Archive for the ‘MMA’ Category
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More EA MMA Details Revealed
Earlier this week much was made of the announcement that Fedor Emelianenko was signed to the EA MMA game, though it had been public knowledge for over a month. Despite the threat of bans from the UFC for anyone aligning themselves with EA he was being hotly recruited by UFC. Now though the chances of that happening have slipped as he is settling in with Strikeforce. Around all of this there have been some new names confirmed for the game as well as one of the announcers. Previously known ...
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Patches for FNR4 and UFC 2009 Now Out
Both Fight Night Round 4 and UFC 2009 Undisputed have received their first patches for the 360. The PS3 will be seeing those same patches arrive in the near future. That will be Thursday August 6th for Fight Night but no date has been communicated for UFC. Continue on for the full list of changes. Leave your thoughts on the patches in the comments! (more…)...
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Loss Of Affliction A Blow to EA MMA
A little more then a week ago, Affliction MMA had a card slated for Aug. 1 with a main event of Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC champion Josh Barnett at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. This was a super fight that many MMA fans had been waiting to see for years. It also presented EA Sports upcoming “EA MMA” title with a fantastic piece of free advertising for their strongest commodity, Emelianenko. It was not to be however as on July 22nd the results of Josh Barn...
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Fight Night Knocked Out in June Sales
Fight Night has proven one of the few sports franchises that has mainstream appeal. Fight Night Round 3 represented the second strongest franchise in US sales for EA Sports behind only Madden. After taking a few years off Fight Night Round 4 came out last month though it was difficult to judge the buzz around the game. Discussion online primarily centered around the controversial decision to remove the optional button control scheme and UFC 2009 Undisputed had released to high praise. We ...
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Dana White “At War” With EA Sports
UFC 100 may be over, but UFC president, Dana White is keeping the action going by waging a war on EA Sports. The outspoken White told MMAJunkie.com that EA threw the first punch by saying MMA wasn’t a real sport. "EA Sports told us, 'You're not a real sport,'" White said. "'We wouldn't touch this thing. We want nothing to do with this.'" With EA Sports passing on the rights to the UFC's video game license, rival software company THQ elected to partner with mixed martial arts' bi...
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Randy Couture on Cover of EA MMA
Randy Couture is expected to be the cover athlete for EA Sports MMA according to SportsBusiness Daily (via First Cuts). The game is still a year away from releasing but this news makes it clear that he will be most recognizable name that EA obtains. Former five-time UFC champion Randy Couture is believed to be the only fighter currently under contract to Zuffa who will appear in the EA version. "The Natural" managed to ink an exclusive deal during his 11-month courtroom fight with the UFC. ...
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UFC 2009 Patch Details
While aware that the upcoming patch for UFC 2009 Undisputed would address the issue with quitting in online matches it was unknown what else would be included. THQ has now released the full details of what will be in the patch in the game's forum. As to when it will go live it appears it has not yet been sent for certification meaning it is still at least another couple weeks away from arriving. We recognize premature match quitting as the biggest online issue and have taken steps to fix...
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UFC May Ban Fighters That Sign With EA
One of the intriguing stories leading up to and through the release of UFC 2009 Undisputed was how the fighters were being forced into lifetime contracts. Now comes news that the UFC may be taking things even further by intimidating fighters who are not currently signed by them by making it known that they will never be accepted into the UFC should they sign on for EA Sports' MMA. BloodyElbow has the info as pulled from forum sources. I hear that all mma managers were informed that if any o...
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