UFC 2009 Undisputed First Screen Shots

[KcMizzou]

Can't wait for this. (Over 80 fighters! ) These are from the PS3 version.

You don't have to be a geometry pro to know that stepping into the Ultimate Fighting Championship's octagon will leave you in pretty bad shape. Luckily, publisher THQ is making the UFC virtually painless -- the company just announced UFC 2009 Undisputed for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Sure, we've seen some decent UFC games in the past, but this is the first time that THQ (known for publishing the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw games) is entering the eight-sided cage. The in-ring experience of making the SmackDown vs. Raw games will certainly help, too -- the developer of those games, Yuke's, will be making Undisputed (though the team that works on the wrestling game won't be creating the UFC title -- at least the company knows how to do man-on-man action right). And it seems to be taking its first UFC fight seriously: Yuke's is constructing a brand-new fighting engine for the game, which is great to hear because Undisputed is already kicking ass graphically.

As far as features go, Undisputed has what you would expect from any sports game nowadays: a robust career mode, Create-A-Fighter, and online support (including downloadable content). This is all THQ will reveal at the moment, but we also know that Undisputed will feature over 80 fighters -- pretty impressive considering we can't even name 10 UFC fighters without resorting to Wikipedia. Right now only Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin are confirmed to be in the game, but if you want to know some of the other fighters who will appear (along with how the combat system works), check out the August issue of EGM for an in-depth preview.

http://www.1up.com/do/media?cId=3168155&sec=IMAGES

[KcMizzou]

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[ZootedGranny]

The in-ring experience of making the SmackDown vs. Raw games will certainly help, too -- the developer of those games, Yuke's, will be making Undisputed (though the team that works on the wrestling game won't be creating the UFC title -- at least the company knows how to do man-on-man action right).

Bolded for importance. Yuke's has made some shitty wrestling games, so I'm hoping this splintered off team can put something together that works. The fighter interaction and animations are going to make or break this game.

Right now I'm extremely skeptical.

Tonight at midnight central Gametrailers TV (Spike TV) will have a gameplay trailer.

[KcMizzou]

[KcMizzou]

Heh... this is great...

[QuikSsurfer]

Yuke...

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

Yuke...

Hmm... is "Yuke" good or bad?

(I'm kinda old.)

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Hmm... is "Yuke" good or bad?

(I'm kinda old.)

Yuke is basically the development team for this game. It is bad.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer

Yuke is basically the development team for this game. It is bad.

Oh... gotcha. That sucks, because I dearly want this game to be good.

[KC Kings]

I can't get too excited about this game, when the initial screen shots have Forrest's ears 50% to small.

[Crashride]

Dont know what the hell you guys are talking about this game is looking good, not just in graphics either.