UFC Undisputed 2010
| UFC Undisputed 2010 | |
|---|---|
 Cover art, featuring UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar | |
| Developer(s) | Yuke's |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable[1] |
| Release | PSP Q3 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Sports, mixed martial arts |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer |
UFC Undisputed 2010 is a mixed martial arts video game featuring Ultimate Fighting Championship properties and fighters developed by Yuke's and published by THQ. It is scheduled for release on May 25, 2010, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and for the first time PlayStation Portable. It is the second game to be released under THQ's 2007 agreement with the UFC and it is a sequel to the successful UFC 2009 Undisputed. A teaser trailer of the game was shown on December 12, 2009 at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, where UFC 2009 Undisputed was named the Best Individual Sports Game, showing a first look at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights contestant Kimbo Slice. The full roster was announced April 27 on gamespot.[2]
Between February and March, James McSweeney, Marcus Jones, Brendan Schaub and Roy Nelson were announced as the four bonus fighters as part of the Gamestop/Game pre-order bonus.[3]
The demo for the game features four light heavyweight fighters (Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson).[4] Limited download codes were released on April 29th to members of the UFC Community and the demo was released publically one week later on both Playstation Network and Xbox Live.
Gameplay Changes
In an interview with ESPN, producer Neven Dravinski said that they made so many serious upgrades to the game that he cannot play UFC 2009 Undisputed because the gameplay is so poor compared to UFC Undisputed 2010.
UFC Undisputed 2010 will also include multiple changes [5] from the previous version, including:
- Improved controls, including a redesign of clinch and ground grappling, as well as an improved career mode, starting in the World Fighting Alliance.
- Changes to gameplay including usage of cage walls, TKO (cut and injury) finishes and the introduction of Karate, Greco-Roman wrestling and Sambo fighting styles.
- Added MMA brands for clothing as well as the introduction of post-fight attire.
- New arenas including GM Place, Centre Bell and The O2 [6]
Playstation Exclusives
Royce Gracie, Jens Pulver and Dan Severn are exclusive PS3 fighters. Along with the three exclusive fighters will be five exclusive ultimate fights with each of those being added to a special blu-ray disc. The 5 ultimate fights are:
Ultimate 2009 Category UFN 18 – Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann
Ultimate Knockouts Category UFC 102 – Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia
Ultimate Classics Category UFC 60 – Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie and UFC 66 – Keith Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin
Ultimate Submissions Category UFC 68 – Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries [7]
Roster
On April 27, 2010 the roster was revealed by Gamespot.[8]
Legend:
- HW Fighter can switch to Heavyweight
- LH Fighter can switch to Light Heavyweight
- MW Fighter can switch to Middleweight
- WW Fighter can switch to Welterweight
- LW Fighter can switch to Lightweight
- DLC Downloadable Content
- PS Fighter is exclusive to the Playstation 3 edition of the game
EA Sports controversy
UFC president Dana White has declared himself "at war" with EA over the development of the EA Sports MMA video game. White assumed that he initially wanted EA to develop UFC 2009 Undisputed and remarks "EA Sports told us, 'You're not a real sport. We wouldn't touch this thing. We want nothing to do with this.'" "We put our asses on the line, THQ and the UFC, to make a video-game deal in the worst economy in the world," White told reporters recently. "We go out there and do this thing, and it's successful, and now [expletive] EA Sports wants to do a video game.[9]
White warned the fighters who intend to be included in the upcoming EA Sports MMA game release, claiming that "If you do business with EA, you won't be in the UFC". Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia[10] and Andrei Arlovski, as well as still under contract Frank Trigg (who has now been released from his UFC Contract following his loss to Matt Serra [11]) and Vladimir Matyushenko[12] confirmed their presence in the EA Sports MMA video game. Fan favorite Randy Couture was under contract with UFC before agreeing to be a part of EA Sports MMA, but is able to take part in the game due to never signing over his likeness to the UFC for use in video games.[13]
Reception
Dakota Grabowski of GameZone.com gave the game a 9/10. His final verdict was "All in all, UFC Undisputed 2010 is a force to be reckoned with. THQ has put every other fighting game on notice as UFC Undisputed 2010 has moved into the domain of one of the best games in the genre."[14]
References
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- ^ http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?qs=ufc+2010+undisputed&om_act=convert&om_clk=search
- ^ http://community.ufcundisputed.com/blog-post/full-roster-reveal-tuesday
- ^ http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76652
- ^ http://community.ufcundisputed.com/forums/topic/16033
- ^ http://www.mmamania.com/2010/2/5/1296833/ufc-undisputed-2010-boasts-major#storyjump
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEisfmAXaRI
- ^ http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76652
- ^ http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6260476.html?tag=siteblogs%3Btitle%3B1
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15490/ufc-president-dana-white-says-ea-sports-responsible-for-current-mma-video-game-war.mma
- ^ http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24141"
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15059/ea-sports-to-release-mma-videogame-ea-sports-mma-in-2010.mma/
- ^ http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab285/nonstopjc/004.jpg
- ^ http://mma.easports.com/fighters.action
- ^ http://ps3.gamezone.com/reviews/item/ufc_undisputed_2010_review/
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