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Fight Night Round 4 Announced, Mike Tyson Featured

01:53 PM - May 7, 2008 by NYG_Meth

THE CHAMP IS BACK! EA ANNOUNCES EA SPORTS FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4

Mike Tyson Featured in First Boxing Videogame in Nearly a Decade

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 7, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS™Fight Night Round 4 is in development at EA Canada in Vancouver under the EA SPORTS brand. EA SPORTS Fight Night is back with the most realistic “in the ring” experience to date, featuring some of the greatest boxers in history fighting in their prime.

“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.”

Featuring a re-written gameplay engine, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 will add a variety of fighting styles and boxer differentiation to authentically emulate the greatest fighters of all time. 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.

EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 will be available for the Xbox 360™ system and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and ships to retailers in 2009. The game has not yet been rated by the ESRB or PEGI.

EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.

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Member Comments

# 1 stephensonmc @ 05/07/08 02:03 PM

http://www.easports.com/article****p?id=fin57

# 2 JayBee74 @ 05/07/08 02:04 PM

Sounds promising and a complete redo-Too bad it's about a year away.

# 3 Millennium @ 05/07/08 02:10 PM

This is a release day buy for me, as long as it's as good as round 3. Don't go arcade on us, EA. Make it even more realistic.

# 4 thelwig14 @ 05/07/08 02:41 PM

Finally getting the GOAT's back together in Ali and Lennox. Leonard and Tyson? Wow!

# 5 Sausage @ 05/07/08 02:43 PM

This is sad; the small excitement (very small sadly) that Prizefighter created has just went down the toilet. Just by announcing Mike Tyson will be in the game.

I really hope they use the prime version not the bald over the hill version with the tattoo on his face. I just can't for the life of me understand why they create the older and slower version of Holyfield either.

Please give us Tyson, Holyfield, and other boxers in there prime.

# 6 fistofrage @ 05/07/08 02:44 PM

Awesome news. I hope they have an open ended career mode with rankings. How many times have I typed that? How many times will it fall on deaf ears?

# 7 poster @ 05/07/08 03:06 PM

Wow, potentially could be very good. Financially speaking Tyson must be thanking his lucky stars.

# 8 ausar72 @ 05/07/08 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sausage


	... Please give us Tyson, Holyfield, and other boxers in there prime.

And while you're throwing in boxers who have been traditionally hard to get in these games, let's try to get Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns in this time.

This would truly be the greatest boxing game, if they could pull that off!

# 9 Brian_OS @ 05/07/08 03:18 PM

This is great news! I can't wait to drop some chumps with Tyson!

# 10 NYG_Meth @ 05/07/08 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian_OS


	This is great news! I can't wait to drop some chumps with Tyson!

EVERYONE will be fighting as Tyson online, guaranteed. Also, I'd bet dollars to donuts that he'll be on the cover.

# 11 boomhauertjs @ 05/07/08 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by NYG_Meth


	EVERYONE will be fighting as Tyson online, guaranteed. Also, I'd bet dollars to donuts that he'll be on the cover.

I'll be fighting with Little Mac.

# 12 NYG_Meth @ 05/07/08 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by boomhauertjs


	I'll be fighting with Little Mac.

Nicely done lol.

# 13 mr_president @ 05/07/08 04:53 PM

please fix the mechanics(not the controls)...this games boxing mechanics are broken,old and really need to be revamped....i'll wait and see.

welcome back iron mike.

# 14 EWRMETS @ 05/07/08 05:15 PM

They better get Money Mayweather, Pavlik, Cotto, and Wladimir.

# 15 BezO @ 05/07/08 05:27 PM

Sweet!

# 16 thelwig14 @ 05/07/08 05:48 PM

While everyone picks Tyson, I will never lose with Ali or Lennox as I stay on the outside and jab him to death...

Things that need to be addressed immediately:

1. Get rid of the parrying animation...just awful.
2. Revamp the punch stick to make it realistic...same effort for every punch.
3. Career mode and a career mode. Throw in a career mode, too.
4. Presentation, presentation, and presentation.
5. No more purple headed dreadlock white guys. If it is not a real boxer, use a likeness that is easily fixed. Throwing fake guys in there from Ruddock to Judah is really, really easy.
6. Get the "guys"....no excuse. There is no possible excuse to the get the heavyweights of boxing with PBF, ODLH, Wlad, Cotto, Pavlik, JC, etc...

# 17 edubbs @ 05/07/08 05:48 PM

Having Tyson in the game 'almost' gurantees sales of atleast 1 million copies.

This game will sale like hotcakes.

I just hope it's good.....

# 18 thelwig14 @ 05/07/08 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by edubbs


	Having Tyson in the game 'almost' gurantees sales of atleast 1 million copies. This game will sale like hotcakes. I just hope it's good.....

Not true. It has to be good. Mike Tyson Boxing was one of the worst games of all-time and consumers saw through the Tyson license (taking out the EA effect). Consumers are even better education now with all the information sharing...the game has to be good regardless of the roster. If it is good with a roster including Tyson, it will move many more units. If it is good with Tyson, Ali, Lennox, Foreman, Frazier...it will move many more units. Then add the other divisions with a good game, and it will be through the roof. Someone for everyone, but nothing if the core game sucks.

# 19 videobastard @ 05/07/08 06:23 PM

Finally a boxing game with tyson again... should be dope

# 20 metallicatz @ 05/07/08 06:51 PM

It's about time the sports video game industry stopped acting like complete hypocrites regarding the snubbing of Tyson over the years. Glad to see him back in the game. Regardless of his out of the ring issues, I consider him one of the greatest and most ferocious fighters of all time when he was in his prime. I think if he faces Ali with both fighters in their prime......Tyson kills him inside of 4 rounds. Just my opinion.

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