ea sports mma Archive

  • Supremacy MMA: Is there enough interest for a video game not based on UFC or Strikeforce?

    Supremacy MMA: Is there enough interest for a video game not based on UFC or Strikeforce?

    Word on the street (Wall Street, that is) is that UFC Undisputed 2010 didn't sell nearly as well as the previous game. There could be a few reasons for that, chief among them that people already had their UFC thirst quenched, so to speak. It was genuinely exciting to play a game with the modern roster (the last game before UFC Undisputed 2009 came out in 2004). The question now becomes, is the world ready for yet another MMA game? I speak not of EA Sports MMA but of Supremacy MMA, a game being developed for the Xbox 360 and PS3 by Kung Fu Factory, published by 505 Games.

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  • Alistair Overeem will be in EA Sports MMA (then hide out in Japan for 3 years)

    Alistair Overeem will be in EA Sports MMA (then hide out in Japan for 3 years)

    You wouldn't know it, but Strikeforce, TNA to UFC's WWE, has a big show this weekend, and it marks the first time that Alistair Overeem has fought in the U.S. for some three years. This is relevant to us here because EA has revealed that Overeem will, indeed, be in its upcoming EA Sports MMA. That's him on the right. I thought that would have been a given, given that he's the current Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, but here we are, treating this like it's news. (Overoids, amirite?!)

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  • Video: EA Sports MMA trailer (but where’s Fedor?)

    Video: EA Sports MMA trailer (but where’s Fedor?)

    Man, two new trailers in the same day. Our cup runneth over, and so forth! Anyhow, here’s the newest trailer of EA Sports MMA, which should hit stores “late 2010.” That’s all in-game footage, too, so no smoke and mirrors nonsense. Featured prominently are Bobby Lashely, Brett Rogers, King Mo, and Nick Diaz (!). Where’s Fedor? [...]

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  • EA to broadcast Strikeforce fight on EA Sports MMA Web site on Saturday

    EA to broadcast Strikeforce fight on EA Sports MMA Web site on Saturday

    Strikeforce will air, for free, an MMA fight on the EA Sports MMA Web site this Saturday. It's Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs, which is just one fight that's part of a much larger card, one headlined by Nick Diaz vs. Marius Žaromskis. Presumably Mr. Diaz has put down his pipe long enough to pass the required tests.

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  • Conspiracy theory: Is EA setting up EA Sports MMA to flop in order to secure the UFC license later on?

    Conspiracy theory: Is EA setting up EA Sports MMA to flop in order to secure the UFC license later on?

    Here's a conspiracy theory for you (someone call Jesse Ventura): is EA Sports MMA intentionally going to stink in order for EA Sports to lose the Strikeforce license and later acquire the UFC license? Let's see.

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  • Video: First footage of EA Sports MMA

    Video: First footage of EA Sports MMA

    I'm over here watching the Strikeforce show on CBS and there's ads for EA Sports MMA all over the place. So I'm like, “hmm, maybe EA Sports has posted the trailer on its Web site yet?”

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  • Strikeforce will be the ‘premier’ MMA league in EA Sports MMA

    Strikeforce will be the ‘premier’ MMA league in EA Sports MMA

    Strikeforce (UFC's closest competitor here in the U.S.) promotes one of the bigger fights of the year tomorrow in Fedor vs. Brett Rogers. It takes place in Chicago, which explains why EA Sports just held a press conference there to reveal more details of its upcoming MMA game, entitled EA Sports MMA. EA Sports says that Strikeforce will be the “premier” mixed martial arts league in the game, and that well-known referee “Big” John McCarthy will be in the game.

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