Yukes to develop Take Two WWE Games

[Anaxamander]

It's hard to believe I've been playing Yukes' WWF/WWE games for 13 years. I bought WWF Smackdown on release day in March of 2000 and have played every game since then. The crazy thing is, a ton of animations in the current game go all the way back to that original release. The "girl-slaps" that they give guys like CM Punk and Christian. The poke in the eye reversal when you try to lift someone off the mat. The two types of aerial moves: those that decrease gravity, leading to guys floating like a feather, and those that increase gravity, leading to guys falling unnaturally fast.

I was really looking forward to a new engine just so I can get some new animations. Of course, with a first-year game, we probably would have had a lot less features. Over 13 years, you have to admit that Yukes has amassed a ton of creation features and modes that may not have ever been incorporated into a brand new title. How long would we have to wait for a new developer to include create-an-arena, create-a-logo, create-a-storyline, or something like WWE Universe?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Dayman

So, who needs to come back?

He wants a company back that doesn't exist, which makes it even more hilarious. Like I said earlier, getting AKI, which isn't even AKI any more, you guys would have your expectations so damn high for a company that hasn't touched wrestling in a decade (No Mercy was 13 years ago), that when it released and it was underwhelming, we'd hear even more complaining than we do now. I doubt many people, if any for that matter, are still around from back then.

[goh]

I think we need a sticky explaining Aki:

1. Changed its name to Syn Sophia.
2. Have made nothing but terrible,terrible games since.
3. Haven't made a console game AT ALL since 2009. (With an awesome GR score of 39.06% which was in the combat sports area.)
4. Chances are anyone that actually worked on No Mercy doesn't work there anymore.

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Quote: Originally Posted by goh

I think we need a sticky explaining Aki: 1. Changed its name to Syn Sophia. 2. Have made nothing but terrible,terrible games since. 3. Haven't made a console game AT ALL since 2009. (With an awesome GR score of 39.06% which was in the combat sports area.) 4. Chances are anyone that actually worked on No Mercy doesn't work there anymore.

*Waits for 3rd poster after this to yet again beg for AKI back*

[Casino]

Bring back AKI!

[goh]

I'm actually curious how Take Two in good conscious could've put Yukes in charge again having seen this:



They charged money for what's clearly a crappy CAW someone made.