access to the Xbox 360 version of the game at E3 and, even a mere five months into development, it's already looking extremely polished. The demo consists of a single one-on-one match, with the choice of characters from the previously-announced line-up of Triple H, Rey Mysterio, John Cena and Kurt Angle. We chose to play as Mysterio while a THQ representive took control of Triple H. After the ... » Read More

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