Source: Kotaku
THQ Cancels WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 07 For PS3?
According to the German THQ site, there will no longer be a PlayStation 3 SKU of THQ’s WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007. Despite being announced in May for the PS3, the game appears to have been shelved for the time being. Or has it? A site admin for the German THQ site had this to say:
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007 will not be published for the PS3: the title is still coming for PlayStation 2, PSP, and Xbox 360. The background is that the PS3 version became substantially delayed and would be finished much later, so the development team would rather concentrate their resources on the three other platforms. Future games in the SmackDown! series will appear, however, for PlayStation 3. Still if something should change in the present planning, it will be announced here.
Okay, I’m with you. That’s me paraphrasing a Babelfish translation of a message board post from the German Web site of THQ. Not exactly what I’d call a definitive source, but it still smells a lil’ fishy.
True, there is no PlayStation 3 tab (no graphic even exists for such a tab) at the game’s official page, but THQ’s other announced PS3 game, Frontlines: Fuels of War has no Web site presence at all. And THQ has no PlayStation 3 section on their site. Plus, IGN just published a preview for the PS3 version of the game this past Friday, a day after the “announcement”.
Would I be surprised that the PS3 version is substantially delayed? Nope. Would I be surprised that it would lead THQ to cancel the game outright? Maybe. Will I wait for an official announcement before proclaiming the PS3 sky is falling? Yesch.
