Electronic Arts is gearing up for the October release of EA Sports MMA for the next-gen consoles, which you can see the cover of the game at this link here, and has just released a cornucopia of images (which are after the jump) and a keen video to give you a preview of what is to come!

First off, we learn about the innovative Create-a-fighter function, which allows you to plot points on a picture of your face compared to another so that you can have a three-dimensional likeness of yourself in the video game! After that, it is time to train, and why not take some classes from instructors like Randy Couture, Pat Miletich, Bas Rutten or even Rickson Gracie! Bas had hinted to us in an interview a few months ago he was going to be involved in a very important aspect of the game, and now we know what that was!

You can also train and compete internationally, where certain places have different rules. In other words, yes, you can soccer kick your opponent in Japan! After career mode is finished, you can jump onto Xbox Live and battle some real opponents, and maybe even win some real prizes if you are good enough!

Are you still not convinced this game is worth buying? Hit the jump to see a ton of photos released of this mode, dare I say, a venerable buttload of photos! Watch the video above for more info and footage.

EA Sports MMA, which just announced who will be gracing the cover of the game, will have your usual ranked and quick play matches for online gamers, but they have introduced a new and innovative “Live Broadcast” mode to the game. This feature allows players to compete for real-world prizes in-game and build up personas online. You can earn the right to fight in a live broadcast by ascending the leaderboards and work your way to the top

. But EA Sports also wants to incorporate active community members into the mix along with members with standout personalities. How can you show your personality in-game, you ask? Well, that’s probably the coolest part of all of this.

In order to generate a following online, players will be able to create their own hype videos. If selected to appear in a Live Broadcast, these videos are going to play pre-fight. The point is that players can put whatever they want in these videos (no obscene content, of course) to bring out their MMA character and win over fans. All you need to do is film yourself being ridiculous, upload it to EA Sports’ website and you’re good to go!

Viewers can also watch this from their home PC, so no next-gen console needed for your friends or audience! EA Sports MMA is scheduled to released this October for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Check out the video for all the details and more info!

According to an interview with Dana White from Kotaku.com, the UFC is dropping their ban on fighters appearing in EA’s MMA video game.

White revealed that he is backing off his earlier threats to ban any fighter who appears in EA’s game to be a part of UFC. “Nah, some people have crossed over,” he told Kotaku, “But believe me this is still going to continue to be a battle. …they’re the me-toos. The UFC game is the original game.”

This brings good tidings to several names and reassures of what is up with this non-issue. As we already know, Randy Couture will be appearing in EA MMA but is under contract to the UFC, as is Frank Trigg now and the recent addition of Vladimir Matyushenko. What is more important is that Dana White holds much contempt for EA, and that is truly the meat of this fight.

Dana is also not worried at all about taking a financial loss in 2010 as two MMA games come out in one year, as he explains in the interview.

“They’re bigger than THQ,” he said. “They have been. Let’s see how they do now. Their earnings reports just came out and they suck. This company that used to control the whole video game world and were these big fucking giants, we’ll see where they are in the next two years. And as as far as the MMA space goes, we’ll kick the living shit out of them.”

Is he warranted in his hatred of anything that rivals the UFC? Sure, why not. Do we expect anything less from Dana? Irrational banning of people is commonplace in the UFC but so is retracting those actions. All that matters is that there are two MMA games coming out and we as the fans have a voice in who succeeds.

Last week, we showed you some new screenshots and a brand spanking new trailer from the EA MMA video game. Now, EA Sports has announced via their Twitter the next three characters for their upcoming MMA title, and those men are Josh Barnett, Joachim Hansen and Vladimir Matyushenko.

Barnett and “Hellboy” were sponsored by EA during their DREAM 13 fights this past weekend, but the “surprise” is “The Janitor,” especially considering that he is in the UFC and all. “Surprise” being quoted since WatchKalibRun.com reported this back in January and it seemingly flew under the radar, even by me! What a terrible nerd I am…

Vlad is not the only UFC fighter under contract who is appearing in the EA MMA game. Let us not forget that Randy Couture will be prominent in that game as well. This will be interesting to see how it plays out, especially if Dana White was serious on his ban of these fighters from his company.

With these three men added to the game, any more interest in playing it?

Above is the new trailer for EA MMA, a video game coming out this year that we have been talking about since last year. Now we get to see some of those things we looked at in screen cap form a week ago in motion, and they definitely do look smooth! Ultimately, the true test will come when we get to test this thing out one on one, but for now we can just marvel at how pretty it looks and how sweaty they made all the fighters.

This trailer has Cung Le, Bobby Lashley, Nick Diaz, Jeff Monson, Fedor and a few others in action and is also giving us something we did not get in the UFC game, and that is entrances. Are they necessary? No, but they do add to the drama and realism and it is one thing they can say that THQ got lazy on.

Has this convinced any nay-sayers into buying this title yet or does this game automatically default to UFC Undisputed 2010 since “this game has no big name fighters”?

Over at the EA Sports Season Opener event in San Francisco last night, EA showed off some of their new sports games. One of the games just happened to be EA Sports MMA and with it, comes new screen shots!

The pics include images of Nick Diaz, Cung Le, Scott Smith, Bobby Lashley and Fedor, among others. We also get to see a few of the new venues, including a Brazilian cage and a Japanese looking ring.

EA Sports MMA will be out sometime this year, probably fourth quarter, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Info Via Destructoid.com

Check out a TON more pics after the jump!

UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been revealed as the fighter to grace the cover of the second installment of THQ’s UFC Undisputed series. The top-selling Platinum/ Greatest hit game is set for a May 25 release, which happens to coincide with the predicted Summer return of Lesnar. UFC 114 is May 29, so there is a strong possibility Brock could return around then to help push game sales. The next UFC Fan Expo also happens to be that same weekend. How convenient.

Not much has been revealed other than this trailer from the Spike Video Game Awards which showed some new mechanics and a new face, but otherwise the game appears identical as far as appearance. As we come closer to this release date, EA MMA will also be on the way. So if you can only buy one, which will it be?

Electronic Arts has announced Bobby Lashley as one of the next batch of fighters revealed for their upcoming MMA video game. Conveniently, it happens to be days before Lashley takes on Wes Sims in Strikeforce. Just kind of works out that way. “The Boss” looks pretty good in the screencaps, although the betters shots are where he is pictured with Jeff Monson (which you can see after the jump).

Also announced today were Nick Diaz, Marius Zaromskis, Joe Riggs and Melvin Manhoef, who are joining the ranks of Randy Couture, Fedor Emelianeko, Jay Hieron and many others who were previously announced for the nextgen video game.

More pics of Lashley after the jump!

Fresh off mutual victories at the NYE Dream VS Sengoku event in Japan, EA has announced the addition of Shinya Aoki and Hidehiko Yoshida to their MMA video game. These are the first two Japanese fighters to be officially announced for the game which also includes Fedor, Randy Couture and Frank Shamrock.

Aoki just defeated Sengoku lightweight champ Mizuto Hirota via Hammerlock, which the Baka Survivor has named “Keichi Sasahara 2010″ in honor of his “boss” who told him to “take him out.” Yoshida outpointed Satoshi Ishii who made his MMA debut at the event. Several other Japanese fighters are rumored for the game including Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazou Misaki, and Hideo Tokoro, but which will make the cut is still to be determined.

The entire announced roster includes:

Fedor Emelianenko
Randy Couture
Gegard Mousasi
Renato “Babalu” Sobral
Jay Hieron
Tim Sylvia
Benji Radach
Tim Kennedy
Jason “Mayhem” Miller
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal
Frank Shamrock
Cung Le
Scott Smith
Josh Thomson
Gilbert Melendez
Matt Lindland
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
Robbie Lawler
Nick Thompson
Hidehiko Yoshida
Shinya Aoki
Frank Shamrock

And in NPC roles:
Mauro Ranallo
Jimmy Lennon
“Big” John McCarthy

Today, EA MMA made several additions to its fight roster for the video game set for a Fall release in 2010. The new fighters added to the list are:

Cung Le
Scott Smith
Matt Lindland
Gilbert Melendez
Robbie Lawler
Josh Thomson
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

Previously announced for the game include Nick Thompson, Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, King Mo, Renato Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, Jason Miller, Jay Hieron, Brett Rogers, Randy Couture, Fedor Emelianeko. If you want to stay up to date on the game, head to http://mma.easports.com/home.action. So are you more enticed to buy this game than before or still on the fence?