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iMPACT! delayed until September

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Apr 18, 2008 5:51 pm PT

Midway's TNA Wrestling game will spend a few more months in development before stepping into the retail ring.

Wrestling fans have a few extra months to brace for TNA iMPACT!, as Midway today announced that its debut title with the wrestling league's license won't launch until September. Originally set to debut last year, the game will be released on the Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2.

Featuring a mix of former WWE talents, standouts pulled from the independent circuit, and homemade stars, TNA originated as a pay-per-view-only wrestling series in 2002 and has since expanded to include weekly shows on Spike TV. A full roster of wrestlers to be included in the game has not yet been released, but Midway has confirmed the following:

Jay Lethal, aka Black Machismo.

Abyss
AJ Styles
Alex Shelley
Booker T
Chris Sabin
Christian Cage
Christopher Daniels
Eric Young
Hernandez
Homicide
Jay Lethal
Jeff Jarrett
Kurt Angle
Rhino
Samoa Joe
Scott Steiner
Sting
Tomko

TNA iMPACT! is currently being developed at Midway's LA studio, which previously 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

  • nathace

    Posted Aug 6, 2008 12:53 pm PT

    this just might be better than wwe game!

  • YamiGuzz

    Posted Aug 6, 2008 10:48 am PT

    eh, it sounds fun i might rent it

  • tawagivercetti

    Posted Jul 23, 2008 3:11 am PT

    oh no was looking forward

  • amboris

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 10:57 am PT

    overall this is gonna be the best wrestling game ever the last time they made a good wrestling game was in 1998 when they made wcw revenge i had that game on n64 and it rocked i am also a huge fan of fire pro wrestling. i enjoyed the recent fire pro game but from the best wrestling comes the best wrestling game TNA impact!! heres another fact the last wwe game was a total letdown i mean cmon wasnt smackdown vs raw 08 suposed to be a good game a score of 5 for the wii and a score of a 6 for the ps3 and then a 6.5 for the 360 can the next smackdown vs raw recover 08 i used to watch wwe but then i saw tna wwe copared to tna is like an nes game being compared to a next gen game

  • Spoc12

    Posted Jul 18, 2008 12:37 am PT

    i am actually excited about this game. i use to be a WWE fan but god WWE got really boring so i watched ROH a lot way better then WWE and then TNA and i have to say i enjoy watching it. also i am tired of SVR its soooooooo boring. i want somthing new

  • K696969

    Posted Jul 14, 2008 1:27 pm PT

    This will not better than SVR 09

  • Ghetto_Supastar

    Posted Jul 6, 2008 11:43 am PT

    i already reserved this game i can't wait for September 2 when it comes out for Playstation 2.

  • tg17

    Posted Jun 10, 2008 6:25 pm PT

    hope fully theyll do good or decent game looks great

  • jonzilla_basic

    Posted Jun 9, 2008 9:41 am PT

    The game looks good but its midway and they suck badly. I am not expecting much from this game at all.

  • kos1085

    Posted Jun 9, 2008 9:04 am PT

    Although I am interested in this game, I have been trying to give TNA a try for several weeks but I just cant get into it.

  • AdamSky

    Posted May 11, 2008 1:45 pm PT

    I am looking forward to this game with High Hopes. Yes, the previous quality of Midway games has me Skeptical too. However, they have the wrestlers adding to the production of the game. This is a 2 year developed game, while SVR games only go into production for 3 or 4 months. THQ doesnt spend alot of resources on it, though they do have talented programmers. As for TNA bashing, I showed people who dont like wrestling, TNA, and they like it better than WWE. WWF is dead to me. WWE is pure "Entertainment" now and very little wrestling. TNA is more lighthearted and doesnt take itself too seriously.

    As for some people bashing each other for their opinions on here, I am saddened. Wrestling fans can't stick together as Proud wrestling fans anymore. If you take your opinion too seriously, you might make yourself sick. Though it hasnt happened in the wrestling game industry yet, hopefully 2 opposite wrestling brands will be able to have a decent wrestling game out. If not, we will continue to add TNA people to WWE games. Whats with the 32 CAW limit when there are hard drives now, eh?

  • BergkampFan

    Posted Apr 28, 2008 11:28 am PT

    Don't know if this has been mentioned yet or not but these wrestlers have also been confirmed:
    Kevin Nash
    Petey Williams
    Robert Roode
    Senshi
    Shark Boy
    Sonjay Dutt
    Team 3D

    Christy Hemme has also been digitized to be included in the game and Mike Tenay is supposed to be an unlockable character if you pre-order your game from Amazon.

    TNA management always say how they're against men hitting women in their storylines so i'm assuming they want the TNA knockouts left out or something to help with that. That's the only reason i can think of anyway if the knockouts are left out. I think it's unfair if they are left out though as the majority of them are quite talented.

  • ultralesus

    Posted Apr 27, 2008 9:32 am PT

    I was worried (and a little upset) about this when I downloaded the new Live video and it said September 2008... Could be a mistake on Midway's part... Many people might opt to just wait for Smackdown since its WWE. Still, if the delay means a bigger roster (Including Gail Kim & the knockouts) or a better game, I'll wait.

    All these delays must mean they're not happy with the quality and want to make sure they're new liecence is good enough to take on Yukes... well, lets hope so anyway. Fingers crossed.

  • stevo-millz

    Posted Apr 26, 2008 12:21 pm PT

    i agree with "Guitarhero 92" there aint been a decent wwe game since shut your mouth! this game looks pretty decent though im gunna give it a try..

  • westlyside

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 12:55 pm PT

    TNA sucks. Full of WWE rejects. The only cool guy on TNA is Petey Williams. Smackdown vs Raw will be forever.

  • Irve

    Posted Apr 23, 2008 1:57 am PT

    yourbeliefs :
    do you rate someone like Rey Mysterio ? because if you do the whole of the X division is just sooo much better !
    as for the stars Samoa Joe might not look it but if you see what he can do in the ring there is a reason the guy is so highly rated in the company and by the fans.
    i gave up on WWF about 18 months ago and haven't missed it at all ... but i would miss TNA.
    but as for the game i doubt it will come close to FPR or KOC .. but just hoping that it's a little better than WWF SvR.

  • chairmundmao

    Posted Apr 21, 2008 4:00 pm PT

    From the makers of Backyard Wrestling?!?

    \deleting from gamefly queue

  • astonmarton123

    Posted Apr 21, 2008 3:52 pm PT

    does anyone really care about wrestling games anymore?

  • jtthegame316

    Posted Apr 21, 2008 2:55 pm PT

    ya know it is really annoying they make some of these games for ps 2 cause the likely hood is all the next gen consoles are getting a not as good version as they would do to accomadate for the ps 2.

  • Big_Evil666

    Posted Apr 21, 2008 1:20 pm PT

    Damn Midway

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