TNA Impact! (video game)
TNA iMPACT! is an upcoming professional wrestling video game published by Midway Games and based on the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling professional wrestling promotion. It is scheduled to be released for the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 in 2008. [2]
History
After a period of negotiation with Electronic Arts and Rockstar Games, TNA signed a multi-year agreement with Midway Games on November 7, 2005.
On March 2, 2006, Midway announced that it would release the first TNA video game in history for each of the seventh generation consoles.
On June 6, 2006, TNA announced that wrestlers Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles, both self-described hardcore gamers, would be meeting with Midway to brainstorm game ideas. Additionally, motion capture work will begin soon for the game, involving Jeff Jarrett and A.J. Styles. In an interview with IGN.com, Samoa Joe has said that he lives close to Midway Studios Los Angeles and stops in whenever he has time to see how the game is coming and give the team at Midway new ideas. He says "They are very receptive to my ideas."
Scans of the members of the TNA roster occurred during a taping for TNA iMPACT! on October 23, 2006.[3] They also previewed the model for A.J. Styles to be used in the game. Those shown the model were reportedly "blown away" by the detail of the model, which included a scar from a busted lip sustained by Styles in a match by Samoa Joe earlier in the year. The boos, cheers, and various chants were also captured by computer for use as the official audio in the game.[4]
The game's trailer debuted on television with a 15-second clip during the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 13, 2006. Minutes prior, a more complete 30-second preview was put up on IGN with a short article[5] linking to it.
Confirmed roster
- A.J. Styles [6]
- Samoa Joe [7]
- Sting [8]
- Raven
- Abyss
- Christopher Daniels
- Hernandez
- Homicide
- Konnan
- Senshi
- Eric Young
- Matt Bentley
- Kazarian
- Johnny Devine
- Christian Cage
- Tomko
- Scott Steiner
- Jeff Jarrett
- Rhino
- Jerry Lynn
- Chris Sabin
- Alex Shelley
- Jay Lethal
- Sonjay Dutt
- Austin Starr
- Robert Roode
- Christy Hemme
- Kip James
- Jackie Gayda
- BG James
- Traci Brooks
- Brother Ray
- Gail Kim
- Brother Devon
- SoCal Val
- Brother Runt
- James Storm
- Chris Harris
- Petey Williams
- Kurt Angle
- James Mitchell
- Shane Douglas
- Andy Douglas
- Chase Stevens
- Ron Killings
- Lance Loyt
- Shark Boy
- Elix Skipper
- Norman Smiley
- David Young
- Kevin Nash
Stables and Tag - Teams
- A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels
- The Latin American Exchange (LAX) (Homicide and Hernandez with Konnan)
- America's Most Wanted (AMW) (Chris Harris and James Storm with Gail Kim)
- Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt
- Voodoo Kin Mafia (BG James and Kip James)
- Lance Loyt and Ron Killings
- The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens with Shane Douglas)
- Team 3D (Brother Ray, Brother Devon and Brother Runt)
- Serotonin (Kazarian, Johnny Devine, Matt Bentley with Raven)
- The Paparazzi (Alex Shelley, Austin Starr and Kevin Nash)
References
- ^ http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1072
- ^ http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=1072
- ^ http://www.tnaheadlines.com/article.php?page=163873417
- ^ http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/fullnews2.php?all=974
- ^ http://sports.ign.com/articles/750/750859p1.html
- ^ http://au.media.ps3.ign.com/media/814/814948/img_4287083.html
- ^ http://au.media.ps3.ign.com/media/814/814948/img_4287084.html
- ^ http://sports.ign.com/articles/742/742317p1.html