WWE '12 Collector's Edition Cover Superstar come down to fan vote: The Rock vs. John Cena

Written by Matt Swider on August 19, 2011

WWE '12 News: Wrestling is fake, but the WWE '12 cover superstar fan vote is not. You decide whether the Collector's Edition will feature John Cena or The Rock.

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Wrestling video game fans can vote to have their WWE ?12 Collector's Edition box adorned by any superstar so long as it's The Rock or John Cena. That's the decision that THQ, taking a cue from EA's Madden NFL 12 cover athlete fan vote, is leaving up to gamers before the November 22 WWE ?12 release date on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.

This fan vote ties into next year's April 1 WrestleMania XXVIII at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami. There, the one-on-one title match winner will be determined by physical (fakesical) strength. The cover art competition, meanwhile, is going to be left up to a fun, but much-less-PPV-worthy Facebook decision. It'll also be revealed much sooner than next April and not require access to a costly pay-per-view event to witness first-hand.

There's still no word on the contents or the exact pricing of the WWE ?12 Collector's Edition. Expect to learn more from an official THQ announcement (which we will write about, of course) in September. That's the thirty-day window in which THQ will list all of the premium content and reveal the winning WWE Superstar.