WWE Raw (video game)
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| WWE Raw | |
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 Cover art for the PC release. Early releases of the Xbox version feature the former WWF logo. |
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| Developer(s) | Anchor Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, PC, Mobile Phone |
| Release date(s) | USA February 11, 2002 UK September 27, 2002 JPN October 3, 2002 Windows USA October 14, 2002 UK November 1, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, Wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) |
WWE Raw (also known as WWF Raw) is a video game released on the Xbox console and the PC by THQ in 2002. All copies of the PC port and later copies of the Xbox original were titled WWE Raw due to the World Wrestling Federation's lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund, causing the former to change their name to WWE (although the in-game logos still carried the WWF logo). The game was succeeded on the Xbox by WWE Raw 2 in 2003.
[edit] Overview
Originally intended to be an Xbox launch game, numerous delays pushed back the game's release from November 2001 to February 2002. Due to a recent string of lawsuits directed towards the WWF blaming the company for youth injuries, the game's blood effects were removed. In earlier builds of the game, wrestlers would bleed realistically from different body locations, and drip blood on the mat, which would remain there and darken to a brown color as time passed. The PC version of this game can be modded, meaning that it can be modified and updated as the player desires. The Xbox version can also be modified using Game Extractor software, but with more difficulty. The game also allowed players to edit their favorite superstars, this is the second WWE game to offer it.
