{"id":45070,"date":"2012-06-19T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=19407"},"modified":"2012-06-19T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:58:21","slug":"wwe-13-video-game-news-mike-tyson-shawn-michaels-stone-cold-steve-austin-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=45070","title":{"rendered":"WWE '13 – VIDEO GAME NEWS – Mike Tyson, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin & MORE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The campaign premise of \u201cLive the Revolution\u201d continues, as THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced the return of the incomparable Mike Tyson to the ring \u2013 virtually \u2013 in WWE\u00ae \u201913, the revolutionary next installment in the WWE flagship videogame franchise. Often touted as the \u201cbaddest man on the planet,\u201d the boxing legend and former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world will be available as an exclusive playable character for consumers who pre-order the videogame at any participating retailer in the United States or Canada for the Xbox 360\u00ae videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation\u00ae3 computer entertainment system or the Wii\u2122 system from Nintendo (while supplies last).<\/p>\n

Tyson made headlines with WWE (NYSE: WWE) in early 1998 as part of the company\u2019s groundbreaking \u201cAttitude Era,” a time period prominently featured in WWE \u201913 through a brand new single-player campaign. He is best remembered for his appearances leading up to and at WrestleMania\u00ae XIV, where he was recruited by D-Generation X (DX) to serve as a ringside enforcer during the main event match between DX member Shawn Michaels\u00ae and Stone Cold Steve Austin\u00ae for the WWE Championship. Tyson, sporting a sleeveless DX t-shirt and black jeans \u2013 the same look as his playable character in WWE \u201913 \u2013 interfered in the match, allowing Austin to secure the victory and ultimately abandoning his presumed alliance with the renegade faction. Tyson returned to WWE on January 11, 2010 as a guest host on Monday Night Raw\u00ae and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 2, 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the most dominant champions in boxing history and one of the most memorable guests to ever be featured on WWE programming, Mike Tyson led an incredible revolution that changed the way fans perceive the sport,\u201d said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President, Global Brand Management, THQ. \u201cHe was a tremendous addition to the \u2018Attitude Era\u2019 and is certain to attract a wide variety of fans to \u2018live the revolution\u2019 offered in WWE \u201913.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe baddest man on the planet is back \u2013 and only in WWE \u201913,\u201d said Mike Tyson. \u201cFans everywhere can now relive what I experienced during the \u2018Attitude Era.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

About WWE \u201913<\/p>\n

Positioned to offer the most authentic, extensive and fervent experience to date, WWE \u201913 will transform gameplay through WWE Live\u2122, a brand-new audio and presentation system designed to produce the most authentic and vibrant commentary, sound effects and crowd participation levels ever heard in a WWE videogame. In addition, players will experience the atmosphere, spectacle and fervor of a WWE live event through attention-grabbing Spectacular Moments, including ring breaks and barricade crashes.<\/p>\n

WWE \u201913 will also debut a franchise-first single player campaign based on an unparalleled and groundbreaking period in WWE history: the \u201cAttitude Era.\u201d Set during a time of pure raucousness, grandiose personalities and colossal revolution, players will focus on eight purveyors of attitude during the famed television \u201cMonday Night Wars,\u201d including WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin.<\/p>\n

Predator Technology\u2122 2.0, driven by new animations, transitions and modified controls, will return to deliver intelligent, fluid and engaging WWE action, resulting in a smoother gameplay experience than its predecessors. As well, the popular career-style mode, WWE Universe, will dynamically introduce matches, alliances, rivalries and unpredictable moments based on player decisions along the path toward becoming a WWE champion.<\/p>\n

WWE \u201913 will feature the franchise\u2019s industry-defining Creation Suite, enabling players to develop and customize Superstars, entrances, arenas, finishing moves, storylines, highlight reels and more, as well as share and download creations with others from around the world. Furthermore, they will compete with a vast array of WWE Superstars and \u201cAttitude Era\u201d luminaries from the largest roster in franchise history, including cover Superstar CM Punk\u00ae, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sheamus\u00ae, Undertaker\u00ae, Mankind\u2122, Chris Jericho\u00ae, Big Show\u00ae and Mark Henry\u00ae. Along with to-be-announced features, a comprehensive roster reveal, downloadable content and big surprises, WWE \u201913 is poised to live a revolution all its own.<\/p>\n

WWE \u201913 is currently scheduled for release on October 30, 2012 in North America. For more information, please visit wwe.thq.com, facebook.com\/WWEgames and twitter.com\/WWEgames.<\/p>\n

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The campaign premise of \u201cLive the Revolution\u201d continues, as THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced the return of the incomparable Mike Tyson to the ring \u2013 virtually \u2013 in WWE\u00ae \u201913, the revolutionary next installment in the WWE flagship videogame franchise. Often touted as the \u201cbaddest man on the planet,\u201d the boxing legend and former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6476,503,4773,652,2590,3838,778,3476],"class_list":["post-45070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-6476","tag-mike-tyson","tag-playstation","tag-shawn-michaels","tag-video-game","tag-wii","tag-wwe","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}