WWE close to signing deal with new publisher.
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Jan 17, 2013 8:05 pm GMT
According to Ben Wilson's Twitter (editor of the Official Playstation Magazine UK) WWE has an out clause in their contract with THQ which allows them to select a new publisher, and a new deal is imminent.
His other tweets seem to point towards EA being the new publisher and doing development in-house (which would mean the end of Yuke's.) I guess we'll find out soon.
Looks like WWE '13 is the end of the line for the Smackdown series and we shouldn't expect a patch.
End of an era, you guys.
Jan 17, 2013 8:07 pm GMT
And giving how THQ's been working these past few years, it's more then likely for the best.
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Jan 17, 2013 8:21 pm GMT
KHWyvern posted...And giving how THQ's been working these past few years, it's more then likely for the best.
THQ has make some big strides in the past few years but...I think I agree with you. I'm tired of the Smackdown engine and all it's bugs and shoddiness. WWE '13 had such potential to be great, but the lack of basic things like nearfalls and all the other bugs is just inexcusable.
Jan 17, 2013 8:48 pm GMT
highwind66 posted...KHWyvern posted...
And giving how THQ's been working these past few years, it's more then likely for the best.
THQ has make some big strides in the past few years but...I think I agree with you. I'm tired of the Smackdown engine and all it's bugs and shoddiness. WWE '13 had such potential to be great, but the lack of basic things like nearfalls and all the other bugs is just inexcusable.
And that's not even getting into the servers.
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Jan 17, 2013 9:34 pm GMT
I would like WWE '14 as well because I think if THQ knew that it was their last game and they didn't have to save stuff for future additions they'd actually give us an awesome game
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Jan 17, 2013 9:39 pm GMT
HHH is the game posted...I would like WWE '14 as well because I think if THQ knew that it was their last game and they didn't have to save stuff for future additions they'd actually give us an awesome game
Honestly, I think that's what they tried to do with WWE '13. They gave us so much content, but they skimped out on the AI.
Jan 17, 2013 9:41 pm GMT
Pretty funny I said WWE would get a new publisher and everyone held onto this belief that somehow THQ would be able to sell the WWE license....
Jan 17, 2013 9:41 pm GMT
highwind66 posted...HHH is the game posted...
I would like WWE '14 as well because I think if THQ knew that it was their last game and they didn't have to save stuff for future additions they'd actually give us an awesome game
Honestly, I think that's what they tried to do with WWE '13. They gave us so much content, but they skimped out on the AI.
And the character models...and universe mode which is basically the exact same as last year with stats that mean nothing because you can't reset them to just be your Universe stats....
All they really gave us was Attitude Mode....
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Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
Jan 17, 2013 9:47 pm GMT
HHH is the game posted...highwind66 posted...
HHH is the game posted...
I would like WWE '14 as well because I think if THQ knew that it was their last game and they didn't have to save stuff for future additions they'd actually give us an awesome game
Honestly, I think that's what they tried to do with WWE '13. They gave us so much content, but they skimped out on the AI.
And the character models...and universe mode which is basically the exact same as last year with stats that mean nothing because you can't reset them to just be your Universe stats....
All they really gave us was Attitude Mode....
Yeah I agree personally they didn't even try this year, other than Attitude Era the rest was slop. I wouldn't be opposed to EA getting ahold of the game for a few years. EA might be a greedy pos publisher, but atleast they put out good games, even if they are the same year after year, atleast they add enough to be worth it.
Jan 17, 2013 9:48 pm GMT
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Jan 17, 2013 9:49 pm GMT
Character models are fine for the most part.
Universe the same? So having more matches per card, a fully customisable schedule where you can have 6 TV shows per week and 4 PPVs a month, and stat-tracking on an individual level, title level, and show level are all the same as WWE12? And the default stats shouldn't matter if you actually play a lot of Universe. Or if you use your own titles (or the lesser used default titles - ECW, AWA, Cena's US, etc).
So "all they really gave us" was Attitude Mode... and the hugely bolstered roster that came with it, full of wrestlers that people would otherwise waste CaW spots downloading.
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Jan 17, 2013 9:52 pm GMT
The downloaded ones would look just as good as what they gave us. As for Universe they mostly just barely implemented stuff that people already asked for. There was nothing new or exciting that people didn't expect (Something really interesting like some more involved forms of feuds more like a HCTP season mode or something new like that...) and it's still riddled in bugs considering most people have so many problems with it.
The stat tracking is dumb. Im never going to break Cena's reign of having a year long title reign so those ratings are just done with. I'll never know how many times people won my titles because I dont know how many times they won the other titles. There should be an option to look at every stat or look at just your universe's stats. There's no reason this isn't there. Assuming you play most of the matches you'll get throuhg like 2 years tops in the game that's not enough to get a good amount of stats.
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Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
Jan 17, 2013 9:58 pm GMT
ICEman Morgs posted...Character models are fine for the most part.
Universe the same? So having more matches per card, a fully customisable schedule where you can have 6 TV shows per week and 4 PPVs a month, and stat-tracking on an individual level, title level, and show level are all the same as WWE12? And the default stats shouldn't matter if you actually play a lot of Universe. Or if you use your own titles (or the lesser used default titles - ECW, AWA, Cena's US, etc).
So "all they really gave us" was Attitude Mode... and the hugely bolstered roster that came with it, full of wrestlers that people would otherwise waste CaW spots downloading.
I have to agree with this. I have downloaded way more females than males so far simply because of all of the attitude era wrestlers that were already in game.
Jan 17, 2013 10:00 pm GMT
As long as an even better Universe mode returns along with all the customization we have and a community creations type system is carried over/implemented I guess I could deal with EA being the publisher.
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Jan 17, 2013 11:09 pm GMT
you guess? you dont have a say in the matter as to whom the publisher is pal
Jan 17, 2013 11:18 pm GMT
trex1975666 posted...you guess? you dont have a say in the matter as to whom the publisher is pal
but he has a say in whether or not he spends his money on the game fella
Jan 17, 2013 11:33 pm GMT
Jan 17, 2013 11:34 pm GMT
OrgeLambart posted...trex1975666 posted...
you guess? you dont have a say in the matter as to whom the publisher is pal
but he has a say in whether or not he spends his money on the game fella
No need to get hostile... buddy.
Jan 17, 2013 11:44 pm GMT
I played the crap out of All Stars. I thought that was a great game, better than the serious wwe series. Reminded me more of the best wrestling games to date, wrestlemania 2000 and no mercy
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Jan 18, 2013 2:04 am GMT
rsizzle619 posted...EA made the Def Jam games which I enjoyed, with the right formula I think they could make an awesome WWE game
Now be careful cuz we MIGHT get Vendetta or the even better Fight For New York...or we could end up with the steaming pile of garbage that was Icon. You also gotta remember the two good ones were largely developed by AKI with input from EA Canada and were just published by EA. Icon was done in house and it's just plain bad.
While I think most of us would like to hammer that last nail into the coffin of this series and WWE's partnership with THQ / Yuke's (Who's more largely to blame for the flaws in these games the past few years IMO.) We still need to be apprehensive, and also realize the growing pains that are inevitably going to arise from this.
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