Developer Yukes and publisher THQ have announced the UFC Undisputed 3 Pre-order goodies, bonuses that will be available to those players who reserve the game, with different options available depending on where you put down your reserve.
Most of them involve additional post-release downloadable content that you will get for free if you pre-order the upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler, the latest game in the Ultimate Fighting Championship series, which releases in early January of 2012.
The best of the bunch are special characters who you will only gain access to if you pre-order at GameStop or EB Games. They include: Nick Diaz, Phil Davis, Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Brian Stann.
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CONTENDERS FIGHTER PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at GameStop in the United States or EB Games in Canada will have access to the Contenders Fighter Pack featuring prominent UFC newcomers Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Brian Stann, Phil Davis and Nick Diaz. Miller is currently scheduled to coach opposite fellow middleweight Michael Bisping in The Ultimate Fighter Season 14, premiering Wednesday, September 21 on SPIKE TV, while Stann, a former WEC light heavyweight champion and decorated captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, will face Chael Sonnen in a middleweight division matchup at UFC 136 on October 8 in Houston, Texas. Davis is a former NCAA Division I All-American wrestling champion at Penn State University who boasts a promising 5-0 record in his young UFC light heavyweight career, while Diaz, a former Strikeforce, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion, will take on BJ Penn in his UFC debut at UFC 137 on October 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pre-order at Best Buy and you’ll net yourself early access to 150 exclusive in-game items that you can use to in the custom fighter mode as you create you character. In addition they’ll gain access to the “Ultimate Fights: Knockout Pack” DLC that allows players to recreate five of the “most memorable knockouts in UFC history”.
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EARLY ACCESS PASS: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at Best Buy in the United States or Canada will have early access to a variety of content without spending hours to complete multiple game modes. Players will automatically unlock 150 in-game items for created fighters, including t-shirts, hoodies and caps, as well as a variety of unique nicknames like “The Prince of Pain,” “Wild Thing” and “The Bone Collector.” In addition, they will have access to new bouts in Ultimate Fights Mode, including Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (UFC 121), Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin (UFC 115) and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC 101), as well as a “Legendary Chuck Liddell” playable fighter.
Last but not least, pre-order at Amazon or Futureshop and you’ll net yourself the “Ultimate Knockout Artist Boost Pack” which gives you early access to a bunch of upgrades that you’d otherwise have to spend hours unlocking.
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ULTIMATE KNOCKOUT ARTIST BOOST PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at Amazon in the United States or FutureShop in Canada will have access to the Ultimate Knockout Artist Boost Pack, enabling the player to build his or her own specially created knockout artist using instant upgrade tips from UFC Undisputed 3 game designers. This boost to a player’s Create-a-Fighter will save an estimated 8-10 hours of gameplay time that would traditionally be spent training the ideal knockout artist.
Last and least, you have Walmart, where pre-ordering will give you a $10 credit as well as access to the Ultimate Fights: Knockout Pack also seen in the Best Buy pre-order above.
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ULTIMATE FIGHTS: KNOCKOUT PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 on Walmart.com in the United States or Canada will have access to the Ultimate Fights: Knockout Pack featuring five of the most memorable knockouts in UFC history. The Ultimate Fights Knockouts Pack will serve as a complement to the game’s Ultimate Fights Mode, a challenge-based system that encourages players to recreate famous UFC fights in order to unlock authentic fight montages, behind the scenes footage and fighter interviews.
Here is a trailer showing off the DLC characters from the pre-order incentive at GameStop (real-life footage not in-game shown).