WWE Raw (EA Sports video game series)

WWE Raw is a series of professional wrestling video games published by EA Sports, and formerly Interplay Entertainment. The series was originally made by Interplay in 1997 up until the next year when Electronic Arts bought the rights to the WWE Raw series in 1998.

Electronic Arts would continue to release the game annually from 1998-2020, when it was announced on March 4th, 2021, that Electronic Arts would cut ties with WWE and no longer publish any WWE games, due to failing contract negotiations and poor revenue splits. Eventually, Rockstar Games would purchase the rights to the series on April 23rd.

Mainline Games
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Mac OS, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64 Cover athlete(s): Stone Cold Steve Austin & Shawn Michaels Developer(s): Yuke's, Shiny Entertainment Publisher(s): Interplay Productions Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Mac OS, Nintendo 64 Cover athlete(s): The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon Developer(s): Tiburon Studios, Yuke's, Shiny Entertainment, Ritual Entertainment Publisher(s): EA Sports, Interplay Entertainment Release date: October 12th, 1999 Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Mac OS, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64 Cover athlete: Triple H Developer(s): Tiburon Studios, Yuke's, 14 Degrees East, Shiny Entertainment, Ritual Entertainment Publisher(s): EA Sports, Interplay Entertainment
 * WWF Raw 97
 * Release date: December 25th, 1997
 * WWF Raw 98
 * Release date: October 3rd, 1998
 * WWF Raw 99
 * WWF Raw 2000
 * Release date: July 22nd, 2000
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Mac OS, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64
 * Cover athlete: Kurt Angle
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, 14 Degrees East, Shiny Entertainment
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Interplay Entertainment
 * WWF Raw 2001
 * Release date: March 22nd, 2001
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Mac, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64
 * Cover athlete(s): Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, 14 Degrees East, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Interplay Entertainment, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * Note: Last game to be published under Interplay Entertainment due to the partnership contract expiring and that Interplay wanted to move on from the series in an attempt to pay off their debts, this was announced in September 2001, several months after the game was released and during production of WWF Raw 2002. Production for WWF Raw 2002 started in September 3rd, 2001 but was halted due to the 9/11 attacks and due to Interplay leaving the WWF Raw series, Production later resumed on September 29th. Sierra Studios would later become the 2nd publisher to work with EA and it was announced on September 30th, 2001. This would be the last game to be released on the Dreamcast as days after the release, it would be discontinued by Sega.
 * WWF Raw 2002
 * Release date: February 23rd, 2002
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube
 * Cover athlete: Triple H
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * Note: Game was released early due to many developers of the WWF Raw Series getting laid off and replaced with new ones, and the last to feature the WWF logo due to the World Wildlife Fund lawsuit causing the company to change the name to the WWE on May 5, 2002.
 * WWE Raw 2003
 * Release date: August 25th, 2003
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube
 * Cover athlete: Brock Lesnar
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * Note: First game under the WWE logo, the game was first announced in Q2 2002 (April 4th) during a conference call, the first trailer was released on April 10th as WWF Raw 2003 and was in production in March a month before the announcement. On May 5th, production of WWF Raw 2003 was cancelled due to the company changing their name to WWE, eventually production began in July 2002 with WWE Raw 2003. Originally though, one of the people who worked on the game has a original copy titled "WWF Raw 2003 Alpha v.1.2" dating back to April 29th, 2002.
 * WWE Raw 2004
 * Release date: October 23rd, 2004
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube
 * Cover athlete(s): John Cena
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * WWE Raw 2005
 * Release date: November 24th, 2005
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube
 * Cover athlete: Randy Orton
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * WWE Raw 06
 * Release date: November 21st, 2006
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete(s): Triple H and Shawn Michaels (D-Generation X)
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Budcat Creations
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Sierra Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
 * Note: Last game to be published under Sierra Studios. After the release of the game, It was given an award for best sports video game of 2006 from X-Play and was featured in PC Gamer US's "Best Sports Game 2006"; Two years after the servers shut down, The game's modding community continues the support and releases updated roster lists every year.
 * WWE Raw 07
 * Release date: August 10th, 2007
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: Edge
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Arkane Studios, Yuke's, Visual Concepts, Capcom
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports, Eidos Interactive, Virgin Interactive
 * WWE Raw 08
 * Release date: September 5th, 2008
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: Ric Flair
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, EA Vancouver, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 09
 * Release date: September 21st, 2009
 * Platfomms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: Chris Jericho
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 10
 * Release date: August 14th, 2010
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: Sheamus
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 11
 * Release date: September 24th, 2011
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: CM Punk
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Arkane Studios, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 12
 * Release date: October 9th, 2012
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete: The Rock
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 13
 * Release date: October 4th, 2013
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Nintendo 3DS
 * Cover athlete: Bray Wyatt
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 14
 * Release date: September 12th, 2014
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS
 * Cover athlete(s): Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins (The Shield)
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 15
 * Release date: September 29th, 2015
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS
 * Cover athlete: Kevin Owens
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 16
 * Release date: November 12th, 2016
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS
 * Cover athlete: The Miz
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 17
 * Release date: October 9th, 2017
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
 * Cover athlete: AJ Styles
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 18
 * Release date: December 12th, 2018
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
 * Cover athlete(s): Daniel Bryan (USA), Becky Lynch (Europe), Shinsuke Nakamura (Japan)
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 19
 * Release date: August 4th, 2019
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
 * Cover athlete: Randy Orton (USA), Toni Storm (Europe), Asuka (Japan)
 * Developer(s): EA DICE, EA Tiburon
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * WWE Raw 20
 * Release date: November 12th, 2020 (originally was set for a Summer 2020 date but pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
 * Cover athlete: Seth Rollins (USA), Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne (Europe), Asuka and Kairi Sane (Japan)
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Konami
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports
 * Note: This would be the last WWE game under EA, as due to contract negotiations falling through and revenue splits being argued over. On March 4th, 2021, EA agreed to end their deal with WWE to make games under their company. EA would then announce that they were working with IMPACT Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling on a PlayStation 5 exclusive Wrestling game scheduled for a September 2021 date.

Spin-off Games

 * WWE Raw: Ruthless Aggression
 * Release Date: February 4th, 2007
 * Platform: PlayStation Portable
 * Cover athlete(s): John Cena and Randy Orton
 * Developer(s): Yuke's, EA Vancouver
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports


 * WWE Raw: Proving Grounds
 * Release Date: December 18th, 2008
 * Platform: PlayStation Portable
 * Cover athlete(s): Jeff Hardy
 * Developer(s): Yuke's, EA Vancouver
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports


 * WWE Raw: Legacy
 * Release Date: December 1st, 2016
 * Platform: PlayStation Vita
 * Cover athlete(s): Sasha Banks
 * Developer(s): Yuke's
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports


 * WWE Raw Arcade
 * Release Date: March 25th, 2019
 * Platform: Arcade
 * Cover athlete(s): N/A
 * Developer(s): Yuke's, Namco Bandai
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports

WWE All-Stars Series

 * WWE All-Stars
 * Release Date: January 30th, 2003
 * Platform(s): PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube
 * Cover athlete(s): The Rock, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Triple H, Chris Jericho
 * Developer(s): EA Canada
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports BIG


 * WWE All-Stars 2
 * Release Date: March 1st, 2004
 * Platform(s): PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube
 * Cover athlete(s): Triple H, Randy Orton, Ric Flair, Batista, Eddie Guerrero, JBL
 * Developer(s): EA Canada
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports BIG


 * WWE All-Stars 3
 * Release Date: April 20th, 2006
 * Platform(s): PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii
 * Cover athlete(s): John Cena, Edge, Rey Mysterio, Kurt Angle
 * Developer(s): EA Canada
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports BIG


 * WWE All-Stars: Extreme Rules
 * Release Date: May 18th, 2007
 * Platform(s): Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Portable
 * Cover athlete(s): John Cena, The Undertaker, Bobby Lashley
 * Developer(s): EA Canada, EA Montreal (PSP version)
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports BIG


 * WWE All-Stars (Reboot)
 * Release Date: December 20th, 2017
 * Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows
 * Cover athlete(s): AJ Styles, Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Asuka
 * Developer(s): EA DICE
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports

Cancelled/Unreleased Games

 * WWF Raw 2003
 * Release date: Cancelled (a copy of the alpha version of the game was leaked on Reddit around 2018.)
 * Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Visual Concepts
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports


 * WWE ECW
 * Release date: Unreleased (cancelled due to the Chris Benoit incident; was stated for a July 2007 date. Some of the elements for the game would later be used in WWE Raw 07.)
 * Platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Yuke's, Arkane Studios, Capcom
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports


 * WWE Raw 21
 * Release date: Cancelled (cancelled due to WWE and EA's contract ending)
 * Platform(s): Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Windows
 * Developer(s): EA Tiburon, Konami
 * Publisher(s): EA Sports

Current

 * Rockstar Games (2021-present)
 * Konami (2020-present)

Former

 * Yuke's (1997-2018)
 * 14 Degrees East (1999-2001)
 * Budcat Creations (2001-2006)
 * EA Sports (1998-2021)
 * EA DICE (2019)
 * Virgin Interactive (2007)
 * EA Tiburon/Tiburon Studios (1998-2021)
 * Eidos Interactive (2007)
 * Capcom (2007)
 * Ritual Entertainment (1998-1999)
 * Vivendi Universal Games (2001-2006)
 * Sierra Studios (2001-2006)
 * Visual Concepts (2002-2018)
 * Arkane Studios (2007; 2011)
 * EA Vancouver (2008)
 * Interplay Entertainment (1997-2001)
 * Shiny Entertainment (1997-2000)

Current

 * Dynasty Mode (1997-present)
 * Owner Mode (1997-present)
 * Road to WrestleMania (aka MyCareer) (1997-present)
 * Exhibition Mode (1997-present)
 * Online Mode (1999-present)
 * Universe Mode (1999-present)
 * Create-A-Superstar Mode (2000-present)
 * Create-An-Entrance Mode (2000-present)
 * Create-A-Championship Mode (2000-present)
 * Create-A-Stable mode (2000-present)
 * Create-An-Arena mode (2007-present)
 * Edit Superstar Mode (2007-present)
 * Create-A-Story mode (2010-present)
 * Create-A-Move mode (2010-present)
 * Create-A-Titantron mode (2012-present)
 * Create-A-Minitron mode (2017-present)
 * Create-A-Money In The Bank briefcase mode (2018-present)
 * General Manager Mode (2000-present)
 * WWE Network: Fantasy Warfare (2020 - Present)

Previous

 * Legends of WrestleMania (2006)
 * ECW Legacy (2007)
 * PPV Mode (2008 - 2011)
 * 30 Years of WrestleMania (2013)
 * Defeat The Streak/Proving Grounds (2013 - 2014)
 * WWE Network: The Summer of Punk (2014)
 * WWE Network: One More Match (2014)
 * WWE Network: Best Friends, Bitter Rivals (2014)
 * WWE Network: Legacy of The Ultimate Warrior (2014)
 * WWE Network: The Golden Era (2015)
 * WWE Network: The New Generation Era (2016)
 * WWE Network: WCW (2017)
 * WWE Network: The Attitude Era (2018)
 * WWE Network: The Ruthless Aggression Era (2019)