Electronic Arts' EA Sports label is dropping further development of NASCAR racing games. According to headman, Peter Moore, some of the team that had been working on the US-focused racing titles will be moving to the label's new Mix Martial Arts (MMA) title.
Says Moore, "We've had to redeploy some of those folks. A number of the NASCAR team has moved over now to EA Sports MMA, which will be shipping next year. We're still a huge fan of NASCAR, but no plans right now to develop any further games for NASCAR from EA Sports."
The new - unlicensed - fighting game comes as a result of EA initially turning down the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) a few years ago (read the fallout of that one here). This saw UFC going to THQ, and resulted in the release of the hugely successful UFC Undisputed 2009.
Says Moore, "We've had to redeploy some of those folks. A number of the NASCAR team has moved over now to EA Sports MMA, which will be shipping next year. We're still a huge fan of NASCAR, but no plans right now to develop any further games for NASCAR from EA Sports."
The new - unlicensed - fighting game comes as a result of EA initially turning down the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) a few years ago (read the fallout of that one here). This saw UFC going to THQ, and resulted in the release of the hugely successful UFC Undisputed 2009.
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