Yuke's smacks down US office

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jun 6, 2006 7:21 pm PT

Japanese developer of the popular WWE wrestling games announces plans to set up shop stateside.

For years, the WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW and Day of Reckoning series have been the top wrestling franchises in the United States. However, their developer, Yuke's Company, Ltd., has never had a North American office in its 13-year history. Since 1999, SmackDown publisher THQ, which partially owns Yuke's, has instead acted as the primary point of transpacific contact for the shop, which has also developed Rumble Roses for Konami.

THQ recently announced a long-term partnership with Yuke's that will see the two companies making games together for years to come. Today, though, Yuke's announced plans to establish its own North American office. Inventively titled Yuke's Company of America, the subsidiary will publish games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable systems. No location for the office had been made public as of press time.

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blacklodus
Posted Jul 22, 2006 2:11 pm PT

Good news Yukes is a great game maker
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Le-Beave
Posted Jun 16, 2006 9:06 am PT

That's great, as long as it doesnt affect the quality of the games.
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jaredwilder
Posted Jun 10, 2006 8:21 pm PT

yay WRESTLING!
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kfrogg
Posted Jun 8, 2006 1:33 pm PT

lets hope the move makes a better smackdown vs raw game
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ff7cloudking
Posted Jun 7, 2006 5:00 pm PT

Nice news
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alberto2045
Posted Jun 7, 2006 4:26 pm PT

whos that?
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LordGamer0001
Posted Jun 7, 2006 3:22 pm PT

i dont think i have every heard of yuke
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MadGamer132
Posted Jun 7, 2006 2:32 pm PT

Yuke's make the SmackDown!/SmackDown! vs. Raw games, and i got every single one, i didn't got the Day of Reckoning games games for the GameCube just yet. Now, a office in the US!. kudos, to THQ! i can't what they have in store.
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comthitnuong
Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:27 pm PT

i dont like wrestling
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Artemis_D
Posted Jun 7, 2006 12:58 pm PT

I'm glad to hear it.
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GOLIATHtheGREAT
Posted Jun 7, 2006 12:36 pm PT

Hopefully now Yukes will release thier D1 GrandPrix games here in the U.S. now.......................
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icemancell
Posted Jun 7, 2006 12:17 pm PT

why dont they get AKI (developed original WCW NWO games for N64) to make the games? Wish they just make the good old button masher rather than the previous ones.
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nintendofreak_2
Posted Jun 7, 2006 12:16 pm PT

and your point is....?
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WWEKane1515
Posted Jun 7, 2006 11:50 am PT

This kicks ass,now finally we can actually talk to yuke's on the phone without having to learn how to sprak Japanesse,and the shipping will be shorter and possibly we will get more wrestling games sooner than before,GO YUKE'S!!!!
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aatish_n
Posted Jun 7, 2006 11:46 am PT

umm...who cares
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Rumstocker
Posted Jun 7, 2006 10:01 am PT

k
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WolfSkill5544
Posted Jun 7, 2006 9:46 am PT

That's so cool.
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YEPEE00
Posted Jun 7, 2006 9:28 am PT

You've all said everything. guess, i just get to make noises. (edited)
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CountZero
Posted Jun 7, 2006 9:22 am PT

Hmm... I wonder if their setting up an office in the US involves more then just publishing their own titles. Remember, they recently bought Japan's biggest wrestling promotion - New Japan Pro Wrestling, not too long ago. Could we possibly finally start seeing DVDs from Japanese feds come out in the US again?

(Note: The last Puroetsu fed to release DVDs in the United States was the now-defunct Japanese promotion Frontier Martial Arts, or FMA, which had an working arrangement with ECW to trade talent).
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sasuke55
Posted Jun 7, 2006 9:05 am PT

Good news. Hmmmm I have about 17.5 acres in North Carolina I wonder if they would buy it??? especially since of the new incentives they give for having gaming offices there?????

Even if I tried to email or contact the company they would prolly think I was yanking their chain and dismiss me.
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