In Real Life

When Paper Robots Kick Ass

Everything is now digital. This sentence, for example, doesn’t exist in tangible space. But there was a time when you could reach out and touch everything. There was a time when paper was king.


January 23, 2011
In Real Life

A Video Game Reunites The WWE And The Macho Man

In 1994, the WWF and an emotional Vince McMahon bid farewell to hall-of-fame wrestler Randy Savage. On March 29, the Macho Man ends a 16-year estrangement from the wrestling circuit with his appearance in THQ’s WWE All-Stars.


December 24, 2010
In Real Life

Can You Smell What Santa Is Cookin’?

The Rock’s been a bad boy this year and Saint Nick’s gonna give him a big lump of coal. From THQ and its arcade wrestling title, WWE All-Stars, due next year.


December 23, 2010
PlayStation

Smackdown Vs Raw’s Second DLC Pack Available Now

A classic Lex Luger skin (pictured), and The Nexus stable’s Wade Barrett, David Otunga and Justin Gabriel are included in the latest DLC extension for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, available now on the PS3 and Xbox 360′s download services.


October 24, 2010
In Real Life

The Spectacle Of Pro Wrestling, Played With A Straight Face

Calling pro wrestling “fake” is neither accurate nor informed. The term is “kayfabe.”


July 2, 2009
News

THQ And Jakks Square Off Over WWE Licence Renewal

It’s a no holds barred legal struggle between partners Jakks Pacific and THQ over when and if they should renew their licensing agreement with the WWE, set to expire at the end of this year.


June 27, 2009
News

THQ Working On Their Own Controller-Based Game

Performing a body slam from the top ropes onto the back of the bandwagon, THQ is readying their own game-specific control accessory, to be added to the pile in 2010.


June 24, 2009
News

AAA Mexican Wrestling Coming

Another publisher is throwing its hat in the wrestling game ring, thanks to newbie Slang’s AAA: El Videojuego, an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 grappler based on the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración licence.


February 16, 2009

Rumour: Character List for Legends of Wrestlemania Revealed

A NeoGAFfer working from lists of previously confirmed characters, plus images he says will be released by IGN and WWE, has come up with at least 42 playable characters in Legends of Wrestlemania.


December 30, 2008
In Real Life

Classic Metal Gear Moves Work, But Only On Pro Wrestlers

Hiding from your enemies in a cardboard box doesn’t work too spectacularly in the real world, or even in Metal Gear Solid, but it works in the squared circle, as proven by Akiba Pro Wrestling.