by Alex Knapp ECW Hardcore Revolution Year: 2000 Systems: PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast Developer: Acclaim Publisher: Acclaim Late in The Monday Night Wars, the wrestling video game community witnessed an event that signaled a major changing in the wind…. Read More ›
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Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF Attitude
by Alex Knapp WWF Attitude Year: 1999 Systems: PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim As the 1990s approached an end, the WWF was back in the saddle again. Rocked by the steroid trials of the early 1990s,… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW vs. the World
by Alex Knapp WCW vs. the World Year: 1997 System: PlayStation Developers: Asmik Ace and AKI Publisher: THQ The Asmik Ace/AKI/THQ series of wrestling games. To this day, they stand up as perhaps the greatest string of wrestling games ever… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWE ’13
by Alex Knapp WWE’13 Year: 2012 System: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: THQ Before THQ went out of business, they had one last outing in their long relationship with WWE. The previous year had seen them… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: 4 Ideas for WWE Game Story Modes
by Alex Knapp Well, WWE 2K15 is upon us. Sure, the last-gen versions were released this past month, but really, with how beefed up the graphics are and the major addition of the MyCareer feature, the next-gen versions are the… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: Pro Wrestling (NES)
by Alex Knapp Pro Wrestling (NES) Year: 1986 System: Family Disk Computer (in Japan); Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo As I’ve been playing decades’ worth of wrestling games, I feel it’s important to stop and ask: How did… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW Nitro
by Alex Knapp WCW Nitro Year: 1997 System: PlayStation Developer: Inland Productions Publisher: THQ When WCW caught on fire after the formation of the New World Order (nWo), it not only pulled the wrestling business as a whole out of… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF WrestleMania
by Alex Knapp WWF WrestleMania Year: 1988 System: Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim By the latter half of the 1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was the unquestioned king of pro wrestling. Vince McMahon’s ambitious growth had seen… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWE All Stars
by Alex Knapp WWE All Stars Year: 2011 Systems: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2 Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Being a fan of wrestling video games hasn’t been an easy thing within the past decade or so. Just… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF War Zone
by Alex Knapp WWF War Zone Year: 1998 System: PlayStation and Nintendo 64 Developer: Acclaim Publisher: Acclaim When WWF War Zone came out, the World Wrestling Federation hadn’t released a video game in over a year. They had just spent… Read More ›