Official Smackdown vs. Raw Thread

[tristy]

Apparently if you have a modded/chipped PS2, you can't do the online play.

Guess KoCII is out of the question this year

[zero]

If you mod your Xbox, you can't play ANYTHING online. Expect more and more PS2 games to start doing this if they haven't already. I'm sure anything powered by GameSpy restricts modded PS2s.

[Guest Red Devil]

The Eddie entrance is awesome. I just wish they have the Dropsault as a move in the game so i can create Paul London. Is Nov. 2 the US release or the UK Release?

[zero]

Nov 2 is the US release date. Don't hold your breath on the dropsault, but it is possible it could be in there.

[Herr Matzat]

Apparently if you have a modded/chipped PS2, you can't do the online play.

Guess KoCII is out of the question this year

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[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Although GAME usually get the dates wrong, they are saying Smackdown is set to be out on November 19th which happens to be my birthday. I actually thought it was November 2nd over here but they must have set it back big time.

[Media 2.0]

Although GAME usually get the dates wrong, they are saying Smackdown is set to be out on November 19th which happens to be my birthday. I actually thought it was November 2nd over here but they must have set it back big time.

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[LL!]

Well, he's in England... Sooo, in the US it should come on the 2nd, but later in England.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Is it me or does it always come out the Friday before Survivor Series every year? Feels like it, so I would put money on it being out in the Uk on the 12th of Nov.

[Kaney]

WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw THQ 11/02/04 NA

WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw THQ 11/19/04 EU

From GameFAQs.com. Take that as you will, but it appears GAME was right.

[LL!]

Is it me or does it always come out the Friday before Survivor Series every year? Feels like it, so I would put money on it being out in the Uk on the 12th of Nov.

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Well, chances are you'll lose your money because THQ has run a little late this year with the game so it'll end put being a week later.

[Media 2.0]

This should please Matzat possibly. >_> And yes...Im kidding

Could this be the last Smackdown? (Or THQ/Yukes game w/e)

STAMFORD, Conn., October 19, 2004 --World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE”) today filed a fourteen count complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Jakks Pacific, Inc. (“Jakks”), two foreign subsidiaries of Jakks, THQ, Inc. (“THQ”), a joint venture involving Jakks and THQ, Stanley Shenker & Associates, Inc. (“SSAI”) and Bell Licensing, LLC. The suit also names as defendants certain individuals employed by the corporate defendants, including specifically Jack Friedman, Stephen Berman and Joel Bennett, the three highest-ranking executives of Jakks, and Stanley Shenker and James Bell.

The suit alleges numerous violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO); violations of the anti-bribery provisions of the Robinson-Patman Act; and various claims arising under state law. By the action, WWE is seeking treble, punitive and other damages, as well as a declaration that the videogame license with the joint venture of Jakks and THQ, and a related amendment to the toy license with Jakks, are void and unenforceable due to commercial bribery and other violations of state law. The lawsuit can be viewed at corporate.wwe.com.

The suit arises out of litigation initially commenced by SSAI against WWE in Connecticut state court for commissions SSAI claimed it had earned while serving as WWE’s licensing agent. During that litigation, WWE discovered certain irregularities in its licensing program beginning in the 1998 time frame when SSAI served as WWE’s licensing agent and Bell served as WWE’s Senior Vice President of Licensing and Merchandising. Specifically, WWE learned in the Connecticut state court proceeding that SSAI split its commissions with Bell on various licenses allegedly procured by SSAI and recommended to WWE management by Bell. WWE also learned that certain licensees had paid monies into a foreign bank account controlled by Shenker during the time he was WWE’s licensing agent. In the Connecticut case, the Court found that Stanley Shenker had committed serial perjury in order to cover up his payments to Bell and his receipt of monies in a foreign bank account from WWE licensees, including Jakks, and granted a default judgment in favor of WWE against SSAI on counterclaims asserted against SSAI. The Court in the Connecticut case has also granted partial summary judgment against Bell in favor of WWE on claims asserted against Bell by WWE.

The federal lawsuit filed by WWE against Jakks and the other defendants relates to a series of payments made in 1998 to Shenker’s foreign bank account by two foreign subsidiaries of Jakks. The Company has discovered that the payments in question were then split with Bell by Shenker. Two of the payments in question occurred during the time that WWE was in the process of selecting a licensee for videogames featuring WWE talent. One of the payments was directed to be made by Jakks’ officers on the same day that SSAI and Bell recommended that the videogame license be granted to Jakks. The third payment was made after the videogame license was awarded to a joint venture of Jakks and THQ.

In a statement issued today, Linda McMahon, the Chief Executive Officer of WWE, stated:

“We very much regret having to take this action today, but regret even more the facts and circumstances which have compelled us to do so. WWE’s intellectual property is a valuable asset of the Company, and we believe the actions taken today are necessary to preserve the integrity of our licensing process and essential to ensure that WWE receives appropriate and fair compensation for the grant of a license to use our intellectual property.”

Jakks has been WWE’s toy licensee since late 1995 and the current toy licenses are otherwise set to expire in 2009. The joint venture of Jakks and THQ obtained the videogame license in 1998, with its term also scheduled to expire in 2009, subject to a right to renew the license by the joint venture for another five years on certain conditions.

[Herr Matzat]

This should please Matzat possibly. >_> And yes...Im kidding

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[Media 2.0]

That's the point..if they do in fact, somehow scrap the deal with THQ, 'this year'...then most likely they would seek out another company to do the job. And who's to say the next company won't do a 'better job' or one to all the SD haters liking? (But once again..that is if they do somehow end the contract before 2009)

[LL!]

It seems that the brunt of the suit is going to Jakks, so I think if any deal will be scrapped it would be their action figure deal rather than their video game deal.

[zero]

That's the point..if they do in fact, somehow scrap the deal with THQ, 'this year'...then most likely they would seek out another company to do the job. And who's to say the next company won't do a 'better job' or one to all the SD haters liking? (But once again..that is if they do somehow end the contract before 2009)

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EA Sports BIG or EA Games with AKI as a developer. Other than that, there hasn't been a single company in the US to make a decent wrestling game in the last five years.

[Herr Matzat]

That's the point..if they do in fact, somehow scrap the deal with THQ, 'this year'...then most likely they would seek out another company to do the job. And who's to say the next company won't do a 'better job' or one to all the SD haters liking? (But once again..that is if they do somehow end the contract before 2009)

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EA Sports BIG or EA Games with AKI as a developer. Other than that, there hasn't been a single company in the US to make a decent wrestling game in the last five years.

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[Guest apeschris0]

w00t w00t 12 DAYS!!!!! YEAH!!!

This may be one of the most anticipated games ever....

...if it's a let-down like SmackDown: Just Bring It, I'm surely gonna cry...

...but I doubt it...

...I have a site...

...where there'll be MY CAWs and MY diary...

...I know I suck at diaries, but there's a PPV mode to make it funner...

...yup...look for my sig after November 2nd to see the site....

[LL!]

There's no need to shell out your future site here, dude... Especially cause...

1. Many people who shell out future sites eventually get lazy and don't do it.

2. There's an advertising forum, it's what it's there for.

[Kaney]

Plus I like his sig the way it is.