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EA SPORTS UFC to be developed by Fight Night team at EA Canada


This year at the Electronic Arts E3 Press Conference, EA SPORTS shocked the gaming world with a surprise announcement unveiling that EA SPORTS had partnered with the UFC and would produce the next UFC videogame.

Today, EA SPORTS announced that the award-winning Fight Night development team has been tapped for the octagon to develop the next UFC videogame. The EA SPORTS UFC development team will be lead by Team and Action Sports General Manager Dean Richards (Fight Night, NHL, SSX) and Creative Director Brian Hayes.

After leading gameplay design on Fight Night Round 4 and Fight Night Champion, Hayes is now the Creative Director for the Fighting Team at EA SPORTS and had this to say when asked about leading the development team for EA SPORTS UFC:

“When we found out that EA and the UFC would be working together, the team was excited. Most of the team didn’t even know about it until the announcement at E3. We were all watching it together and when Andrew Wilson and Dana White took the stage, everybody starting cheering. It was great.”

“For me personally, the UFC is something that I grew up with. I remember watching the first UFC events when I was a teenager and it’s amazing to see how they have evolved and flourished. Ultimately, we’re huge fans, we think we have a great team and we are really excited to be taking on this new challenge. We look forward to bringing the UFC video game experience to new heights.”

Thank fuck. This may turn out good with the Fight Night team taking control.

[bail3yz]

Could be good.. but honestly regardless of how good the fight night guys are, I just think its too complicated

Itll probably be an improvement from the last UFC game... but I doubt itll ever be really good and balanced

[e-thug]

The fight night team does awesome with there boxing games so I'm gonna stay fairly optimistic about how good this game will be....from all accounts the EA MMA game was quite good.

[bail3yz]

I play fight night champions every weekend when I'm drunk.

If anyone has it on Xbox and wants to get smashed.. let me know!

[stitch1z]

I loved EA MMA. Way more than any of the THQ games.

Super stoked for this.

[Brad.Taschuk]

Cautiously optimistic, but fuck the producer for saying this:

I remember watching the first UFC events when I was a teenager and it’s amazing to see how they have evolved and flourished.

It's amazing how many people have "watched since UFC 1".

If as many people actually watched as claim to now, the sport never would have been taken off the air.

[LizaG]

so if it's Fight Night, but with BJJ, TD's and MT thrown in? Aaaawwwwww YEAH!

[Norway1]

Originally Posted by Brad.Taschuk

It's amazing how many people have "watched since UFC 1".

If as many people actually watched as claim to now, the sport never would have been taken off the air.

thats most of sherdog right there