boxing
In Real Life

Bending The Rules As An Art Form

A man who applies a particular mental skill to play Blackjack, counting cards, will eventually find security standing behind him, strongly suggesting he vacate the premises, when someone working for the casino figures out what he is doing.

25 March 2011

PlayStation

Fight Night Champion DLC To Include Bare Knuckle Fighting

Fight Night Champion notably included bare-knuckle fighting during the prison chapters of its narrative mode, but the fighters in the main roster didn’t participate in such bouts. Now some will. The game’s first DLC extension, due out next Tuesday, adds bare-knuckle “Old School Rules” to online and offline play.

18 March 2011

PlayStation

Is This Fight Night Champion’s First DLC Package?

Two weeks ago, a video leaked out legit-looking screenshots claiming to be an alpha build of Fight Night Champion’s first downloadable content. EA Sports is announcing what’s in the first pack tomorrow, but if this video is real, it’s five all-time great fighters, plus Cowboys Stadium as a venue.

17 March 2011

In Real Life

What Is Chessboxing?

Chessboxing is an activity that combines the physical demands of boxing with the mental discipline of chess. Competitors alternate between rounds of chess and rounds of boxing, kicking things off with a four-minute round of chess and alternating with fisticuffs until 11 rounds have passed, or one competitor jams a rook in the other’s eye.

4 March 2011

PlayStation

Could You Rewrite Fight Night?

The concept behind Fight Night Champion’s narrative “Champion Mode” inspired me when I read of it. I looked forward to it as a breakthrough opportunity for the sports genre. But it served up a tray of disappointingly bland cookie-cut characters and conflicts, and the progression of your career was too short and too rigid. That doesn’t mean it was a bad idea.

3 March 2011

PlayStation

Fighting On New Terms, But Still A Champion

I’ve taken head butts and held on through jaw-cracking, brain-rattling missiles; I’ve fought against runners and cowards and cheats and made them all pay. Never have I fought in a place this unfair, with these terms dictated to me.

18 February 2011

PlayStation

No More Gimped Lyrics When You’re All-In With An M

It’s an appropriate opening for a song placed in a game that begins in prison. “You know you fucked up, right?” begins “The Loser Wins”, by Atmosphere. In another sports game, this would have to be blanked out, or just not used.

30 January 2011

News

Fight Night Barely Breaks A Sweat In Multiplayer Demo

Fight Night: Champion’s demo arrives Tuesday, but apparently some in the UK have gotten their hands on it. Notably, the demo will include online multiplayer. This series of videos gives you a look at what to expect from it.

17 January 2011

In Real Life

Kinect Boxing Match Ends In Tactical Knock-Out

In Sweden, a team of cops stormed a couple’s home after a neighbour reported that five people were beating the crap out of a woman. Turns out they were all playing boxing on Kinect Sports.

16 January 2011

News

Boxing Is The Past; Long Live Boxing

Two years ago, EA Sports president Peter Moore called boxing “the past of fighting.” Mixed martial arts was the future, with his company hard at work on that game. Thursday, Moore wrote, “let me be clear, boxing’s not dead.”

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