IncGamers has learnt that EA's MMA game could see female fighters.
"Electronic Arts is giving journalists a sneak peak at its upcoming mixed martial arts fighter, EA SPORTS MMA, on November 6th at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. According to the invitation sent to members of the press, the game will be made available in playable form for the first time ever."
Since the MMA game is based on real fighters, it's EA's job to determine which fighters are stronger than others. Unfortunately for fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller, EA doesn't think too much of him in the fighting department, and he is rated as one of the weaklings in the game.
"Despite Dana White threat to blacklist any mixed martial artists from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who signed with Electronic Art's EA Sports MMA, the game certainly seems to have no problem acquiring a healthy roster of notable fighters.
Game Freaks 365 writes: "The fight is on. EA today announced that they have officially signed Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko to headline their EA Sports MMA title. Randy Couture is a 6'1", 220 pound heavyweight, who currently holds a 16-9 record and is a five-time MMA champion. The game is currently scheduled to be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010.
Movie star and Strikeforce athlete Cung Le has confirmed his appearance in EA's upcoming MMA videogame, and announced he will be working on motion capture in the near future.
Koku Gamer writes: 'Former Special Forces soldier Tim Kennedy looks set to be banned from the UFC after revealing he is to star in EA Sports' upcoming MMA title.'
Joystiq writes: "There's been a pretty crazy rumor floating around. originating from the mixedmartialarts.com forums. The rumor states that UFC will blacklist any fighter that chooses to be a part of EA's upcoming game, MMA. That means should any fighter sign up to be represented in EA's game, they won't ever be endorsed by the UFC or asked to join. Crazy, right?"
Following the major success of THQ's UFC 2009 game, EA Sports head Peter Moore says his newly-announced EA Sports MMA title will sign fighters with image rights available.
Young independent Finnish game studio Recoil Games was founded by Remedy Entertainment (Max Payne) co-founder Samuli Syvahuoko, and first came onto the radar in 2007, revealing its debut game Earth No More in conjunction with 3D Realms.