PlayStation

The Silly Bulls*** Of Censored Soundtracks In Sports Video Games

Sports video games must licence everything. League symbols, player likenesses, individual events, even certain stadiums. Then they must provide a soundtrack every year and, yep, those songs must be licensed, too. It is a neverending headache unique to the sports genre.


November 10, 2011
PlayStation

Fight Night Champion Offers Its Modes A La Carte On PSN

As tipped off yesterday, Fight Night Champion is being offered a la carte over PlayStation Network beginning today — gamers can buy the boxing title’s “Champion Mode”, the cinematic narrative of fictious boxer Andre Bishop, for $US5. If they enjoy that, they can add other game modes on a piecemeal basis.


March 25, 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.


March 18, 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.


March 3, 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.


February 18, 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.


January 30, 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.


January 13, 2011
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 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.