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EA Announces…Fight Night Champion

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Earlier today, EA announced that they’d announce more things later. One of those things is Fight Night Champion, set for release in 2011. The fifth game in their Fight Night series, Champion looks to be a worthysuccessor to last year’s Fight Night Round 4 – which we thought was pretty damned good.

The game’s biggest new feature, say developers EA Vancouver, is a new single-player mode, which will “break the mold of what is expected in a single-player sports game.”

“Players will be introduced to an entirely new way to step between the ropes and experience the drama, emotion, excitement and tragedy of world championship boxing,” further adding that it would be "the full meal deal with desert and a toy. The whole enchilada. All that and a bag…" Man, I love hyperbole.

With a roster of between 60 and 65 pugilists, the game will also offer "Full Spectrum Punch Control," a new control scheme that will apparently be "the most realistic punching system ever seen" and will allow players to “to move the combatants around the ring and throw some of the most devastating punches ever seen in a Fight Night game.”

I’m a big Fight Night fan. It’s one of the few games where my drunken non-gaming mates can get together without them being overwhelmed and still have a good time, so count me in – and not out.

Source : IGN

Last Updated: July 20, 2010

5 Comments

  1. Bobby Kotick Internet Tough Guy!

    July 20, 2010 at 13:22

    I never really appreciated the art of boxing until I watched some boxing reality show on etv (years ago), and bought one of the Knockout Kings games (precursor to Fight Night) with birthday money my gran gave me. It rocked my socks off… :blush:

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  2. Uncle

    July 20, 2010 at 14:45

    This is fantastic news! I hope they refine the career mode a bit more. All the greats had retired by the time I was to fight them!

    Also I would love to re-create a boxers career and not actually have to do any training… just go in with full stats against top guys and fight for glory and a chance at some belts!

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  3. Aslam Levy

    July 20, 2010 at 14:53

    Hope it works with Kinect!

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  4. Geoffrey Tim

    July 20, 2010 at 14:57

    I hope it’s optional. I’d have to take 10 minute beer breaks between each round otherwise.

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  5. Uncle

    July 20, 2010 at 16:57

    If it works with Kinect, you will have to be a pro boxer not to get knocked out every 5 seconds 😀

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