December 12, 2009, at 5:37 am
And the day is already circled on my calendar.
European video game site VG247 confirmed the date yesterday:
THQ has confirmed, after a GameStop flier broke the news, that its UFC 2010 will be released next year on May 25.
This is important for several reasons. First off, I’m fucking pumped. Last year’s effort was a solid start, but featured several problems that really kept it from being among my favorite sports games of all time. The ground game made sense, but it was far to easy to get to mount, and for too hard to get out of it. This led to a bunch of morons online who did nothing but shoot takedowns, get to mount and hold the right stick so they simply couldn’t be reversed. Other problems included an out of date rosters that lacked up and comers like Jon Jones and Clay Guida, and a career mode that didn’t reward you or provide a unique experience each time through.
The other important thing about the date is that THQ has some competition for the MMA crown this year from EA Sports MMA. THQ had said in interviews that they were desperate to get their game out as fast as possible to get the jump on the UFC-less EA effort. This would provide the final nail in the coffin for the game, as only the hardcores would buy two MMA games, especially when most casual fans won’t know who most of the fighters in the EA game are. Fedor? Who’s Fedor?
The UFC Undisputed 2010 trailer will debut of Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Saturday Night. We’ll have video of it here as soon as we get our grubby little hands on it.
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