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*Arenas including [[HP Pavilion]], [[Scottrade Center]], [[BankAtlantic Center]], [[Sears Centre]], [[Saitama Super Arena]], [[Yokohama Arena]] and [[Osaka-jo Hall]]
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Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko will be on the cover.
Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko will be on the cover.<ref>http://gofighter.com/featured/fedor-and-couture-to-share-ea-mma-cover-release-date-set/</ref>


The game will also feature 'Live Broadcasts' that can be viewed from PC or consoles. The Player will be able to upload hype videos, which will help to increase popularity. Real life prizes will be given out to a certain level.<ref>[http://ie.xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1097231p1.html E3 2010: Hype Yourself in EA Sports MMA]</ref>
The game will also feature 'Live Broadcasts' that can be viewed from PC or consoles. The Player will be able to upload hype videos, which will help to increase popularity. Real life prizes will be given out to a certain level.<ref>[http://ie.xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1097231p1.html E3 2010: Hype Yourself in EA Sports MMA]</ref>

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EA Sports MMA
Developer(s)EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[1]
ReleaseOctober 19, 2010
Genre(s)Mixed martial arts

EA Sports MMA (also known as EA MMA) is an upcoming video game which will be published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon in 2010. It will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[2] At the E3 games convention, EA Sports MMA announced that the game would be released on October 19th 2010. The release date was confirmed. October 19th NA, 22nd of October in UK, and everywhere else.

Game details

On June 1, 2009, Electronic Arts announced that an all-new fighting title is in development under the EA Sports brand. EA Sports MMA will be available in 2010 on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Its Website does not reveal any facts about the gameplay or its release date, just one link to sign up for the EA Sports newsletter and another that directs people to EA Sport's MMA forum.[3] This game will have many options to create the ultimate MMA experience.

It was announced that the first trailer would be shown on CBS, during Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers on November 7, 2009. The trailer featured Emelianenko and Rogers performing a variety of attacks and defenses against each other. The trailer ended with both of the men about to punch each other in the face. It was announced that EA MMA would feature Strikeforce as its flagship promotion.[4]

An article posted on December 15, mentioned the following details:

  • Deals with other MMA promotions, in addition to the announced Strikeforce deal, are "highly likely, including at least one of the big Japanese groups." FSM says one unannounced top fighter "regularly competes in Sengoku Raiden Championship, aka World Victory Road."
  • Venues include both rings and cages. FSM says EA's on the fence about whether restarts will be included for ring fights. (It "might make for jarring gameplay," the article says.)
  • The game includes Pride-style rules in addition to standard Unified Rules.
  • The game includes the ability to fight southpaw- or orthodox, execute foot stomps and fight on the cage, with deep clinchwork and countering.
  • Mauro Ranallo and Frank Shamrock will be providing commentary.[5]

Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko will be on the cover.[6]

The game will also feature 'Live Broadcasts' that can be viewed from PC or consoles. The Player will be able to upload hype videos, which will help to increase popularity. Real life prizes will be given out to a certain level.[7]

Roster

Legend:

  • HW Fighter can fight at Heavyweight
  • LHW Fighter can fight at Light Heavyweight
  • MW Fighter can fight at Middleweight
  • WW Fighter can fight at Welterweight
  • LW Fighter can fight at Lightweight
  • DLC Downloadble Content
  • VID Fighter has been visually identified in press articles, but has yet to be confirmed by EA.
  • UC Fighter has announced their involvement with the game in past interviews, but has yet to be confirmed by EA.

Organizations

UFC controversy

UFC president Dana White has declared himself "at war" with EA over the development of the EA Sports MMA video game. White assumed that he initially wanted EA to develop UFC 2009 Undisputed and remarks "EA Sports told us, 'You're not a real sport. We wouldn't touch this thing. We want nothing to do with this.'" "We put our asses on the line, THQ and the UFC, to make a video-game deal in the worst economy in the world," White told reporters recently. "We go out there and do this thing, and it's successful, and now [expletive] EA Sports wants to do a video game.[20]

In response to these allegations, EA Sports have since claimed that Dana White held a meeting with EA in Los Angeles; a separate entity from their EA Sports brand who are responsible for such games as The Sims. They also claim that they were working on making an MMA game well before UFC Undisputed 2009 was even released.

White warned the fighters who intend to be included in the upcoming EA Sports MMA game release, claiming that "If you do business with EA, you won't be in the UFC". Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia[21] and Andrei Arlovski, as well as still under contract Frank Trigg (who has now been released from his UFC Contract following his loss to Matt Serra [22]) and Vladimir Matyushenko[23] confirmed their presence in the EA Sports MMA video game. Fan favorite Randy Couture was under contract with UFC before agreeing to be a part of EA Sports MMA, but is able to take part in the game due to never signing over his likeness to the UFC for use in video games. White has since changed his standpoint on this subject.

Preview

GameZone's Dakota Grabowski was able to find out more on EA Sports MMA, saying "What the team was able to confirm was that refs will never disappear from the match, ring girls will be present, authentic entrances will be put into action (though, they wouldn’t confirm Jason “Mayhem” Miller’s extravagant walk down the runway with models), and corner men will show up during rounds; although no official corner men will be provided. Lastly, they were able confirm that both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions will be exactly the same and no planned DLC will be exclusive to either platform."[24]

References

  1. ^ http://www.videogamer.com/news/ea_to_alternate_between_fight_night_and_mma.html Videogamer.com MMA News
  2. ^ Stewart, Kemuel (2008-06-01). "E3 '09: EA Sports MMA Announced". GamerCenterOnline. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts /list/238444.page EA Sports MMA Forum
  4. ^ Strikeforce to be flagship promotion in upcoming "EA Sports MMA" videogame
  5. ^ http://hardcoresportsradio.com/content/media/podcasts/8f9ad1c7-15b8-4d44-98c9-f7b41c11e146.mp3
  6. ^ http://gofighter.com/featured/fedor-and-couture-to-share-ea-mma-cover-release-date-set/
  7. ^ E3 2010: Hype Yourself in EA Sports MMA
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an http://mma.easports.com/fighters.action
  9. ^ Holy wow, Jeff Monson is in EA Sports MMA
  10. ^ [http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76305:Reserve EA Sports MMA and receive Herschel Walker as a GameStop exclusive downloadable fighter. Available online and in-store while supplies last. ]
  11. ^ " Tim Sylvia Says No One In The UFC Could Be Fedor
  12. ^ " EA Sports fighter Ken Shamrock says rival videogame could turn industry "on its head"
  13. ^ Bas Rutten confirms participation in EA MMA game and more!
  14. ^ Benji "The Razor" Radach: I Just Want to Fight the Best
  15. ^ http://middleeasy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1168:more-info-about-ea-sports-mma-has-leaked-pride-fc-rules-are-in&catid=34:organizations
  16. ^ UFC welterweight Frank Trigg latest addition to "EA Sports MMA" videogame roster
  17. ^ http://www.411mania.com/MMA/columns/133542/411-MMA-Interviews:--Eddie-Alvarez.htm
  18. ^ Podcast #11: Champion Eddie Alvarez talks BJ Penn, “There’s not a doubt in my mind I could win.” Vows to “come back this year with some new tricks!”
  19. ^ EA SPORTS MMA to Feature STRIKEFORCE as a Premier League
  20. ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15490/ufc-president-dana-white-says-ea-sports-responsible-for-current-mma-video-game-war.mma
  21. ^ http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24141"
  22. ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15059/ea-sports-to-release-mma-videogame-ea-sports-mma-in-2010.mma/
  23. ^ http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab285/nonstopjc/004.jpg
  24. ^ http://xbox360.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p38375_02.htm
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