New Edition Features Exclusive Cover Art, Ultimate Team Points, Packs
and More
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today marked the anticipated return of
former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor at the upcoming UFC®
229: KHABIB vs. MCGREGOR with the launch of EA SPORTS™ UFC 3
Notorious Edition. The Notorious Edition is available for a
limited time and features exclusive cover art, as well as bonus in-game
content including 500 UFC Ultimate Team Points, five Notorious Ultimate
Team Packs and the choice of one “Champion” fighter – McGregor, former
two-time UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St. Pierre,
former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, former UFC women’s
strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk or former UFC middleweight
champion Anderson Silva - all for $29.99 USD. Players looking for a
reason to get into the game Bleacher Report calls a "can't miss" and
UPROXX remarks is “truly outstanding” should act fast, as the Notorious
Edition is only available through Monday, October 15.
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EA SPORTS UFC 3 Celebrates Return Of Conor McGregor With 'Notorious Edition' (Graphic: Business Wire)
In addition to the launch of the UFC 3 Notorious Edition, all
current EA
SPORTS UFC 3owners will also get access to new
fighters, including a Hall of Fame version of former UFC
bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, as well as UFC athletes Sean
O’Malley and Israel Adesanya. This new content update is available today
to all EA SPORTSUFC 3 owners to download for free. Fans
can also check out the EA
SPORTS UFC 3 website right now to see the collective community
results of the in-game matchup between UFC lightweight champion Khabib
Nurmagomedov and McGregor, including which fighter has won more times,
the breakdown of TKOs, submissions and decisions, and more. The official EA
SPORTS UFC 3 fight simulation of UFC 229 will be released on Friday,
October 5.
EA SPORTS UFC 3 delivered Real
Player Motion (RPM) Tech, a revolutionary new EA SPORTS animation
technology that sets a new bar for motion and responsiveness in the
best-looking – and now the best-feeling – EA SPORTS UFC game ever. With
over 5,000 new animations captured and rebuilt from the ground up,
players can now move, strike, and create seamless combinations in-game
with the world’s best mixed martial arts athletes.
The game also introduced the new G.O.A.T.
Career Mode where – for the first time – the choices made throughout
your career impact your path to greatness. Outside of fights, players
will make promotional choices to build hype, gain fans, earn more cash
through big contracts and capture the world's attention.
EA SPORTS UFC 3 Notorious Edition is available now through
Monday, October 15 for Xbox One and PlayStation®4 for $29.99.
To learn more about EA SPORTS UFC 3 visit https://www.ea.com/games/ufc/ufc-3.
EA Access members receive a 10 percent discount when they purchase a
digital version of EA SPORTS UFC 3 on Xbox Live.*
For more information about EA SPORTS games, including news, video,
blogs, forums and game apps, please visit https://www.ea.com/games/ufc/ufc-3
to connect, share and compete.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive
entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games, content and
online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile devices and
personal computers. EA has more than 300 million registered players
around the world.
In fiscal year 2018, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $5.2 billion.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a
portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as The
Sims™, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Need for Speed™,
Dragon Age™ and Plants vs. Zombies™. More information about EA is
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vs. Zombies are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. John Madden, NFL,
NBA, UFC, NHL, and FIFA are the property of their respective owners and
used with permission.
Xbox and Xbox One are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc.
About UFC
®
UFC® is a premium global sports brand and the largest
Pay-Per-View event provider in the world. Celebrating its 25th
Anniversary in 2018, UFC boasts more than 284 million fans worldwide and
has produced over 440 events in 22 countries since its inception in
1993. Acquired in 2016 by global sports, entertainment and fashion
leader Endeavor (formerly WME | IMG), together with strategic partners
Silver Lake Partners and KKR, UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas with a
network of employees around the world. UFC produces more than 40 live
events annually that consistently sell out some of the most prestigious
arenas around the globe, while programming is broadcast in over 160
countries and territories to 1.1 billion TV households worldwide in 40
different languages. UFC FIGHT PASS®, a digital subscription
service, delivers exclusive live events, thousands of fights on-demand
and original content to fans around the world. For more information,
visit UFC.com
and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC,
Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram: @UFC.
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Electronic Arts Inc.
Jino Talens, 650-628-9111
Sr PR Manager
[email protected]
or
Brad
Hilderbrand, 407-386-4246
PR Manager
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or
UFC
PR
Brian Smith, 702-956-6566
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Source: Electronic Arts Inc.