PlayStation

EA Sports Won’t Say MMA’s Dead, But Won’t Say It’s Getting A Sequel, Either

To many, the UFC’s acquisition of the competing fight series Strikeforce in March spelled the end of EA Sports MMA. While EA Sports’ chief of development did not say that a sequel is in development, he did not say the label was quitting the sport altogether.


March 13, 2011
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.


August 26, 2010
News

Cowboys Stadium Is A Venue In EA Sports MMA

Recently, the CEO of MMA promotion Strikeforce mentioned he’d visited Cowboys Stadium. As Strikeforce is a licensing partner of the upcoming EA Sports MMA, some took that to mean the site might show up in the game. They’re right.


May 13, 2010
Uncategorized

Eight More Fighters Added To EA Sports MMA

Andre Arlovski, Lyle Beerbohm, Roger Gracie, Alistair Overeem, Kevin Randleman, Vitor Ribeiro, Murilo “Ninja” Rua and Fabricio Werdum. Heard of those guys? Me either. But they’re in the roster for EA Sports MMA – and a new batch of screens.


March 17, 2010

EA Sports MMA Serves Up Four Courses Of Pain

Having seen it at GDC, Totilo gave us his impressions of EA Sports MMA yesterday. Today, EA Sports released a batch of 16 screens. How about that ballroom setting? Nothing like fine dining while two guys pound each other senseless.


January 31, 2010

Three New Screens For EA Sports MMA… Plus A Broadcast?

Three new screens of EA Sports MMA show Bobby Lashley – fighting tonight at Strikeforce Miami – is another fighter signed to the title. In another development, EA Sports’ web site will stream one of tonight’s bouts live, for free.


November 7, 2009
News

EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce

EA Sports may not have the UFC licence, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues.