In Real Life

UFC Takeover Of Strikeforce Could KO EA Sports MMA After One Round

Zuffa llc, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has bought out mixed martial arts’ second largest promotion, Strikeforce. The acquisition could mean only one MMA video game going forward.


February 26, 2011
Uncategorized

Watch Women Beat The Crap Out Of Each Other On A Plywood Floor

Supremacy MMA, the sports/fighter hybrid that takes a raw, underground look at mixed martial arts, made waves earlier in the week when it revealed two female fighters would appear in the game. Supremacy, pardon the pun, pulls no punches regardless of gender. A woman stands the chance of being beaten bloody, just as much as a man.


February 24, 2011
News

Underground MMA Game Adds Female Fighters To The Card

Supremacy MMA, the underground fighter coming in late spring, will deliver something the two other mixed martial arts console titles don’t have: women on the fight card.


February 4, 2011
News

UFC Undisputed Takes A Swing At Facebook

THQ adds its UFC Undisputed to the list of licensed console sports titles with a Facebook game adaptation, wheeling out a microtransaction-supported venture that focuses on training and leveling-up your created fighter.


January 23, 2011
News

A Fighting Game With A Sports Name Kicks Up A Fuss

Being unlicensed means you can be uncompromising, says Ricci Rukavina. It also means you’re unaccountable, especially to those heavily invested in a sport built with violence and blood, who bristle at any association with them.


January 17, 2011
News

An MMA Challenger Walks The Line Of Violence — And Reality

Supremacy MMA touts a motto of “unlicensed, unrestricted and uncompromising,” meaning brutal combat and graphic content is part of the game’s no-holds barred presentation. But with gameplay rooted more in arcade fighters than sports, should it also add “unrealistic”?


January 13, 2011
PlayStation

MMA Contender Muscles Up For A Brutal Release

Unsanctioned, underground, unlicensed and uncompromising, says the mixed martial arts title Supremacy MMA. It’s also unrated as of now, but as 505 Games insisted this video be shown behind an age gate, one can expect it to be rated M.


December 11, 2010
News

UFC Sues Ubisoft Over Two Words On The Back Of A Bad Game

Two words on the back cover boilerplate of Fighters Uncaged have invited a lawsuit from Dana White and the UFC, which will probably supply a fresh dose of publicity for a game bound for the bargain bin after terrible reviews.


November 18, 2010
News

UFC Undisputed Comes To IPhone, IPad

Following EA Sports MMA into mobile gaming, THQ’s mixed martial arts franchise UFC Undisputed will hit the iPhone and iPad this week, a company executive says.


October 24, 2010

Review: EA Sports MMA

“Fastest-growing sport” is often faint praise applied to niche competitions, but with mixed martial arts, it’s no joke. Relentless violence and blink-of-an-eye knockout potential make MMA fight night for the video game generation. Can a video game do that justice?