Tag: UFC

Gaming News Wrap [23 Jan 2014]

Good morning all. Some days, the Gaming News Wrap feels empty. Others, not so. Today is a little bit of an “other”. Games Check out the latest roster reveals for EA Sports UFC. Grand Theft Auto V has been listed by both Amazon Germany and Amazon France. Of course, that should not be taken as any form of confirmation of…

Vote for one of the UFC cover stars

EA has revealed that Jon ‘Bones’ Jones, the youngest champion in UFC history, will be one of two fighters to appear on the EA SPORTS UFC cover. The second fighter will be voted by fans in the ‘EA Sports UFC Cover Vote’ presented by MetroPCS. You can cast your vote now at UFC.com/covervote. “It’s a huge honor to be selected as one of the fighters…

Gaming News Wrap [11 Oct 2013]

Good morning. Hard to believe it’s the end of another work week. We know how sad that makes you, so let us console you with some tasty news. Respawn‘s community manager Abbie Heppe said that she hopes “that if nothing else, Titanfall encourages larger scale new IP.” [More on CVG] THQ is suing EA and Zuffa over the termination of – and…

Female fighters to historically debut in EA Sports’ UFC

EA Sports’ UFC will debut playable female fighters. UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and top bantamweight contender Misha Tate. Rousey is known for her signature armbar, whereas Tate is known for grappling. EA promise plenty more fighting styles from an esteemed roster of female fighters in EA SPORTS UFC. “This is a great moment for videogames and for Mixed…

Gaming News Wrap [5 Sep 2013]

Thursday – why you not Friday? So. The Xbox One has a release date. 22 November. It’s for 13 countries only, and while South Africa is not one of them, there are plenty of other countries not getting it then. So quit your moaning. The countries that are getting the console before Christmas this year are: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France,…

Gaming News Wrap [23 Aug 2013]

Good morning… and good riddance to you work week. Sony is expecting to face the “good problem” of selling out of PS4 stock in the UK. [More on OPM] While the selling out of stock is a good thing for Sony, American CEO Jack Tretton reckons that the lower price point of the PS4 over the Xbox One will not…

EA at Gamescom 2013

EA held their Gamescom 2013 press conference to announce well, stuff. The stuff they announced was not particularly surprising, but it was pretty plentiful. They kicked off by revealing the first gameplay footage for The Sims 4. And we promptly switched off. Around ten minutes later, Command & Conquer changed the pace completely. To be fair, we should say that the…