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THQ Vs Jakks Pacific Who Will Win The WWE License?

July 01, 2009 in News comments 9

WWE Smackdown has had a good run but all good things must come to an end. THQ and Jakks Pacific are taking the fight to court and THQ has their heart set on victory and copyright ownership of the WWE License

The WWE license will come to an end this year and THQ is asking the court to deem a covenant restriction in the joint venture, which prevents THQ from publishing a wrestling game for one year after the WWE license expires, as unenforceable under California law.
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    Bale Fire Jul 2, 09
    Who will win? We will! Because while they're fighting and bidding over it they can't make anymore games, which means no crummy WWE titles

    Sorry if your a fan of the game, I just don't like sports games
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    Gamesta100 Jul 2, 09
    Well why don't you say YOU will win and not WE will win?

    Besides wrestling is sports ENTERTAINMENT not just sport lol

    Whoever wins, we better get a new game this year.
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    Daweii Jul 2, 09
    Personally i hope it is THQ as Jakks/YUKES haven't taken the brand anywhere since aquiring the licence in 1998.
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      Metallica Jul 2, 09
      Care to explain? they have made some excellent WWE games but within the past 3 or 4 years they have become sloppy.
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        FinalFantasyFanaticc Jul 2, 09
        Exactly they've become sloppy, they ain't added much and the inferno match is a goddamn joke.

        They've taken out LOADS of the good stuff, most of the time they'll remove good matches just to add new ones, why not keep the damn matches their and add new ones?

        Plus for GODS SAKE stop producing it for the PS2/Wii and just make it so its 360/PS3. The games would be so friggin immense then!
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          Tenken Jul 2, 09
          Yeah, the PS2/Wii thing is a joke. Look what Yukes was able to do with UFC. They made an awesome UFC game on their first try, yet they can't do shit for a wrestling game? WTF.
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          FinalFantasyFanaticc Jul 2, 09
          Exactly, UFC was made brilliant on the first try, yet the WWE games seem to be getting worse instead of getting better.

          It's definitely because of them still developing for the PS2/Wii, drop those two consoles and we'll have one of the best WWE games ever.
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          Daweii Jul 2, 09
          I wouldn't say it has that much to do with the PS2/Wii. UFC may make it seem that way but UFC worked because it stayed true to the presentation and style of the sport on TV. If YUKES/THQ did that with WWE and made the matches true to life and the presentation like it is on TV, the sport/entertainment would work so much better.

          WWE in the games may look real, they may now walk somewhat real but it detracts from any hard work they may have put in when the Hell in a Cell match plays and looks nothing like the real cell anymore. Ladder matches and the all nice TLC match are so slow and sloppy in the game when they are clinical and action packed in the real thing. WWE is an exciting brand opportunity in gaming and yet it is being wasted. One thing i want to know is where are the physics, all game have physics these days and it makes everything more realistic. YUKES/THQ should start there and build around it.
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    Metallica Jul 3, 09
    They won't stop making games for the PS2 because the PS2 is still a top seller for Sony and I'm certain that the Smackdown games are still more popular on there than the PS3 and 360.

    I'd love them to go back to how they were, having seperate teams working on seperate consoles.

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