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UFC Purchasing Strikeforce a Devastating Blow to EA Sports MMA
In a shocking development today UFC parent Zuffa has agreed in principle to purchase struggling rival MMA promotion Strikeforce. The official announcement is expected to come on Monday. Though EA Sports has publicly vowed to develop EA Sports MMA 2 this news could bury the potential sequel. Strikeforce represented the main branding for the game, the majority of the roster was made up of fighters from the promotion, and the television broadcasts acted as the main marketing opportunity. ...
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Two Japanese Fighters Added to EA MMA
The fighter announcements continue to roll out for EA Sports MMA and if the rumor of a September release holds true than these fighter reveals will likely be commonplace over the coming months. With the latest two comes the added element of an additional promotion (DREAM) and the use of a ring rather than a cage. Shinya Aoki and Hidehiko Yoshida were announced via press conference in Japan yesterday. While they are the first Japanese fighters to be confirmed there should be many more to com...
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Review: Pandorum
When two members of a spaceship flight crew awake from hyper-sleep to find that they have no memories and a ship in disarray; they are forced to piece together a dark chain of events that led them there. The concept of Pandorum, scared survivors trapped in a confined space pursued by unknown evil force, is noting particularly new or original (See Event Horizon or The Descent for much better examples). The only way to make a film like this work is to have a quality script and an atmosphere...
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PFC 10: KOTM Tournament
The UFC 2009 Undisputed - Padre Fighting Championship has been a great success. Thanks to an enthusiastic and reliable user base all five weight classes have remained active through the first nine cards. That has exceeded expectations going in and if you're interested check out the title history in the forum. In celebration of our tenth event, and as a thank you to our league members, PFC 10 will be a special event tournament. The winner of the King of the Mountain Tournament will be awar...
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Loss Of Affliction A Blow to EA MMA
A little more then a week ago, Affliction MMA had a card slated for Aug. 1 with a main event of Fedor Emelianenko against former UFC champion Josh Barnett at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. This was a super fight that many MMA fans had been waiting to see for years. It also presented EA Sports upcoming “EA MMA” title with a fantastic piece of free advertising for their strongest commodity, Emelianenko. It was not to be however as on July 22nd the results of Josh Barnett’s ...
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Jerkfacefave’s Early UFC Impressions
Here are some of my early thoughts on UFC 2009 Undisputed as I walk through some of my experiences in the first day. More to come soon along with the videos and impressions from Pastapadre. The install to the hard drive was one of the longest I have seen so far, about 12-13 minutes. Still worth the wait though to do that. (more…)...
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UFC 98 Preview: Part Two
After looking at the first half of the card for UFC 98, which admittedly isn't very strong, there are some intriguing fights at the top. Continue on for analysis from Jerkfacefave on those and notes on which one of us will be controlling the fighters in the preview we will be putting together with UFC 2009 Undisputed the week prior. (more…)...
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UFC 98 Preview: Part One
With UFC 2009 Undisputed right around the corner there is a lot of excitement building. UFC 98 takes place on Saturday May 23rd putting it the weekend after the release of the game. The excitement around the game could certainly peak interest in that event. My good friend and UFC expert Jerkfacefave is here to provide his analysis of UFC 98. This is a look at the first half of the card and the second half will come later this weekend. We will also be playing out three of the fights with t...
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