Thursday, May 8, 2008

Spring 09 Release

Yep, that's right. The game will be released next year of spring 2009. Not known of an exact date but we should be told at UFC 84. Now here is what really got me emotional when I heard this release date, first of all, what about the roster, it would might look really different from what it is currently is from now till then. Secondly, releasing a awesome trailer in July of 2007 and waiting 2 years to release the game is ridiculous, this got me mad. But what about that playable demo that was said by Marcus Davis a couple of months back, maybe that will be on display at UFC 84, but not playable for the general public. This really crushed my heart when I heard this "release date" news, I was really looking forward to this and now it looks like we have to wait 11-12 months for this game to come out. But there is a bright side, this gives the developers alot of time to make the game well, we should be expecting a awesome game with the time the dev's are given.

It's a shame, I was constantly thinking about this game but now when I read it is coming next year and not this year, it really left me empty, from now on I won't be updating this blog but I will keep it alive. I have no more motivation for this game anymore.

Here is the soucre and the piece of the article that spoils the release date as said by THQ's CEO Brian Farrell.

Source

"We're also excited about launching our first games based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship in spring of next year in conjunction with a prime UFC event. And importantly, the new WWE Legends of Wrestlemania game next March is a great addition to our portfolio."

Monday, March 24, 2008

Marcus Davis On UFC 2009 Video Game

This is an interview took by Sherdog radio and it featured Marcus Davis talking about his experience when getting scanned for the UFC video game. Marcus had a lot of great things to say and gave us alot of information of possible things regarding the game, some include the developers taking such detailed pictures/scans of fighters and motion capturing. By how Marcus describes the fighters movements being perfectly replicated from video footage to in-game, it becomes certain that UFC 2009 is using the latest technology that is the Euphoria game engine. He also goes on to talk about a playable demo coming within a couple of months with Rampage and Forrest as the two featured fighters. Marcus also said the developers are working on the ground game alot more with open guard, closed guard, side mount and etc. It seems that alot of hard work, time and dedication went into this game and I certaintly hope that it pays off in the game. Listen to the interview for the details.

Special thanks to Harveyfofi for giving me the interview and helping me out, this audio was made possible because of him.

Marcus Davis Talks UFC 2009

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Some Confirmed Fighters

Just posting which fighters we already know who are in the game. Special thanks to NorthMiami305 for giving me some vids of Fighters getting scanned.

Heavyweight:
Not known as of yet

Light Heavyweight:
Chuck Liddell - Trailer
Quintin "Rampage" Jackson - Trailer
Forrest Griffin - UFC 76 DVD
Wanderlei Silva - Pic of Scan Source

Middleweight:
Micheal Bisping - Source

Welterweight:
Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis - Sherdog Radio
Thiago Alves - Source
Diego Sanchez - UFC 76 DVD, Video of Scans
Matt Arroyo - Source


Lightweight:
Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon - Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3
Gleison Tibau - Source
Hermes Franca - Source

Special Characters:
Bruce Buffer

Enjoyment Purposes Only

These are screen-captures of the UFC video game Trailer. I put these up so we can enjoy the step-by-step animation of the Trailer and the characters.







Friday, March 21, 2008

May 24th: Special Day

Yes, May 24th is the day when THQ will reveal official info on the game, this is when UFC 84 takes place. Many sites and sources are speculating to see a demo being played, a release date and a official name to the game as instead of only being referred as "UFC 2009" or "Ultimate Fighting Championship 2009” to be released.

UFC 2009 General

This blog is for the fans that are going crazy thinking about the UFC 2009 video game. This is were I will post as much known information about the game as possible, from little bits of info to big announcements regarding the future THQ video game, UFC 2009.

Check out the Trailer. It will leave you wanting more.