Fight Night Champion (Fight Night round 5)

Fight Night Champion Revealed
EA Sports pulls back the veil on the next installment in everyone's favorite boxing series.
July 20, 201



Fight Night Round 3 set the gaming world ablaze with its gorgeous E3 demo back in 2005. Now EA Sports is returning with the fifth iteration in the sports franchise, dubbed Fight Night Champion coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. And, just in case you're wondering, this is not an expansion to Fight Night Round 4. Fight Night Champion will be its own standalone disc when it launches at retailers. When that will be in 2011 is anyone's guess.

The developers at EA Canada in Vancouver are touting a new single-player mode as the biggest innovation in the game, saying, "Fight Night Champion 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."

Brian Hayes, Gameplay Producer on Fight Night Champion said, "It's something people won't expect from an EA Sports game" about the game's big new mode. He quickly followed that remark with "Our lips are sealed for the time-being about that" for fear of the wrath of the EA Sports PR representative.

He did tell us that the game will be "the full meal deal with desert and a toy. The whole enchilada. All that and a bag…" when asked if Champion was being treated as an expansion pack or a full retail release. It would stand to reason that the price tag would follow suit, but don't quote us on that.

There will be between 60 and 65 boxers on the roster for the final product and users will implement the new "Full Spectrum Punch Control" to move the combatants around the ring and throw some of the most devastating punches ever seen in a Fight Night game. At least that's the impression I get from looking at that bloody Manny Pacquaio screenshot.

EA Sports touts the new control method as delivering both "the most realistic punching system ever seen" while still allowing Champion to be "the most user-friendly title in the franchise's history." Interpret that however you like, but you can bet that there will be an option for players to use face buttons and face buttons alone to throw punches.

We weren't able to glean any other juicy tidbits of gameplay details other than the game will include new online features to go along with the headlining single-player innovation and control scheme. Being a huge Fight Night fan myself (and an even bigger cheerleader for solo gameplay when compared to taking the game online), I'm certainly excited to see the sort of new career experience Fight Night Champion is going to provide.

For more information on the Fight Night series, be sure to check out our reviews for Fight Night Round 4 and Fight Night Round 3. We'll have more details on Fight Night Champion later this year. For now, you'll just have to enjoy the pair of screenshots above. Expect to see the game drop onto shelves sometime next year on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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^^that's part of the new single player experience they talk about. Half the game is figuring out ingenious ways to duck other fighters.

^^you cant just recharge your controller?

EA Sports: Floyd Mayweather will be in the game!

EA Sports reveals Floyd Mayweather in upcoming Fight Night Champion

July 20th


Vancouver, Fight Night Champion will finally get Floyd Mayweather says Brian Hayes, Gameplay Producer during a conference hours ago. "Floyd's definately going to be in the game. He's actually going to be an unlockable character. We haven't figured out all the details yet, but we are planning on having him unlocked after you complete career mode undefeated ducking all of the top opponents. It's going to be great and we're glad to have him on board."