EA Sports UFC To be Developed by Fight Night Team, EA Canada

[dabrian]

Any idea on a release date?

[kingsofthevalley]

I don't know about this gents. I mean, Fight Night wasn't a horrible game but it left much to be desired. Let the team who did the first EA MMA do it as that game was pretty good. That, or get the UFC 3 devs to pitch in on it. Other than the fighters being a bit stiff and the career cap, UFC3 blew Fight Night Champs out of thee water.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingsofthevalley

I don't know about this gents. I mean, Fight Night wasn't a horrible game but it left much to be desired. Let the team who did the first EA MMA do it as that game was pretty good. That, or get the UFC 3 devs to pitch in on it. Other than the fighters being a bit stiff and the career cap, UFC3 blew Fight Night Champs out of thee water.

The original EA MMA guys are on other projects they started and can't be taken off of them. They are going to be dedicated to them and EA will not pull them off. The THQ UFC team were not a package deal when EA bought the UFC license, but rumor says that a couple of the THQ guys defected. The only thing is you can't share another companies secrets.

You are right UFC 3 blew Fight Night out the water, the online hurt the overall game. The Fight Night team doesn't believe in a sim/realistic experience. This might make fans go ballistic or they might accept as a Street Fighter meets Tekken type game.

[JonBonesJonesLHW]

Jon "Bones" Jones better have a high submission rating in this new game. He holds the Light-HeavyWeight record for most submission victories. Just submitted Vitor Belfort!

[TheShizNo1]

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[Phobia]

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[FT-Mac]

I don't have high hopes about this. UFC 3 was far from perfect and still it was THQ's third try. This will be EA's first release and usually it takes time to develop good game. Look what NBA Live has become, I just don't see this one having a great result. I wish I'd have SIMULATION UFC game, and usually EA has managed to turn sports games more to ARCADE type.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by FT-Mac

I don't have high hopes about this. UFC 3 was far from perfect and still it was THQ's third try. This will be EA's first release and usually it takes time to develop good game. Look what NBA Live has become, I just don't see this one having a great result. I wish I'd have SIMULATION UFC game, and usually EA has managed to turn sports games more to ARCADE type.

EA doesn't think sim/realistic fighting games will sell well. They always say the Casual market is their priority. They love to try to force fans of a certain sport accept the arcadish garbage they hand off as sim/realistic.

Fight Night has lost many fans because it will not go the sim route. The game sold horribly in it's last outing. The game just didn't truly capture the sport's depth realistically.