Shaquille O'Neal Is a Playable Fighter in UFC Undisputed 2010

Shaquille O'Neal is a playable character in UFC Undisputed 2010 for no charge at all. Game owners have to enter a code in the main menu to make Shaq available as a fighter. This comes as a tribute to the Sega classic Shaq Fu, where he had the best moves of all the other characters in that title, including the Shaq-urikin, considered by some to be the most overpowered fighting move in the history of video games.

MiddleEasy.com revealed the codes that needed to be entered in the main menu for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 versions of the title. The Xbox 360 code is: Down, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left, Up, Down, Down, Left, X,Y, X, Start. The PlayStation 3 code is: Down, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left, Up, Down, Down, Left, Square, Triangle, Triangle, Square, Start. The website also posted a screenshot confirming that the codes did work and that Shaq was a real, playable character in the game.

UFC Undisputed 2010 is the sequel to the highly successful UFC 2009 Undisputed, developed by Yuke's and published by THQ. It is available now for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in North America, with the European and Australian versions to come later this week. A PlayStation Portable installment is in the works and should come sometime in the third quarter of 2010.

This new fighting title from THQ bears the official license of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It includes enhanced controls, redesigned moves and an improved career mode. Moreover, new arenas and new fighting styles have also been added. This release comes with bad news for those who wanted to buy a used copy of the game, as THQ has decided to demand an Online Pass code unique to each new package. This comes as another move in the interactive entertainment publishers' war with the second-hand software market.