We finally have more information on WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2008. A must read if you are a fan of the WWE SmackDown! series. A few things were confirmed in this article. If you choose to play an extreme rules match you'll be able to choose which weapons you bring down to the ring with you via the match setup menu. Also since this game is on multiple platforms except a few differences but other then that the PS2 version will pretty much be the same as the XBOX 360 version and the PS3 just a bit watered down. Also THQ and Yukes kept their promise about redoing animation. Randy Orton's RKO has finally been updated and so has the Undertaker's tombstone. They've also worked on a lot of other moves as well. Nothing about create a modes was talked about though.

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 and that's a big deal for us. We have new strategies that haven't been in the game before and cool match-specific advantages based on style."

Bryan isn't kidding. When we selected the freshly-announced ECW legend Sandman and put him up against the smirk master Randy Orton, we could see the advantages of being a "Hardcore" wrestler in an ECW Extreme Rules match. Sandman's proficiency with weapons helped us own Orton all over the squared circle, while putting chairs on our opponent's neck or pulling off conchairtos added a little extra oomph.

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