There’s no question that this is a genuine video and it confirms that current WWE champion CM Punk will be the main cover star for the game’s box art as he features heavily in the teaser trailer.

A tagline of ‘live the revolution’ is also heard throughout and towards the end of the trailer we see some actual gameplay footage. We’re not sure if there’s too much improvement from WWE 12 graphics wise, but the wrestling physics certainly look like they have been enhanced. We see CM Punk able to perform his flying elbow move off the top rope, onto the helpless Chris Jericho who is lying on the announce table.

There’s also sightings of a few old school wrestlers as well, Mankind, Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin to name a few. Unfortunately, there’s no Brock Lesnar or Paul Heyman in this trailer, but interestingly at the very end of the trailer we Mark Henry and another guy break the ring after a suplex off the top rope. If you follow wrestling, you’ll know that it was Brock Lesnar who made this famous after he broke the ring with Big Show all those years ago.

According to the trailer, WWE 13 will be releasing on November 1st this year. If you pay close attention to the platforms listed at the end, there’s also a Wii logo there, so we’re presuming that this will also be available for the Nintendo Wii U as well. Unfortunately, it looks like there will be no PC release again so make of that what you will.

What are your thoughts on the graphics shown in the trailer – nothing mindblowing right? Expect a full reveal at E3 2012 – let’s hope the New Age Outlaws are confirmed as previous rumors suggest.

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While WWE 12 is a solid game, there are some complaints that it doesn’t offer enough old school wrestlers, and it appears that THQ may planning to address this for their next game. One such old school wrestler is undoubtedly the Road Dogg, who was one of the key figures in the popular and now unfortunately ancient ‘attitude’ era of WWE.

Road Dogg is now contracted to the WWE officially and appears in their ‘Are you Serious’ video show on YouTube. It appears that he has let slip about his appearance in the next WWE game, as after a fan asked him if he was featured in WWE 13, he replied straight out with ‘already done the voiceovers’. The fact that he is even included in the game is exciting enough, but voiceovers seems to imply that he may be featured in some sort of WWE 13 storyline mode as well, which would obviously be awesome.

You’re probably asking, well what about his tag team partner as well – Billy Gunn? It looks like THQ are set to include him in the game too, as Road Dogg also revealed on his Twitter account that Monty Sopp (Billy Gunn’s real name) is in the game. Both tweets have since been deleted.

That means of course that WWE 13 will officially include the New Age Outlaws tag team in the game. Going back to the mention of voiceovers though – how great would it be if THQ are planning to include a full blown attitude era mode in the game, does it mean that they are currently recruiting other old school superstars to apply their voiceovers as well? We read on Twitter recently that Sean Waltman aka X-Pac wasn’t too happy with the offer that THQ gave him for his inclusion in WWE 13, so we hope that it has now been settled and that he’s another name that we can add to the old school list.

What other wrestlers from the attitude era can we look forward to seeing perhaps? Give us your thoughts and ideas on a potential attitude era story mode in WWE 13.

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If you have been following progress involving Jericho’s inclusion into WWE 12, you’ll know that the chances of him appearing in the game initially were very slim. Jericho himself has Tweeted in the past that he would never be featured in any more WWE games, but we can tell you that a secret profile page exists for him on the THQ website, although information for the star is blank at the moment.

Am image of the superstar has been provided by iGoGaming which further adds to the speculation, but either way Jericho will not be appearing in the next DLC pack which features stars such as Batista, Macho Man and Mick Foley.

Since he is now firmly back in the WWE and looks set to be the main highlight of this weekend’s Royal Rumble, we would say that it is only a matter of time before the WWE put him in the game officially. In the meantime, fans have taken to the game’s excellent create a wrestler mode to create him from scratch, and as you can see from an example here – some of you have got Jericho spot on as well.

WWE 12 could be taking the mantle from the classic N64 game No Mercy as best wrestling game ever, but does WWE 12 need Chris Jericho to make it even better? Hopefully we will be seeing him in the game sooner rather than later – Bret Hart would be a nice addition too. Let us know your thoughts on this and if you would like to see him in the game or not.

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The publisher announced that the extra content will be made available across all platforms including the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 as of January 17th, however the download method would differ depending on what platform the gamers own.

As Cheap Arse Gamer explains in their article players must first of all have unlocked Shaundi’s ex-boyfriend’s apartment then, PC gamers simply have to wait for the Genkibowl VII DLC + CheapyD compatibility patch to automatically download via Steam, PS3 gamers have to download the CheapyD pack from the PlayStation Store and Xbox 360 gamers can either download the Genkibowl VII DLC Pack for 560 Microsoft Points or download the Genkibowl VII Viewer Pack which costs nothing.

Once gamers have downloaded and unlocked the DLC, the character CheapyD will be made available at their disposal. They can call him up and ask for his assistance during the game for things like gun fights or whatever else you feel you may need him for. Check out the trailer below to see the useful ally in action.

If you have not yet played Saints Row: The Third or are unfamiliar with the game altogether, you can check out the previous articles we have brought you which include the launch trailer that cheekily mimics the BF3 and MW3 commercial trailers, for a better idea of what the game is all about. For those that do own the game, what do you think of this free DLC from THQ? Will you be downloading it?

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Let’s start with the release date, according to MMAmania (and lots of other sources) the game will finally arrive on February 14, 2012. For those of you who haven’t noticed this is Valentine’s day, so perhaps start dropping some hints in early Feb and your loved one may pick up a copy for you in exchange for some flowers, chocolates and a romantic meal.

Most serious UFC fans will know how MMA has not always taken place inside the six-sides of the the octagon, in fact many of today’s most successful UFC fighters started their careers a decade or so ago in Pride FC. Today we can confirm that in UFC Undisputed 3 you will be able to battle it out in the traditional Pride squared-ring – we have embedded a trailer showing this at the bottom of this post.

Early in the video you see some video highlights from fighters such as Wanderlei Silva, Quinton Jackson, Cro Cop and many more iconic MMA fighters, Bas Rutten talks us through the trailer and towards the end we get to see some gameplay footage. It only lasts a few seconds but we think we see Don Frye, Cro Cop and Gary Goodridge. You can see the full Pride roster here, as you can see there are some legends missing such as Fedor Emelianenko.

We think that adding Pride to UFC Undisputed 3 and will further build on the solid foundations set by Undisputed 2009 and 2010. What aspects of the game would you like to see improved this time around?

Remember the video can be seen below.

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THQ has confirmed that this pack will consist of 6 WWE divas, these are: Trish Status, Kharma, Vickie Guerrero, Alicia Fox, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella. Sadly THQ’s dev team are still working on these characters, therefore we don’t yet have any screenshots for you to feast your eyes on.

As you would expect you will be able to buy these characters for 80 Microsoft points / $0.99 each, however if you have opted to buy Fan Axxess you will get them for free, we can’t stress how worthwhile Fan Axxess is for those of you who take WWE games very seriously.

THQ has not given us a specific date as to when these divas will become available, but we are told that Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS gamers should expect it to arrive in December, we are also led to believe that the Legends pack will be revealed next.

If you head over to THQ’s WWE webpage lots of people have been saying that Lita should have made it into this pack, we have to agree as she is still regarded by many as the best female wrestler of all time, one comments reads “Trish isn’t Trish without Lita” – do you agree?

What other divas would you like to see in WWE ’12?

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Before we go into detail about all of the individual DLC, we have to point out that you will able to purchase Fan Axxess this year, this will cost you 960 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 / $11.99 for PS3 – we are told that this will get you all of the game’s DLC and save you over 25% in the long run – therefore hardcore fans may seriously want to consider this.

The WWE ’12 DLC pack 1 will bring Shaun Michaels to the game in his ’97 Survivor Series attire, along with Jerry “The King” Lawler, also you will get Jim Ross and Michael Cole in their WrestleMania XXVII attire, the Road Warriors with their black with silver spike attire (see below) and finally Edge and Christian’s old tag team attire will be on offer.

If you want to buy things individually they will cost you 80 Microsoft Points / $0.99 a pop, therefore if you think you are going buy a few different costumes etc you may well be best of buying the Fan Axxess. You can see lots of screenshots showing the alternative costumes etc here.

One thing which some people seem to be annoyed by is the fact that by the looks of thing there will be no other attire options for Shaun Michaels, meaning that he will be stuck in 14 year old clothing – does this bother you? Would you buy more up-to-date attire if future DLC offers it? Let us know in the comments section below.

What other alternative attires would you like to see available in WWE ’12?

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We previously brought you a Saints Row: The Third trailer back in July, which depicted the very nature of the game down to a tee. The trailer featured bank robberies, missile dodging, mid-air pistol firing and high speed car chases, everything you’d expect from an action game. The subtleties of Saints Row are the bits that give the game its unique sense of humor, like the bank robbers being disguised with masks of themselves and using a man dressed as a tin-can as a skateboard.

Today’s trailer takes the comedy factor a step further by having subtle digs at arguably the two most eagerly anticipated games of the year, Battlefield 3 and MW3. While it may not be that obvious to someone who has not seen a trailer from either of the other two games, those that have will have noticed straight away.

As CVG explains the video starts with the signature radar scan lines that MW3 uses in all their trailers but instead of being green they are Saints Row purple. It also features the fuzzy distortion between clips combined with the deep electric riff that the Battlefield 3 trailers use. Check it out for yourself below, where you will see more of the far-fetched action the game has become famous for.

Are you a fan of the Saints Row series? What do you think of the subtle digs the trailer has at the FPS games?

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You can watch the video at the bottom of this post, we first spoke about this game back in late August and we were impressed by the fact it allows you to battle it out between superstars, past and present, but if you check out the image we have embedded below you can see just how limited the game is visually (by the way the image is meant to look like Chris Jericho).

Now as we previously stated you should not dwell on the graphics, but instead think about gameplay, we are told that there are over 40 superstars and some all-new game modes which you can play whilst witnessing “eye-popping 3D” – we don’t have a full roster for you, but in the video we spotted Chris Jericho, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Macho Man Randy Savage, John Cena, Rey Myserio, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Randy Orton, Triple H, John Morrison, Sheamus, Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, The Rock and many more – the trailer says that this is the greatest roster of all time and we must admit it is hard not to be impressed.

If you overlook the limited visuals the game looks quite fun to play and will perhaps appeal to a younger audience, the slams and jumps from the turnbuckles are over-the-top, but let’s face it we are not looking for a wrestling simulator we want epic battles between Big Show and Andre The Giant, Hogan and Cena, The Rock and Randy Savage – we hope the controls make this game a joy to play.

Check out the video below and be sure to let us know whether you think the poor graphics matter.

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To be honest with you this has shocked us a little as we think scores of between 7 and 8 out of 10 are by no means bad for a debut title, therefore we think Kaos Studios done a pretty good job, however there is no hiding the fact that Crytek should take Homefront to all new heights.

Details are scarce at the moment, however Crytek tend to stick with its own engines for its releases, therefore it would be fair to say that Homefront 2 (or whatever the next game is called) will either use the same game engine as Crysis 2, CryEngine3, or perhaps the seemingly inevitable CryEngine4.

THQ’s Danny Bilson has this to say on the matter “Selecting Crytek to take Homefront forward underscores our strategy of working with the industry’s best talent” and added “Homefront’s unique setting and storyline captivated gamers the world over. With Crytek’s industry leading technology and legendary experience in the FPS genre, we’re supremely confident that the next Homefront will deliver that AAA-quality experience that players demand” – this to us sounds like in terms of the storyline THQ was happy with Homefront, but in terms of general gameplay (and perhaps multiplayer) there is huge room for improvement – could this mean that Crytek’s target is to make Homefront 2 a serious Call of Duty / Battlefield competitor? It certainly seems this way.

Currently THQ has not revealed any information as to why Kaos Studios were snubbed for the next title (see update), however Crytek’s President, Cevat Yerli, did say that combining Homefront with Crytek’s creativity, quality and production values should deliver a blockbuster game – with games such as Far Cry, Crysis and Crysis 2 behind them you can’t help but agree.

You can see the official information regarding this news over at THQ.com, it clearly states that it will be coming to consoles and PC in 2014 – could this mean that it will be next-gen? We sure hope so!

Are you shocked to hear that Crytek has been chosen? Let us know in the comments section.

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