As expected, EA Sports officially announcedEA Sports UFC 4, showing off the game with an action-packed trailer that confirmed its August 14 release date and much more. With theEA Sports UFC 4reveal, EA Sports focused mainly on the new content that is coming in the game, but fans of the franchise have taken note of two significant omissions as well. It’s been confirmed thatEA Sports UFC 4won’t have commentator Joe Rogan or the popular Ultimate Team feature.
Ultimate Teamis a major feature in the vast majority of games from EA Sports, butEA Sports UFC 4won’t have it any capacity. Instead of dedicating time to cater to the small number of people who were using Ultimate Team in pastEA Sports UFCgames, the developers instead decided to focus those resources elsewhere in hopes that it will help the game reach a broader audience than previous entries have been able to do. Furthermore, the developers believe that Ultimate Team doesn’t really make sense in a video game about a 1v1 combat sport.
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As far asJoe Rogangoes, the controversial commentator and podcast host was removed from theEA Sports UFC 4commentary team because Rogan apparently doesn’t like doing voice work for video games. Even though Rogan still provides commentary for UFC fights in real life, he will be replaced by Daniel Cormier instead. Considering his absence from the commentary booth, it’s unlikely that Rogan will be a playable character inEA Sports UFC 4like he was in previous games either.
Despite these omissions, it looks likeEA Sports UFC 4has been well-received by MMA fans. Many have reacted enthusiastically to some of the new features shown in theEA Sports UFC 4reveal trailer, like the backyard fighting, not to mention its impressive roster of over 200 fighters.
EA Sports has yet to reveal the vast majority of playable fighters that will be featured inEA Sports UFC 4, but we do know that the game will include some surprising guest stars. Alongside MMA legend Bruce Lee are the likes ofboxing greats Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, who could go a long way in getting even more people interested in the game.
UFC fans only have a month to wait before they can see ifEA Sports UFC 4lives up to the hype.
EA Sports UFC 4launches on August 14 for PS4 and Xbox One.
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