Initially, the series was exclusive to PlayStation video game consoles, and was featured in all of the seventh generation consoles by 2008. Raw 2007, THQ took over as the Japanese publisher and the series adopted the western name. The series was published by Yuke's and known as Exciting Pro Wrestling in Japan until 2005. Games in the series were primarily developed by the Japanese based company, Yuke's until WWE 2K19. The series was first published by THQ until 2013, when Take-Two Interactive's 2K Sports took over. Raw, and WWE Games) is a series of professional wrestling video games based on the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. WWE 2K Games (formerly WWF SmackDown!, WWE SmackDown!, WWE SmackDown vs.
