Electronic Arts Inc. and the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that Bruce Lee, ‘The Father of Mixed Martial Arts,’ will be making his historic first step into the Octagon in EA Sports UFC, launching June 20, 2014. Players can fight with the legend across four different weight classes to test their skills against the best fighters in the UFC. Players can unlock him either by winning the Pro career mode or getting him with a pre-order.
‘I am so excited about this opportunity to bring my father back to video games!’ said Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s daughter, ‘I’m thrilled that fans can now interact with him in a new way. The EA Sports UFC development team has been incredible to work with, and they’ve done a great job capturing the look and feel of my father. I think people will love getting a chance to fulfil a fight fantasy by playing Bruce Lee in the new UFC game.’
‘There’s no debate, Bruce Lee is the father of mixed martial arts,’ said Dana White, UFC President. ‘He believed not one style of fighting was the best and that you had to have a little piece of everything to be a complete fighter. He was proven right when the first UFC event took place in 1993.’
Check out this screenshot of Lee from the game:
‘It has always been part of our vision to have Bruce Lee, the most iconic martial artist of all time, in the first-ever EA Sports UFC,’ said Brian Hayes, Creative Director, EA. ‘The team is very excited and tremendously honoured to have the privilege of bringing Bruce Lee to life in our game. We’ve been working closely with the Bruce Lee team to ensure we represent the legend with as much visual and gameplay fidelity as possible.’
To see Bruce Lee in the upcoming game, watch the EA Sports UFC Gameplay Series: Bruce Lee Reveal, the first cinematic trailer from EA Sports UFC. For more information on the Bruce Lee pre-order offer, please visit the EA Sports UFC website at http://ea.vg/1hSOrEi.
