#DORK Episode V: Batman: Arkham Knight

Keefe & Davey talk Batman: Arkham Knight and some of the other new video games coming out this year. (I apologize for the microphone popping by me early on, I didn't edit after, that's my bad. But it doesn't last the entire thing. I'll do better next time.)

New Batman Video Game For XBox 1 and PS4 Trailer

Ohio State Band: Video Game Tribute

This past weekend the Ohio State marching band was even better than the football team, (and that is saying something considering they beat up Nebraska 63-38).  The band unvailed an amazing tribute to many video game classics.  Hang in there at the beginning, it gets real good.  Thanks Buckeyes, best thing since Eddie George and Terry Glenn...

Grand Theft Auto V Trailer!

Release Date: TBA
Battle Meter: 100

Assassins Creed Revelations Trailer

Here come a couple video games that have not been released yet, but look pretty sick. First up the latest installment in the Assassins Creed franchise.

Excited For Hockey? Not This Much.

-Keefe

Bruins Advance to Conference Semis

The Bruins defeated the Buffalo Sabres in 6 games to move on to the 2nd round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. They will face either Philly or Pittsburgh. To help celebrate that feat, check out a highlight video from NHL '95 for SEGA. (1 of the 5 greatest video games of all time, fact.)

How About Some Video Games?

-Keefe

Can there be 2 MMA video games?

The UFC came out with their video game "UFC 2009: Undisputed," two months ago under the publisher THQ. The thing has sold an absolute ton of copies, over 1 million in the first month. Can there be 2 MMA games? Dana White said that he went to EA Sports with the idea of a kick ass UFC game, and the EA people said not a chance, and told Dana that MMA was not a sport. Well with the huge success of Undisputed the same naysayers from EA wanted to cash in on MMA.

You don't see another company trying to challenge Madden anymore. That's a lost cause. The NBA has Live and 2k, NHL also has two. Is MMA popular enough to sell 2 games? It comes down to game play, rosters, and year-to-year changes.

The UFC and THQ signed a multi-year contract, therefore if EA comes out with a game of their own, you won't see any of the UFC stars. Not exactly sure how the likes of Tito Ortiz, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, and Fabricio Werdum shake out, considering they are no longer in the UFC but are all in the current game, making up 4 of the 80+ fighters.

I have come up with the roster EA would need to be able to compete with the UFC game. Some of these guys may fight in the UFC, but were not in the last game for whatever the reason.

If you're an MMA fan tell me you wouldn't buy this game... (fighter by weight class)

1. Fedor Emelianenko
2. Alistair Overeem
3. Brett Rogers
4. Josh Barnett
5. Alek Emelianenko
6. Paul Buentello
7. Gilbert Yvel
8. Pedro Rizzo
9. Jeff Monson
10. Kimbo Slice
11. Roy Nelson
12. Ben Rothwell
13. Randy Couture*
14. Babalu Sobral
15. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera
16. Vladimir Matyushenko
17. Ricardo Arona
18. Murilio Bustamante
19. Gegard Mousasi
20. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
21. Vitor Belfort
22. Robbie Lawler
23. Jorge Santiago
24. Melvin Manhoef
25. Ronaldo Souza
26. Matt Lindland
27. Cung Le
28. Paulo Fiho
29. Kazuo Misaki
30. Denis Kang*
31. Chael Sonnen*
32. Frank Shamrock
33. Nick Diaz
34. Jake Shields
35. Jay Hieron
36. Brock Larson
37. Marius Zaromskis
38. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai
39. Jason High
40. Frank Trigg*
41. Nick Thompson
42. Carlos Condit*
43. Joe Riggs
44. Shinya Aoki
45. Joachim Hansen
46. Eddie Alverez
47. Tatsuya Kawajiri
48. Josh Thomson
49. JZ Calvancante
50. Gilbert Melendez
51. Jaime Varner
52. Vitor Ribeiro
53. Mitsuhiro Ishida
54. Takanori Gomi
55. Satoru Kitaoka
56. Donald Cerrone
57. Mike Brown
58. Urijah Faber
59. Jose Aldo
60. Leonard Garcia

*in UFC now, not in game

There's 60 guys right there without any filler, those are top of the line fighters, minus Kimbo but he gives you name recognition.

Gina Carano and Cyborg Santos? Put them in as a woman match? I wouldn't go any further past the two of them.

Also what could help them generate sales and compete/surpass the UFC/THQ model is have unlockable legends... a la the WWF games.

Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Frank if he's not already in, Tank Abbott, Dan Severn, Kevin Randleman, Sakuraba, Mark Hunt, Kimo (He is alive.), Phil Baroni (a legend in his own mind), Bas Rutten, a young Ricco Rodriguez, and whoever else.

In the end, it might be tough without the UFC name, but if they market it right and the game play is a step better, I think they can compete.

-Keefe

UFC 2009 Undisputed

Perhaps the next great video game is hitting stores in 1 week. That game? UFC 2009 Undisputed. It will be the first UFC game for the XBOX 360 and PS3, and the first UFC game in about 5 years. The demo was released a few weeks back and I immediately downloaded it on the 360. It allows you to fight as either Shogun or Liddell and you can even go through the tutorial. Simply put, the game is awesome. I will be getting it May 19th. All the moves are there and it is quite realistic. In addition to the great fighter graphics they leave no stone unturned with the likes of Michael Goldberg and Joe Rogan on commentary and the great Bruce Buffer on the in-ring microphone.

My only hesitation was, what would the roster look like? How many fighters would be in there, would it only be the top few guys then a bunch of dudes from the reality show? Well take a look at the playable characters in UFC 2009 Undisputed... I can really only think of 1 very notable omission, Randy Couture.

Heavyweights: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Brandon Vera (LH), Gabriel Gonzaga, Cain Velasquez, Cheick Kongo, Eddie Sanchez, Heath Herring, Andrei Arlovski, Mirko Crocop Fabricio Werdum, Tim Sylvia, Mark Coleman, Antoni Hardonk and Justin McCully

Light Heavyweights: Chuck Liddell, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Stephan Bonnar, James Irvin, Wilson Gouveia (MW), Houston Alexander, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Thiago Silva, Tim Boetsch and Ryan Bader (DLC).

Middleweights: Anderson Silva (LH), Rich Franklin (LH), Dan Henderson (LH), Michael Bisping (LH), Kendall Grove, Chris Leben, Jason MacDonald, Nate Marquardt, Drew McFedries, Ricardo Almeida, Evan Tanner, Yushin Okami, Demian Maia, Martin Kampmann (WW), Amir Sadollah (WW) and Thales Leites.

Welterweights: Georges St. Pierre, Matt Hughes, Matt Sera (LW), Jon Fitch, Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck, Diego Sanchez, Mike Swick (MW), Marcus Davis, Thiago Alves, Chris Lytle, Ben Saunders, Josh Burkman, Kyle Bradley, Matt Arroyo and Anthony Johnson.

Lightweights: BJ Penn (WW), Sean Sherk (WW), Kenny Florian, Roger Huerta, Joe Stevenson, Mac Danzig, Nathan Diaz, Spencer Fisher, Tyson Griffin, Gray Maynard, Thiago Tavares, Joe Lauzon, Rich Clementi, Mark Bocek, Hermes Franca, Frank Edgar and Efrain Escudero (DLC).

As you can see some of the fighters can partake in 2 different wait classes while a couple guys have to be downloaded. Throw in the fact that you can create your own fighter and there's a career mode, I am on board.

I'll let you know more about the game in a week.

-Rich Keefe