PlayStation

Stamina Is Much More Hard In Fight Night Champion

“Women weaken legs,” said the famous trainer Mickey Goldmill. So does a sledgehammer to the kisser. Fight Night Champion’s going to bring a more sophisticated stamina system that you’ll need to know to keep from being a two-punch chump.


January 8, 2011
PlayStation

Fight Night Ultra-Realistically Turns Faces Into Steak Tartare

Wanna watch Cristobal Arreola’s gut ripple when Mike Tyson slams him with a righthand missile the midsection? Pick up Fight Night Champion. It’ll bring that, plus a lot of blood.


January 6, 2011
PlayStation

Fight Night Champion Starts Your Career With A Big Loss

From what I can tell in this video, here’s how Andre Bishop’s fight career ended up in the crapper: Someone told him to take a dive and he didn’t. When the muscle showed up, someone got shot. (NSFW language.)


January 1, 2011
PlayStation

Fight Night Champion Serves A Standing Eight In The Joint

Anyone old enough to remember Marv Albert on NBC calling a James Scott bout live from Rahway State Prison will want to pay attention to this, the bareknuckle jailhouse fight within the “Champion Mode” of Fight Night Champion.


December 30, 2010
PlayStation

Introducing Fight Night Champion’s Introductions

Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley duel May 7 in one of 2011′s first big fights. By then, Fight Night Champion will have been out two months, and they will have fought repeatedly. Here’s what their introductions will look like.


December 24, 2010
PlayStation

Brother Against Brother In Fight Night Champion

After watching the latest trailer Fight Night Champion’s new narrative mode, Champion, four times, I’m still shaky on what’s going on here. Andre Bishop, the protagonist, I recognise. His brother, I know, ends up in the ring. Who’s scorpion guy?


December 16, 2010
News

Jesus Christ, Fight Night Has Guns?

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December 11, 2010
News

What’s It Take To Get A Boxer To Return Your Calls?

Arturo Gatti couldn’t make Fight Night Champion. It’s not because he’s dead – so’s Sugar Ray Robinson, and he’s in the game. It’s just that negotiating likeness agreements with boxers is head-bangingly more frustrating than in any other sports game.


December 10, 2010
News

Butterbean Returns To The Ring In Fight Night Champion

Yesterday we saw Eric Esch – aka Butterbean – getting his flab knocked around in Fight Night Champion. He’s one of 13 new boxers on a roster of 54 licensed personalities appearing in the game when it releases next year.


News

Fight Night’s New Legacy

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In case it wasn’t clear, “Champion Mode,” which is the role-playing career of fictional fighter Andre Bishop, is a wholly separate mode in Fight Night Champion. Legacy, the old career, will still return, with improvements.