UFC 2009 Undisputed

In the blue corner we have The Greatest of All Time. In the red corn... screw it. We just can't bang the mega clichéd phrasing out. What we can do is tell you we'd back Chun Li's thighs of granite in any semi fair fight. That, and we can also inform you that you should vote for The Fighting Game of the Year at this month's Golden Joystick Awards. Full details inside.

Whats up, everyone! Im Wes Bunn, and Im one of the game designers on UFC Undisputed 2010. Just wanted to take some time to give some perspective on what went into this years game. If youre a fan of MMA, fighting games, or you just want to virtually choke out, punch, or kick one of your friends in the face, we think youll find something to be excited about. First off, let me just say that everyone on our team truly loves MMA. Were all fans of the sport, just like you. We get together and watch the fights all the time, and some of us actually train! The bottom line is that were gamers, we love MMA, and we truly want to make the absolute best MMA game possible.

GamerLive writes: THQ Inc and Zuffa, LLC announced that UFC[Registered] 2009 Undisputed the critically and commercially acclaimed debut videogame based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has achieved Platinum Hits status in North America on Xbox 360 and has joined Sony's Greatest Hits collection for PlayStation 3. Having shipped more than 3.5 million units worldwide to date, both versions of the videogame originally launched on May 19, 2009 and are now available for $30.

New downloadable content has hit for UFC 2009 Undisputed in the form of the Downloadable Fighters pack.

IndustryGamers: As we continue our look into the top selling games of 2009, we're examining what made THQ's UFC 2009 Undisputed such a success for the publisher. We recently spoke with EEDAR executive chairman Greg Short, who presented his new findings at Ayzenberg Group's [a]list Summit this past week. THQ has already shipped more than 2.9 million copies of the game worldwide, with over 1.5 million copies of UFC sold in the U.S., according to NPD. Similar to Capcom's Resident Evil 5 launch earlier this year, marketing clearly played a big role in the success of UFC, but that wasn't the only factor. Short explained that UFC's rise in popularity as a sport and the fact that a game hasn't been made in years made consumers very eager for the title.

Neven Dravinski, UFC Producer: The Patch for UFC 2009 Undisputed has been released on the Xbox 360 World Wide and the PS3 for Europe. The Patch is currently in submission with Sony America and we expect to release it very soon. As the Xbox and Sony Europe updates were available sooner than expected we made the decision to get the Patch out to the public rather than sit on them. Stay on the lookout for updates regarding the Patch release for Sony America.

Kotaku: Dana White, boss of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has some rather unpleasant things to say about EA Sports and their attempts to mosey in on the mixed martial arts market. But what does EA Sport's Peter Moore have to say? Aside from revealing that he's seen a playable build of EA's MMA title - which lacks the UFC license - Moore says:

Answering a question at a UFC 100 fan event, one of the owners of the MMA league spoke about the sales success of UFC Undisputed: 2009, putting the unit sales at a cool three million.

UFC 2009 is an incredible game but all great games aren't perfect. There were issues with the online when UFC launched and some auto save problems with the PS3 version of the game. THQ understands that these problems needed to be attended too and the upcoming patch will answer the call.

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?