"It's hard to say if the last week of the Olympics gave Segas' Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games a boost, but that hasn't stopped the PlayStation 3 version of the game moving up four spots from the previous week, into sixth spot. The Xbox 360 version of Beijing 2008 also made it into the charts, though at the much lower position of number 10. Nintendo's Brain Training series are regular contenders in the charts, with Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brai..."

"Their unholy alliance seems to be paying off as everyone’s favourite Plumber and Hedgehog have topped the UK’s all format charts again this week. This game is proving to be a beast that will not be slain, consistently rising and falling in the charts just to climb to the top spot again. Not only is the game number one overall but first on the Wii and second on the DS charts, cementing the fact that I am the only one who finds the premise of a stunted overweight Italian posing anything that ev..."

"Everyone over 15 knows that wrestling is not a real sport, but a lot of people love it anyway. And they usually love the WWE computer games as well. So WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 will be one of the top games this Christmas, even if it sucks as much as real wrestling does."

"The 360 preview lets you try out the new Superstar Fighting Styles and Struggle Submission System, which THQ says "significantly enhances" gameplay over the last instalment. We'll let you be the judge of that. Do tell us in the comments section.

An exhibition match using the RAW, SmackDown and ECW arenas is available, and Superstars Rey Mysterio, Bobby Lashley, Undertaker and Randy Orton are up for the choosing in both single and two-player games."

"I’m sure plenty of us have wondered if money has exchanged hands between developers and review sites, or if they work for one another such as the absolute one-track minded Sony Defense Force, or other big-name biased sites, but this is really a different story. IGN is probably the biggest gaming site on the net with respectable reviewers for all systems, and I can’t really think of any other explanation for WWE Smackdown being rated so high besides THQ paying IGN to bump it up the list."

"July 9, 2007 - We paid a visit to THQ's Southern California headquarters last week to see the E3 build of the company's star pinup, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008. Guiding us along was the newly promoted Creative Manager Bryan Williams and his boss, the Senior Creative Manager (and familiar face to the IGN faithful) Cory Ledesma.

"This year it's all about playing like your favorite superstar," commented Williams. "Fighting styles and character-specific moves are what we really want to stress a..."

"It's been awhile since we heard any news on the SmackDown front, but the folks at THQ let a few cats out of the bag today when it revealed two more Superstars for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008. The good news? Neither wrestler was in last year's game."

A feature video for WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008, demonstrating the new fighting styles for the upcoming game.