And so it Begins....

Today, Pastapadre.com announced that I've left EA to go to THQ to work on the WWE Smackdown vs Raw series.

I must say, this is a change that I'm extremely excited for, but life in this industry, on a corporate level, has been all EA SPORTS for me since I started -- so that will be a different feeling for sure. When I first got to EA, people knew me from my MaddenMania.com days and thought I was "in bed" with EA. Egg on your faces now right? ;)

Anyway, my wife and I are still in Vancouver, BC until March 19th, but I've been talking with the team at THQ about designs for WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011, while coordinating the move to LA.

With all of this time off though (I put my two weeks in at EA two weeks ago), It's been a wrestlefest (no pun intended) of video games, dirt sheets, and DVDs that I own.

Two going away parties for us this weekend, but I must say that I'm ready to leave. Alot of it is because of the new job that awaits me, but the most important thing to me is moving to a new city with my wife -- it feels like an adventure!

I'm going to really sink my teeth into this role at THQ. If you're a fan of the series, let's take this thing to another level! If you're not a fan, get on board.

New "Legends" Added as Downloadable Content for Smackdown vs Raw 2009? (WTF!)

So THQ goes and makes this wrestling game (Smackdown vs. Raw 2009) that features the current superstars. They claim that legends will be featured in the next game that they released (Legends of Wrestlemania). That's cool, I get it. You can also transfer all of the current superstars from SvR '09 to your LoW game. That's really good too. So now I can take the new legends that they're adding to SvR '09 to my LoW game (because it naturally makes sense) because they are LEGENDS after all. WRONG! You cannot transfer DLC from SvR '09 (as proven with SvR '09's first batch of DLC) to LoW! (ugh) Nice life......



The DLC Pack #2 Features:
1.) Earthquake
2.) Vader
3.) The Bushwackers
4.) Doink

Pretty cool idea guys. Wrong game :(

You can view screens of the new DLC wrestlers on WWE.com.