Fight Night Round 4 – Mike Tyson Enabled
Not to be outdone by the likes of 2K Sports and their Don King Presents: Prizefighter, Electronic Arts jabbed out an announcement today that Fight Night Round 4 is indeed on its way. I had my doubts after previous developers, EA Chicago, were shut down but I can rest easy now. I love me some Fight Night and I’m going to love me some Fight Night even more with Mike Tyson (minus the face tattoo unfortunately) being included finally! Ever since Mike Tyson’s Punchout I’ve been wanting to unleash Iron Mike on a boxing game.
I anticipate that most of the EA Chicago team will be included on this effort so we should be free to expect more of the same awesome sauce that Fight Night Round 3 had. Fight Night Round 4 is scheduled for a 2009 release.
“The EA SPORTS Fight Night franchise has always been synonymous with quality and innovation that raised the bar for the sports videogame genre”, said Kevin Wilkinson, Executive Producer, EA SPORTS. “EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 was a platform defining game as the industry transitioned to next generation consoles. EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 will change how boxing games are played and measured in the future.”
Pressure your opponent with the brawling inside style of young Mike Tyson, bobbing and weaving to set up powerful hooks and uppercuts. Capitalize on Muhammad Ali’s reach, hand speed and fleetness of foot to bewilder your opponent with lightning fast jabs and straights from the outside. For the first time in history, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 gives you the opportunity to pit these legendary heavyweights against one another and name a true champ.
No fight will be the same with an all-new physics-based animation system that recreates the full spectrum of true-to-life punch impacts, giving boxers a devastating arsenal of punches, blocks and ring movement. The new physics system allows for missed punches, glancing punches, knockout blows and for the first time ever, rough and tumble inside fighting. Fatigue, adrenaline, footwork and timing all come into play as you hammer away at your opponents.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
CAN’T… EFF’ING… WAIT!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
x2 caleb. can’t wait myself!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
This is awesome! I hope they bring the Klitschko brothers in on this one! I’m glad they brought Tyson back!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
the Klitschko’s would be nice!
May 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
“the Klitschko’s would be nice!” I’ll be content if all we do get is Iron Mike…seriously…what a curve ball, one that I am really pumped to have thrown our way.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
well i just hope they open up the roster. i’m tired of the same old same in fighters really. i know it’s probably a licensing, $ and legal thing when it comes to boxers but still…put new faces in it.
May 7th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I might just get this game to bite the ears off of my opponents.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Glad to see it love FN no game better
May 8th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Oh, ear biting better be included!
May 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Yeah I’m so glad they are making another fight night, I’m even more excited about Tyson being in there, can’t wait
May 8th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Since Fight Night 4 won’t be out till next year it will give 2K a chance to show what they can bring ot the table of boxing. I wonder will 2K have Mike Tyson as well? Fight Night had pretty good graphics so it will be interesting.
As far as putting new faces on the roster, the boxing sport in general is dead. There are no more Ali, Sugar Ray, Tyson, Holyfield, Lennox, Roy Jones. Only fighter maybe worth watching is Maywheather. Where are the UFC games at??
May 8th, 2008 at 10:28 am
well hell put Mayweather in there. Manny, Judah, Peters..Valuev…George Forman has never been in it. he could be a classic. Cotto better be in it. there are some good boxers out.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
bring on Iron Mike!
October 13th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I agree with DeaconBlade, they should have Cotto. He was undefeated until this past summer. Great fighter. I would like to fight as Cotto against Mayweather. Give him a good whoopin. lol.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
A DREAM COME TRUE WHY THE HELL DID IT TAKE YOU GUY’S SO ***KING LONG TO PUT HIM IN THE GAME THE MAN HAS WELL OVERED EARNED HIS DUE IT’S TIME FOR ALL PEOPLE TO GIVE RESPECT TO ONE OF THE BEST KNOCKOUT ARTS THIS CENTURY HAS EVERY LAID EYES ON HE WAS THE KING OF KO. I LOVE TYSON I LOOK UP TO HIM LIKE AN OLDER BROTHER AND I WILL BE CHEERING FOR HIS RETURN IN THE REAL RING WHEN HE GETS THE BELT BACK AND MAKES EVERYBODY’S JAR DROP.
May 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am
finally this game will be the biggest hit of 09 i hope they include all the modern day boxers not just has beens yer its great thats mike in the game and that but we dont wont the roster filled with oldies i mean where cotto,mosely,haye,calzaghe,kessler,mayweather,and all of the greats of today i would also like to add the fact that i hope they put the real boxers in career as that what let fight night round 3 down i mean who wants to fight made up fighters its ridiculous and the demo will be released later this month with the playable charcters being hatton and the pac man