THQ's San Diego studio in upheaval as UFC goes to EA

Most Gamers here are on the right track, but a few of you are just RETARDED. THQ did make very good UFC games, as a matter of fact UFC 3 was thier best work yet! Why? Because they learned and adapted to the sport of MMA, took positive feedback and knew what new things to implement. EA always gets criticized for releasing "annual versions" without much improvment of just about everything they own. For the most part, it's true. HOPEFULLY, the control freak Dana White is, doesn't allow that to happen. I love the sport of MMA and I'm happy to see it finally hit the spotlight and PRAY that EA makes a legit game...not just another "franchise cow" to milk every year. Guess we will find out...

i think at this time of global crisis, the whole gaming industry needs 10-12 strong publishers to handle all the entertainment.

selling ufc was a correct decision. sure ea is a better company to advertise sports games. i think at this time, thq should focus just on a few money-making franchise to survive. "devil third" as an example, does not seem to be profitable. long time development with a *** director and nothing to show at e3 since 2010! what the hell are they doing?

I think this could actually be great for UFC video games, as EA is arguably the best sports sim publisher, and they now have three iterations (which had their bright spots and their flaws) to model a better game after.

EA may not be the answer, but THQ was definitely a wrong answer, too.

Only thing good out of that company is the Metro series. There, I said it.

When it get's to the point where I can no longer actively avoid, or wait out EA's pricing structures, is when I will stop playing all together. Hell, there are plenty of other hobbies out there.

This industry isn't going to be happy until every game we buy has an EA or Activision logo on it. Yes gamers, keep supporting it. It's where it is going.

@leimonides @Nathalmighty1 As far as the "finally, EA" comment, a few years back when they wanted to make the first Undisputed game, they approached EA Sports first, and they turned him down. That's when THQ picked it up. And the sport has already taken off. But I agree, the comment wasn't very professional, THQ has done alright for the UFC. And I really hope we don't get watered down annual releases.

I thought it was quite harsh in the conference how the guy was like "finally get to work with ea" when THQ had worked hard and released great games for the UFC. As @tigertaru said before me "enjoy mediocre anual re-releases" now that your working with EA.

Hope you UFC fans enjoy mediocre annual re-releases.....

Dana White.... Bwhahahahahahahahaha!

Microsoft should buy THQ but they no longer care about games .

I havent seen WWE Game looks like its dead and since the manger thq left and ex naughty dog step as manger of thq sell the ufc licence to the worst game company of 212 EA Games. Know thq need to keep sanits Row series and get rid of homfront and insane project and make new games what work for thq. To me i dont think darksiders 2 will sell or metro 2.

Hopefully this means that THQ will survive.

sounds like a good business plan to me. if you cant beat the competition, buy them!

I love how Dana White "declared war" on EA, and now he's on their royalty payroll.

Should be enoguh to make Devil's Third >_>

Oh, EA. You just can't help buying the rights to make every major sports franchise game.

PS, I do hope UFC does well with EA.........

I just wonder what EA is going to do with the UFC franchise because if I remember they had such an issue publishing a MMA game then it finally came out and got middling reviews and didn't sell as much as they hoped so if the first AE published UFC game can't top their MMA game maybe this wasn't the big day for UFC after all.......

Not trying to troll or anything just pointing that out......