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EA Sports MMA Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

10:55 AM - October 19, 2010 by DirtyJerz32

EA Sports MMA is available now, please post your impressions.

See the full press release, along with a launch trailer and new screenshots.

Go Beyond the Cage with Global Fighting Experiences, MMA Superstars and Innovative Online Features

*Check out all the new screenshots, right here.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - October 19, 2010 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced that EA SPORTS™ MMA is available in stores throughout North America starting today and will launch worldwide beginning October 22 and in Japan on November 11. EA SPORTS MMA, offering the most authentic, intense and broadest mixed martial arts experience to date, allows players to travel the world and learn a multitude of fighting techniques and skills. The game features a vast array of world-class fighters, and players can extend their gaming experience online through a first-of-its-kind feature - EA SPORTS Live Broadcast.

Fighters can further showcase their MMA skills to the world through EA SPORTS Live Broadcast in which players can create their own fighter and then produce a hype video to get noticed by an actual EA SPORTS promoter. Once selected by the EA SPORTS promoter, players will be able to have their fight broadcast online through EA SPORTS Live Broadcast, while a live commentator calls every move made during the fight. Moreover, each EA SPORTS Live Broadcast fight can be viewed on game consoles or online via the web.

“EA SPORTS MMA is the most immersive and authentic mixed martial arts experience available, bringing together great fighters, opportunities to train and fight internationally and features that allow players to prove their skills online to a wide audience,” said EA SPORTS MMA Executive Producer Dale Jackson. “EA SPORTS is excited to bring this highly anticipated title to mixed martial arts fans and help grow the popularity of the sport worldwide.”

EA SPORTS MMA provides the definitive mixed martial arts experience, featuring multiple disciplines, rule sets, locations and fighters from all over the world. Players can fight in a ring, hexagonal or circular cage, and the MMA environment comes to life with ring girls, corner men and referees. Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. provides fighter introductions while Big John McCarthy officiates fights and MMA legend Frank Shamrock and commentator Mauro Ranallo call the action.

Through career mode, fighters will be able to train in locations around the world with legends of the sport such as Randy Couture, Pat Miletich, Rickson Gracie and Bas Rutten, visiting gyms in Japan, Brazil, Thailand and the U.S. While training internationally, players will teach their fighter new skills as they rise up the ranks to make it to one of the biggest stages in MMA – STRIKEFORCE.

Other key features within EA SPORTS MMA include:

Fighter Share – Players can put themselves into the world of MMA training and fighting and begin the quest to become a champion. They can upload photos of themselves and use Photo Game Face to create their own, personalized roster of fighters. Display and share these create-a-fighters via Fighter Share by uploading and browsing other created fighters. In addition, through Fighter Share players can download and try out any fighters created by the passionate EA SPORTS MMA community.
Customize Your Own Fight Card – Become a promoter and set up a night of fights with your friends. With the ability to host four fights per card with up to 10 people connected*, players can challenge each other to fights, and talk trash while friends provide commentary to the fight.
Total Strike Control – Through an intuitive control system for striking, elbow, knees and kicks, players can go on the offensive with Total Strike Control, providing the utmost flexibility for their fighters. EA SPORTS MMA also provides the flexibility for those who prefer fighting using face buttons with the Classic Control scheme.

Sherdog MMA Fighter Exchange Program brought to you by EA SPORTS MMA

Announced on October 11, EA SPORTS will be sponsoring the Sherdog MMA Fighter Exchange program, which mirrors EA SPORTS MMA’s career mode where young fighters travel the globe to learn various martial arts disciplines.

The program gives four up-and-coming fighters the opportunity to learn new fighting techniques and disciplines while training with STRIKEFORCE MMA superstars that appear in EA SPORTS MMA. Two North American fighters will train in Japan and Brazil under the tutelage of Luke Rockhold and Jason “Mayhem” Miller, while two international fighters, will be mentored by Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the U.S.

Sherdog.com will provide a behind-the-scenes look throughout the fight camps with blog and video coverage of the fighters. After weeks of training, the four fighters will make their STRIKEFORCE debut, as an undercard, during the December 4 fight featuring Dan Henderson vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral, which will be streamed online by Sherdog.com.

EA SPORTS MMA will be available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the iPhone® and iPod® touch.

For more information about EA SPORTS MMA, visit http://www.easportsmma.com or follow the game on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/easportsmma and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/easportsmma.

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# 41 Gotmadskillzson @ 10/19/10 10:16 PM

Do you guys have the game installed on your hard drive ? My load times is no longer then when I play NBA 2K11. But anyway just had my 1st lost in career mode, got caught in a takedown attempt and submitted.

I do like how the commentary talks about the history of fighters in career mode and in exhbition mode.

# 42 Rpommier @ 10/19/10 11:11 PM

Played 2 online matches - lost
Played a quick fight and won

Started my Career, and went through the three tutorials with Bas.

A couple of things first, I purchased UFC 2009 and loved it, played the hec out of it, but have to say I was never comfortable with the ground game or initiating/defending submissions. I could just never get accustomed to the "Shine" or the full/half mount motions on the analogs. I purchased UFC 2010 and figured they would clean it up, and was still confused, so I traded it in after a month or so.

Now, EA MMA, is just plain easier for me to get a feel for what I am trying to do. I can see when someone is trying to advance position and defend it, I know what I am doing in the clench, it's just easier for me

I haven't paid much attention to the commentary, so I'll make sure to take note later. Or it could be simply that it's forgettable.

I like the different rules and ring layouts, it really adds alot of variety. Kicks to the head on the ground! Need I say more.

I'm also hoping that it won't be as difficult to attain moves as UFC 2010 was. There was just too much in the CAF there for me to make a planned path for what I wanted to do in there.

One thing that I do realize I miss that I wouldn't think I would is the UFC license. Thinking back I would primarily play Rampage, Rashad, Machida, Silva over and over again. I will also miss the classic fights and Joe Rogan announcing.

Beyond that I much prefer the gameplay of EA MMA to UFC, that's what matters. It's just no fun for me not being able to execute a fight plan, because I'm not sure I'm performing the button/analog sequences correctly.

# 43 ManiacMatt1782 @ 10/19/10 11:14 PM

one of the coolest features ever is the ability to watch peoples fights, if you go to leaderboard and select friends, you can watch your friends ranked fights. quik watched an **** 5 round war (which i lost) for one of the lhw titles and said that fight was as good as some fights he's seen on tv. this game continues to amaze

# 44 Gotmadskillzson @ 10/20/10 12:04 AM

Head Stomping in my career in Brazil. I enjoyed this because he beat me during my second fight in Brazil. I won the rematch in convincing fashion.

EA Sports: HEAD STOMP

# 45 Flightwhite24 @ 10/20/10 12:26 AM

Man, I'm on the fence on this one

Gonna probably wait a few days and see if the hype is still there after the newness wears off.

# 46 econoodle @ 10/20/10 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FLIGHTWHITE


	Man, I'm on the fence on this one Gonna probably wait a few days and see if the hype is still there after the newness wears off.

same here!
for now ill try to get the controls down on the DEMO

# 47 daddytorgo @ 10/20/10 11:23 AM

Game is great. I need to up the difficulty level and beat on the AI on the highest level before I go to fight online again though. Got mounted twice and didn't have any idea that the way to escape was to parry a punch and then try to buck him off. Got TKO'd easily both times.

# 48 Tribe1 @ 10/20/10 11:57 AM

Picked it up last night and just got a little time to play but the game play itself is fantastic...Now just imagine if there was a way to combine this game play with the presentation the UFC game and it would be heaven

# 49 DaveDQ @ 10/20/10 12:06 PM

Man, I am getting destroyed online. I just can't get a rhythm going. As much as I have talked about it not being a button masher, I'm finding myself panicing and losing fights very early in round 1. AWFUL!

# 50 Phobia @ 10/20/10 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by daddytorgo


	Game is great. I need to up the difficulty level and beat on the AI on the highest level before I go to fight online again though. Got mounted twice and didn't have any idea that the way to escape was to parry a punch and then try to buck him off. Got TKO'd easily both times.

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Originally Posted by Tribe1


	Picked it up last night and just got a little time to play but the game play itself is fantastic...Now just imagine if there was a way to combine this game play with the presentation the UFC game and it would be heaven

Glad to hear everyone having the same experiences with the game that we were prior to the release.

I give the game a honest 4/5 stars. Pull a star for lack of presentation and replay features missing.

# 51 Phobia @ 10/20/10 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveDQ


	Man, I am getting destroyed online. I just can't get a rhythm going. As much as I have talked about it not being a button masher, I'm finding myself panicing and losing fights very early in round 1. AWFUL!

Yea it is far from a button masher Dave. You must remain calm, if you lose your head you will lose quickly. Most important thing to do when in a bad spot is looking for their tendencies so you can parry multiple shots to get out.

Parrying is the #1 most important technique in the game. It must be used in all forms from the stand up, clinch, and most importantly the ground game to protect yourself from damage AND to get out of bad situations.

# 52 DaveDQ @ 10/20/10 12:12 PM

I give it a 1/5 because I'm 3-17 online!

lol..I need to hit the offline before I do anymore online matches. I just have zero flow right now.

# 53 Scoop_Brady @ 10/20/10 12:44 PM

I'm really digging the final release more than the demo. The AI is much better and the opponents are much more elusive. It's not a slugfest at all. The only real complaint I have, outside of the weak presentation, is the fact that if I can gain full mount and posture up it's too easy to finish the fight against the cpu. I haven't tried on Legend yet but it is way too easy on Hard. Though getting to that position isn't so easy on Hard but still, I would like to see the cpu buck me off at least some of the times.

One thing that really stands out to me in this game is range. I love how there are fights where it seems like I find that sweet spot with range where I can be effective with my striking and stay out of danger but there are other times when I can't get off any effective strikes and I can't stay out of harms way. Range is done very well in this game, IMO.

A funny thing for me is the fact that I got 3 achievements in my first 5 fights just because of the match ups I chose. I had no idea going in but I got an achievement for choosing Couture vs. Fedor, Aoki vs. Hansen, and Shamrock vs. Shamrock.

# 54 Rpommier @ 10/20/10 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveDQ


	I give it a 1/5 because I'm 3-17 online! lol..I need to hit the offline before I do anymore online matches. I just have zero flow right now.

At least you won three

# 55 NotoriousReignz @ 10/20/10 03:22 PM

Fedor is a beast, I'm gonna try to get that achievement beating him on hard though.

Load times on 360 seem perfectly fine to me.

One thing that's annoying with the commentary is that I was Ken fighting Frank, and Frank Shamrock referred to each fighter as Shamrock lol.

# 56 DaveDQ @ 10/20/10 04:07 PM

It would have been tough to fit in the demo, but the career mode tutorial is far better than the generic one. I spent some time this afternoon sparring just to make sure I'm on the same page as my controller. The controls aren't hard to master, but the challenge (for me) is doing the right button when it counts. I'm already seeing results.

# 57 Jukeman @ 10/20/10 04:44 PM

I really want to get this game but im really skeptical and the fact that SvR comes out next week...Ugh, I dont wanna spend this much money on games in one month (NBA2k11)

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Hope there are more impressions coming soon that will convince me

How deep is online?

Are there any lags?

How good is career mode compared to FNR4?

-Edit

Welp, just got notified that I have to pay my phone bill before tomorrow...There's a Gamestop near the phone store

# 58 DaveDQ @ 10/20/10 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jukeman


	I really want to get this game but im really skeptical and the fact that SvR comes out next week...Ugh, I dont wanna spend this much money on games in one month (NBA2k11) : Hope there are more impressions coming soon that will convince me How deep is online? Are there any lags? How good is career mode compared to FNR4?

I know how you feel. I passed on NBA 2K11 for EA MMA. It was hard too with everyone being so positive about 2K11, but I like online play and they still haven't polished that yet, so it made it easier.

Online is well done. Because you can view recent fights in their entirety, you can basically use that to scout guys on your friends list. I really like that feature. Then there is the fight card, which speaks for itself.

# 59 Pappy Knuckles @ 10/20/10 06:17 PM

I suck at this game so far. I can see the potential, but it's going to be a minute before I find any kind of flow. I keep getting beat up by the cpu on medium difficulty. I picked up UFC a lot easier than this. I'm glad to know Dave has been taking a beating as well.

# 60 Scoop_Brady @ 10/20/10 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by goh


	No difficultly select for career mode? Really? Really? C'mon on fellas,*BASIC* options/game design! At least there's no stupid...Oh noes you trained before your fight! You have 25% health for your next fight!

It defaults on medium but you can change it in the options once you make it through the amateur fights/tutorial section.

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