Summary
EA Sports UFC 5has seen a massive resurgence in players after it was added to PlayStation Plus Extra earlier this month. The latest entry in the popular mixed martial arts series will officially turn two years old in October, which means manyEA Sports UFC 5fans are patiently waiting for news on a new installment. But with the title now available to play at no additional cost thanks to PlayStation Plus, some seem to be jumping in for the very first time.
EA Sports UFC 5 Sees Big Player Resurgence
While rumors surroundingthe development ofEA Sports UFC 6continue to circulate, the current entry in the fighting series appears to be still going strong, largely thanks to its recent debut on PlayStation Plus Extra. According to data collected and analyzed byTrue Trophies,EA Sports UFC 5received the most attention from players out of all of the titles that were added to PS Plus this month, receiving a huge 127.3% player count increase and jumping right up the number fifteen position in terms of most popular PlayStation games for the week. The popular MMA game is now the second biggest game to hit PlayStation Plus this year, beaten out only byGod of War Ragnarok, which joined the service in January.
Industry insiders have claimed that EA Vancouver is now working on the next installment in theUFCseries, but that hasn’t stopped the studio from regularly releasingnew content updates forEA Sports UFC 5. The most recent patch was released back in February, once again adding a new fighter to the game’s ever-expanding roster, as well as new alter egos, gameplay adjustments, and more. AlthoughUFC 5received generally favorable reviews from players and critics, a common complaint from fans was the game’s lack of ranked fighters. But thanks to a steady stream of new updates since the game’s release,EA Sports UFC 5now has almost 100% parity with the current UFC top ten rankings.
