[Backflip]

I recently was at the WWE '13 press event in Los Angeles and got to talk to the Senior Producer of the game, Arnaud Frey. When we talked about how frustrating it must be for them to have to keep working with an old engine, he let it slip that they're working on a WWE game for the next gen consoles. He says that next gen systems will be announced at the 2013 E3 and that the first WWE next gen game will be released in two years (WWE '14 will be released on current systems). Here is the link to the video interview where he says all that: http://www.jeuxvideomagazine.com/act...geles-a1061370 (the part about next gen starts at 5:23).

[Sub_Level]

Even if the 720 releases at that time, next Fall is still gonna see lots of 360/PS3 games, including GTA V.

[Penguin]

I.. well.. let's see if THQ is still around in 2 years

[brumx]

I hope its a DOR2+HCTP engine

[JdFoX187]

Whatever happened to that god awful looking game they were making with the weapons and shit? Looked absolutely terrible.

[Izick]

Even if the 720 releases at that time, next Fall is still gonna see lots of 360/PS3 games, including GTA V.

Why can't GTA V come out this upcoming Spring?

Even so, those games are just going to get Nextbox/PS4 releases as well most likely. Better framerates and textures most likely, right?

[chris3116]

I.. well.. let's see if THQ is still around in 2 years

Yes you're right. I don't think THQ will be there in 2 years.

[yon61]

Haven't bought a WWE game since SvR 2006.

[IdreamofHIME]

I really hope someone decent get's the WWE license once THQ tanks, but I assume it would be either EA or Acti that would mop it up.

[alr1ght]

So he's going to be working for EA once they buy out THQ's licenses.

[Sean]

Even if the 720 releases at that time, next Fall is still gonna see lots of 360/PS3 games, including GTA V.

I think the next-gen consoles would probably get ports of the PC version rather than PS3/360.

[Shadow2222]

Haven't bought a WWE game since SvR 2006.

Same here. That was a pretty good game.

[Dragonzord]

When we talked about how frustrating it must be for them to have to keep working with an old engine

Too bad they've been using a PS2 engine forever? Poor babies.

[rvy]

SHOCKING NEWS.

Will someone please give Syn Sophia a proper budget for a fighting game. It doesn't even need to be a wrestling game, Def Jam was cool as hell. All of the home console ones from the previous gen.

[Xav]

They could start from scratch and I still wouldn't care, they'll never top No Mercy/Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. WWE All Stars seemed pretty good but THQ shut down that development group right?

[DynamicG]

SHOCKING NEWS. Will someone please give Syn Sophia a proper budget for a fighting game. It doesn't even need to be a wrestling game, Def Jam was cool as hell. All of the home console ones from the previous gen.

I thought the old Aki wrestling team was scattered to the winds. I know some are at yukes, but the majority are employed elsewhere.

Yukes can make a competent wrestling game. I thought both Wrestle Kingdom games were really good evolutions of the Day of Reckoning engine and were fun games. I'd really like to see that engine used in a new game. There seems to be some intervening factor with the WWE games that keeps them from evolving.

[Satchel]

I only buy AKI Wrestling games. Sorry.

[Grayman]

I only buy AKI Wrestling games. Sorry.

play Spike's games and then you can have 2 or 3 non existent franchises to buy.

[Ryce]

The problem isn't Yuke's, it's the people at THQ thinking they know how to design a game. The SmackDown games were great up until Here Comes the Pain where Yuke's still had creative freedom.

[Criminal Upper]

Switch out Yukes for AKI, then you'll have me caring.

[ZombieSupaStar]

probably still an upgraded SMACKDOWN 1 ENGINE!!!!

[JdFoX187]

Too bad they've been using a PS2 engine forever? Poor babies.

PS2 engine? Shit, some of the animations up to SvR '11 dated back to the PSOne days.

[entrement]

Are these the N64 guys?

[giancarlo123x]

Are these the N64 guys?

I wish. Give those dudes the license to make the games.

[chertipros]

Are these the N64 guys?

No :/

[Man Puncher]

More Yukes and THQ?

[Sho_Nuff82]

So another dev insinuating that PS4/720 are the "true" next gen transition.

[Backflip]

So another dev insinuating that PS4/720 are the "true" next gen transition.

From what I've heard from various people at the event, people at Yuke's don't think too highly of the Wii U...

[Sid]

So another dev insinuating that PS4/720 are the "true" next gen transition.

True

[Afrikan]

Why mention his real name? I'm sure if you told him that you were going to go straight to Neogaf to post about it, he wouldn't have told you or asked not to mention his name/position.

edit- i f'd up and did something i often complain about. it's time to go to bed. :(

[Monty Mole]

Even if the 720 releases at that time, next Fall is still gonna see lots of 360/PS3 games, including GTA V.

GTA V will be May.

[Backflip]

Why mention his real name? I'm sure if you told him that you were going to go straight to Neogaf to post about it, he wouldn't have told you or asked not to mention his name...or maybe killed you on the spot.

Can you read? The link is to a video interview. He was on camera the whole time. And believe me, I know how to protect my sources when needed.

[Afrikan]

Can you read? The link is to a video interview. He was on camera the whole time. And believe me, I know how to protect my sources when needed.

haha never got to the end of it.....sowy. Interesting that he was so open about it. As far as when the announcements will be.

[Dead Man]

I expect zero graphical improvement.

[G-Fex]

Amazing THQ still won't die and WWE will still count on them to just reprint last years game with the ugliest models for new characters and year old roster.

[Triple U]

If even developers like Yukes are getting kits, a next-gen announcement can't be to far off at this point.

[MuseManMike]

More Yukes and THQ?

What was this guy's name? I sorta remember him from when I used to watch wrestling.

Edit: Thanks, guys. I nostalgia'd pretty good.

[Backflip]

If even developers like Yukes are getting kits, a next-gen announcement can't be to far off at this point.

He talks about that in the interview.

[Triple U]

He talks about that in the interview.

Oh sorry can't watch while at work :/

Edit: Now that I've actually read the OP its there too....

[Jamie OD]

What was this guy's name? I sorta remember him from when I used to watch wrestling.

William Regal.

[Afrikan]

What was this guy's name? I sorta remember him from when I used to watch wrestling.

damn, I can't believe I forgot for a second as well...because he used to crack me up in WCW.

so I googled British WWE Wrestler....and recognized his name instantly..O'l William Regal..lol.

[ElTopo]

From what I've heard from various people at the event, people at Yuke's don't think too highly of the Wii U...

That's still a bit misleading headline though, unless they specifically ruled out Wii U. There's a difference between not liking a system and not developing for it, then again I'm not sure THQ will be around in two years, so it probably doesn't matter much.

[Backflip]

That's still a bit misleading headline though, unless they specifically ruled out Wii U. There's a difference between not liking a system and not developing for it, then again I'm not sure THQ will be around in two years, so it probably doesn't matter much.

As far as I know, there is no WWE '13 for the Wii U. I don't know if next year's game will be released on the Wii U though.

[ElTopo]

As far as I know, there is no WWE '13 for the Wii U. I don't know if next year's game will be released on the Wii U though.

Yeah, baffling decision, but THQ is probably doing all it can to desperately stay alive, which makes it all the more interesting that they'd really start developing the "real" next-gen WWE games (or the engine) years ahead and exclude Wii U. I mean... what if Wii U succeeds and you've wasted a ton of money on stuff you can't (easily) use on it ?

[Mechanized]

As far as I know, there is no WWE '13 for the Wii U. I don't know if next year's game will be released on the Wii U though.

No Vita version either. They were pretty high on putting those games on PSP. A Vita version would look amazing considering what they could do within the limits of the PSP.

[Sid]

Yeah, baffling decision, but THQ is probably doing all it can to desperately stay alive, which makes it all the more interesting that they'd really start developing the "real" next-gen WWE games (or the engine) years ahead and exclude Wii U. I mean... what if Wii U succeeds and you've wasted a ton of money on stuff you can't (easily) use on it ?

I really don't think they they give a shit about the wiiu or the vita

[ElTopo]

I really don't think they they give a shit about the wiiu or the vita

One of those is almost (seemingly) dead, the other is the successor to the (by far) most successful platform this gen. The way some companies approach development/business makes me sometimes wonder if these people have lost their grip on reality.

[Sid]

One of those is almost (seemingly) dead, the other is the successor to the (by far) most successful platform this gen. The way some companies approach development/business makes me sometimes wonder if these people have lost their grip on reality.

Yeah....

[Backflip]

I really don't think they they give a shit about the wiiu or the vita

As far as the Vita is concerned, you should go there and put the last paragraph in a web translator: http://www.jeuxvideomagazine.com/dos...nfos--a1061299

[Winnie the Pimp]

Yukes... eh...

Seriously, i don't even watch wrestling anymore but if a new AKI wrestling game was announced, i'd probably make the effort and get back into it just to be up to date for that glorious game!

but alas... :(