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Kurt Angle Talks 'iMPACT!'

Storm | February 19, 2008 | News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
Some harsh words from the Olympic gold medallist regarding the WWE and the brand he's currently representing, TNA. Angle is out to promote the upcoming TNA iMPACT! game, boasting about how much money was put into the game, as well as how better it will be from WWE's gaming franchise.

Angle noticed a difference from Yukes and Midway straight away, stating that Midway actually took the time to get to know these superstars, their wrestling style, stats, appearance, etc.. Looking at the screenshots, it seems to be living up to expectations, but we'll know hands-on for ourselves when this game is released sometime in Summer '08.
According to Angle, little of those profits are invested back into improving the games' quality. Discussing his own involvement in their development he recalls, "All they would do is come in and tell you to sit down and they'd scan your head. Then you'd stand up and they'd scan your body. Then they'd tell you to give a mean face, then they'd tell you to leave, and that was it. So in the game it just looked like two robots going at it."

Apparently TNA iMPACT! is being developed with a different approach. The wrestlers are dressed in body suits with sensors and asked to fight as they would in a real match. "Midway spent countless hours interviewing us, getting to know our personalities, scanning us, having us go through the wrestling moves - it was a crazy experience. WWE would never do that," claims Angle.

"I didn't even care about it. Midway made us all care, they made us realise how important the videogames industry is for our sport. WWE doesn't care, they just want to put something together, they hurry up and put it out there just to make money."

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  • 2 thumbs!
    Subzer0 | February 19, 2008
    lol Yukes sucks. I have a feeling this game will out do the Smackdown series.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Storm | February 19, 2008
    It may very well push Yukes to 'up-ing' their game, that's what I like about competition. Now that they have it, they'll certainly try harder. This game is graphically pretty good.
  • 3 thumbs!
    Steel Magnolia | February 19, 2008
    I posted a behind the scenes look at the making of this game in the forum and it really does show a lot of involvement from the wrestlers. I hope it gets more recognition than I fear it will.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Final Blade | February 19, 2008
    Kurt Angle sucks, he would still be in the WWE if he hadn't done steroids. He lost all my respect for him as an athlete and a U.S wrestler.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Zeon I | February 20, 2008
    Kurt Angle is ass. I remember when he was on WWE everytime he came out, we all chanted "You Suck!". He could of went down to Georgia and fought the Devil, we would still chant "You Suck".
  • 1 thumbs!
    Sadistic | February 23, 2008
    He is right. Those models are the best character model's I've ever seen. The only concern i have is individual movelists. All the video's I've seen have the same moves for every character.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Ronal10 | February 24, 2008
    Kuyt Angle is not worthy to be in any game. "You Suck!" Kurt
  • 0 thumbs!
    The Primagen | February 24, 2008
    Why does the guy in the article keep alluding to how amazingly tough Kurt is? He can wrestle for sure but there are better fighters than him around.
  • 0 thumbs!
    regice | March 01, 2008
    this game gonna be amazing

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