Abstract: After a few years of pussy-footing around the matter, it's good to see THQ finally changing the WWE formula up. It started with the switch in name, as the Smackdown vs Raw title was swapped for year number. With WWE '12, it's obvious the foundations ha...
Abstract: Xbox 360Going into this year's release of the annual THQ-developed WWE title, I fully expected it to be the best wrestling game ever made. The gameplay has made significant strides in the last few years, and with the addition of the new Road To Wrestle...
Abstract: Doing more than simply dropping the SmackDown vs. RAW moniker that has prefaced the last run of WWE games since 2004, WWE '12 aims to refresh the long-running wrestling series' recent stale leanings with redesigned gameplay and an all-new game engine....
Abstract: Now, the Yuke's-developed WWE '12 has hit the scene, and according to THQ, this is the game that wrestling fans have been waiting for. If I had to be completely honest, I'd say THQ was right. Well, for the most part. It seems like we've come full circ...
Abstract: The WWE franchise has continuously evolved over the last ten years. What was once just a simplistic formula that involved putting wrestler-shaped avatars in a ring and smashing buttons has evolved into a living, breathing universe filled with complex b...
Abstract: WWE 12 Review1 2 "Bigger. Badder. Better." So proclaims the text stamped on the back of the box for this year's WWE instalment from Yukes and THQ. It's a catchy enough tagline, designed no doubt to promote the game's merits in the same way the WWE woul...
Abstract: When I first looked at the back of the package of WWE 12, I saw three words that flashed me back to my childhood: Bigger. Badder. Better. For those who weren't around for the glory days of the 1980s and the era of professional wrestling before the At...
WWE '12 features so much content that it's impossible to give due diligence here to each of its deep modes. Yet none of that depth would matter if the gameplay was sub-par. THQ's efforts in breathing new life into its core mechanics have paid off. Comb...
Abstract: WWE '12 marks the first time THQ has omitted the “Smackdown vs. Raw” name in six years. Don't be mislead into thinking this is an entirely new series though; while WWE '12 represents a change in direction, a bit of content is recycled from Smackdown vs...
