TNA Wrestling updates game debut

Development on title due in 2007 "geared up in a major way" last week; Samoa Joe and AJ Styles to be brought in for brainstorming.

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Last November, Midway announced that it was stepping into the ring with the up-and-coming federation TNA Wrestling and going after THQ's undisputed US wrestling game championship. But instead of the wild, chair-throwing, body-slamming, pull-apart brawl that usually follows such a revelation in the world of pro wrestling, there's been very little movement on TNA iMPACT! (working title) since.

However, grappling gamers looking forward to the title will be pleased to learn that development on the game "geared up in a major way" last week, according to a news post on the official site of TNA Wrestling. According to the federation, Midway is set to brainstorm ideas for the game with Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, a pair of stars from the company's high-flying, hard-hitting "X-Division." According to TNA, both are hardcore gamers.

The visual side of the game is also set to be defined soon, as Styles and Jeff Jarrett will be undergoing motion-capture sessions for the game at Midway's Los Angeles studio. Styles and Jarrett will be the first characters designed in the game, with "many more" to come.

The news post also mentions that the game "will be available for all new generation systems including Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3." Midway's original announcement of the game also mentioned that it had the exclusive rights to publish PC and handheld games based on the federation as well.

The game is currently being developed at Midway's LA studio, which worked on Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Before it was acquired by the publisher, it was known as Paradox Development, creators of the Backyard Wrestling series of games.

92 Comments

  • minijordan123

    Posted Jul 16, 2008 11:48 am PT

    will their be creat a charecter

  • DSR1105x

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:22 pm PT

    wow if hey had the technology to make the game look that real every game would had it. If a game looked that lifelike kinda takes out the video game part

  • knightout

    Posted Feb 9, 2008 4:07 pm PT

    erm Sodod that's a shot from the actual show not the game >.

  • Sodod

    Posted Feb 9, 2008 6:08 am PT

    OMG
    i cant beleive how realistic are those game fotos
    i wonder how will it be if they put this kind of graphics on GTA
    or any other action / adventure game
    this is awesome

  • Shubee2

    Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:08 am PT

    TNA is awsome wrestling to watch ,hope the game matches WWE in gameplay and graphics.Good motion capture is good great gameplay is better.

  • aman27deep

    Posted Jan 12, 2008 8:38 am PT

    i hope this games surely comes out on the PS2 as well,

    many games are being canceled on it

  • monky619man

    Posted Sep 18, 2007 1:29 pm PT

    all hale wwe and it games

  • xaloes

    Posted Jun 18, 2007 4:04 pm PT

    Wow, I can't wait for this game. I've been watching WWE all my life, and all it is anymore is talk, talk, talk, and hardly ANY wrestling. And that makes me sad. Don't get me wrong, storylines and feuds are a good thing, but crappy ones aren't. WWE has some very, very stupid storylines, and most of the time, feuds can go a bit overboard, or even WAY overboard, in the case of the Cena-Edge feud. I mean, I miss the good old days. And I consider just about everything before the WW'E' came into play, and certain things now, even, as the good old days. Don't get me wrong, I love wrestling, it's just WWE is starting to get old.

    Which brings me to my next part... for the last who knows how long, I've been watching TNA, every Thursday, every week. I love it. I love seeing old favorites of mine being in the ring, and new favorites as well. I think TNA has a great thing going. Good talent, good showings, no overboard storylines, all that good stuff. I admit that the whole Jeff Jarrett crap was ridiculous, but other than that, woot. All TNA needs is a 2 hour show block, and they'd be good to go.

    And finally, about the game? I don't know. It could go either way. I'll try it out because I love a lot of Wrestling games, and Wrestling in general. And TNA. I doubt it could compare to THQ's Smackdown! series, but then again, you never know, and anything could happen. I just hope that it's good.

  • rodimus_prime85

    Posted Mar 31, 2007 6:02 am PT

    I hope this is good....And I'll try to remain optermistic... But its in the hands of Midway.

    All hope is lost.

  • theone86

    Posted Mar 9, 2007 8:52 pm PT

    "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."-Obi Wan Kenobi
    But seriously, I really **** hate it when people say one company is superior, especially when that company still isn't a profitable organization, let alone a publicly traded company such as WWE. Anyone who says TNA has better wrestling or better talent is full of **** Just because they're an alternative to WWE doesn't mean they're better. They're beginning to improve, but they are not on the level that WWE is, especially when it comes to developing their own talent.

  • JonnyJ

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 12:58 pm PT

    i really think it is a good idea that you guys are making a tna game i think u should put all of the up to date roster such as kurt angle and sting and add a few legends also

  • pielover666

    Posted Jan 14, 2007 9:59 pm PT

    Fokis, you're right about everything except the "this game will rock" part. Yes, TNA is superior to WWE, but WWE has the better game company. Face it, Midway sucks. It really is a shame that TNA is getting thrown to some crappy game company when it deserves much better.

  • fokis69

    Posted Dec 30, 2006 11:41 am PT

    this game will rock becuz tna is far far superior than wwe, twice the talent and not the sucky storylines (ne1 remember torrie's dad dieing during sex wid dawn marie?!?!) and they r already involvin the two best tna wrestlerrs (aj style and THE ALMIGHTY SOMOA JOE) whor both avid gamers, i def. see potential. and i gettin angle might jus b the tip tna need. WWE SUX TNA IS THE TRUTH!!!!!

  • xxSupermanSGSxx

    Posted Dec 29, 2006 10:35 am PT

    We all know this will probably be a half-assed attempt at making this game that may just look flashy. And for this game to sell and make enough of an impact sales wise, they need to really go over the top.

  • AdamSky

    Posted Dec 11, 2006 9:56 am PT

    They are going to announce this Title at this years Spike TV Video Game Awards show. Keep a close on the show when Kurt Angle will introduce the preview.

  • SaS_Josev

    Posted Dec 10, 2006 3:25 pm PT

    I think all of us that are checking this out love TNA, and the best part about this game is that its coming out in 2008. Bad for us who want it now, but good for us who really care about the quality. They'll have time to take into account all of the popular things from the SDvs.R series, and at the same time create their own brand of game. I'd like to see more environmental stuff, like when you throw an enemy outside, and he stands up groggy, then an icon should come up for your guy to run across the ring, flip outside and hit the dude on the fly, as is the TNA style. Same type of thing can go for bashing their heads on ring posts, choking them out, pushing them off of the stage, etc similar to the WWE environmental stuff. This could also apply to setting up for big moves. Several times I've seen TNA stars have enough time to set up multiple tables, tacks, piles of chairs in the ring, flaming tables, etc, and something you don’t have time to do that stuff in the game. One or two tables are fine for real time, but if you want to set up 10 tables beside each other for an awesome move, it should be environmental. This would really open up the possibility for some spectacular looking moves and make them easy to do. In a WWE game, would can set up more than one table at a time, but the game doesn't really recognize that on a big scale. On TNA television you've seen guys put through 3, 4, or up to piles of 10 tables in ridiculously huge moves. Making them scripted would make it all possible, easy to do, and easy to pull of some really bad ass stuff.

  • wwecena0393

    Posted Nov 30, 2006 3:19 pm PT

    Tna impact will be a good game out in stores right now but it wont be able to top wwe snackdow vs raw2007 because its sponsored by thq.When tna impact comes out it should have a womens chamionship and i heard that tna waould have a x-division title match but i no they wont be able to add that in the game beacuse if they do they know the game will be fire.Just letting my fans out there know go outside and go wait online for tna impact. I just want to give a shout out to my family and my friend name ryan,malik and my sister boyfriend. I hope the govenor gets me this game for ps2 because i am a loving child i love you brooklyn ny. I love midway and thq.

  • tribalspice

    Posted Oct 29, 2006 10:25 am PT

    TNA is by far the better choice over WWE. My only hope is that the TNA game doesn't come off like Backyard Wrestling or WCW Nitro...I prefer the WWF games from the N64 days (like No mercy) or Gamecube's Wrestlemania XIX.

  • ijterrell

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 11:52 am PT

    Don't be like WWE make this game for X box owners too we've been getting the short end of the stick on wrestlings games for years and not all of us have the Xbox 360 as of yet

  • sumitz_hot_shot

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 5:53 pm PT

    They should have the same controls as SD! VS RAW 2007

  • dimitri94

    Posted Sep 23, 2006 2:14 pm PT

    TNA the game should have longer stamina bars

  • dimitri94

    Posted Sep 23, 2006 2:13 pm PT

    They should have longer stamyna bars

  • CLeRKSfan4life

    Posted Sep 23, 2006 9:33 am PT

    Can't wait. I just hope Midway don't screw it up.

  • devilsrudeboy

    Posted Sep 1, 2006 4:48 am PT

    This game will be awesome. Can't wait to see Sting ^_^

  • keep_frosty

    Posted Aug 28, 2006 9:06 pm PT

    this should be good as long as it's not like the last wwf game by midway

  • rockin_rolling

    Posted Aug 20, 2006 3:33 pm PT

    TNA is a great wrestling buisness! I am happy that Midway is going to build a TNA game! I hope this game would be better than the first games of the smackdown series and better than smackdown vs raw 2006! Once again TNA is AWESOME!!!

  • damnstr8rko

    Posted Aug 10, 2006 9:57 pm PT

    all this game is gonna do is A. be a great game with a good engine or B. be a failure, the game needs to have a CAW feature the 6 sided ring gives a hell of a lot of potential the match types are great also have a lethal lockdown or Ulimate X and even King of the mountain but the Question still remains what will the developers do with impact?

  • boobush

    Posted Aug 10, 2006 10:59 am PT

    TNA may be crappy, but it's way better than the WWE, because the matches are way more interesting. Plus I don't know who comes up with the crappy WWE storylines, they're just too corny. I hope this game kicks the Smackdown series ass.

  • gurubigmac

    Posted Jul 20, 2006 1:42 pm PT

    i think someone else should be the developers of this because there is loads of potencial hear and they will probably muck it up like backyard wrestling and then the actual show will go downhill and then the show that is actually better than the wwe will go down the pot and get flushed

  • dawg38341

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 8:32 am PT

    if you think wwe is better than tna.. im going to need for you to not watch wrestling for the rest of your life

  • daniel_brown

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 8:36 am PT

    its a fact that wwe aer better tna

  • AzN_K3V1N

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 11:37 pm PT

    i doubt that this game would be good.

  • Gamesta666

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 11:45 am PT

    This Game will only be good if the AKI corporation does the actual game engine. They are the best in making wreslting games

  • Gretzky_99rockz

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 2:33 pm PT

    This could be great for wrestling games, if this game is great, then maybe wwe could start really fixing the problems in the smackdown seires

  • WayneBrady22

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 10:40 pm PT

    Well TNA is better then WWE but thats not saying to much with the the crappy roster WWE has. WWE games have been good lately, hopefully TNA can get a good game but I doubt I will beat the SD series

  • Killian420

    Posted Jun 10, 2006 10:52 am PT

    good, finally a wrestling game, not a "sports entertainment" game.

  • mojo-jojo23

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 8:50 pm PT

    They should make a new ECW game

  • PoetSilenius

    Posted Jun 9, 2006 1:00 pm PT

    I'm gonna job out Jarrett till my fingers bleed

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 7:57 pm PT

    Oh good lawd no! The Backyard Wrestling and Shaolin Monk developers are making it?! Why didn't they get AKI to do it?! I like TNA Impact, but Midway LA developing the game pretty much guarantees its craptitude.

  • Jester_Jay_1913

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 4:21 pm PT

    Both TNA and WWE have some great wrestlers.

    I'm just happy that TNA is getting some exposure (I would like to see CZW get a game too, maybe later). As for TNA being dead with washed up wrestlers, I advise you to search YouTube.com to find out what it really is. A.J. Styles is like Rob Van Dam on an ECW crack binge. I mean Jesus (Hay-soos), the guy is 5' 10", 210 lbs and he slapped Samoa Joe in a Torture Rack and Styles Clashed 'em.

    TNA crosses the line that WWE won't touch. When was the last time you saw a guy in the WWE do a Shooting Star Press of a steel cage? Two months ago for TNA, as for the WWE... I don't know. TNA just got a roof on their cage, first thing they did with it was throw a table and a ladder on top for an ungodly high spot (Which should be in the game).

    WWE is wrestling entertainment. TNA is wrestling.
    WWE has Superstars. TNA has wrestlers.
    TNA is the alliance of WCW, ECW, CZW, JCW, and former WWE wrestlers. I just hope that Midway can capture the entirety of it. From the Puro and Lucha Libre to the Highspots and Hardcore. TNA is what most wrestling gamers have been waiting for. Breaking down the walls of the box and giving an old genre a new life with a whole new potential of possibilities.

    And to end my post I have to say... PLEASE DON'T SUCK!

  • Ryu

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 11:04 am PT

    The guys who did the Backyard Wrestling games...?

    Oh, JOY.

  • thefutureofball

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 10:50 am PT

    Isnt TNA the franchise were washed up wrestlers go after there careers are over or is it the franchise that wrestlers go to when they that cant wrestle in the wwe ??? i cant figure it out

  • thefutureofball

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 10:43 am PT

    Isnt TNA the place were washed up wrestlers go after there careers end or wrestlers that cant wrestle in the wwe go????i cant figure it out

  • nWoMSAM

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 9:01 am PT

    I don't really like TNA. It's too much like the final days of WCW and most wrestling fans will tell you that they really sucked.

  • Sonicplys

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 8:40 am PT

    a CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling) game would be awesome. Like madgamer132, I also watch both WWE and TNA , but lets make a CZW game to see what real hardcore wrestling is all about.

  • emo_sucks

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 8:31 am PT

    if this is anything like backyard wrestling im not touching it. that game was about as deep as mortal kombat..... please make day of reckoning 3!!!!!

  • liltonymac

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 6:52 am PT

    wait publishers of backyard wrestling ? uh oh but with midway im sure this game will be gory

  • liltonymac

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 6:50 am PT

    A six sided ring even if you dont like the show you would want to play in the ring
    I dont like tna by the way

  • zeroking420_666

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 1:25 am PT

    game is going to blow like the show does

  • gdogg4210

    Posted Jun 8, 2006 12:41 am PT

    If AKI made it, i would atleast give it a shot, but the dudes that made the backyard series, ha

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