Earlier in the week EA released 13 new screens of their upcoming Fight Night spin-off, FaceBreaker. Reminiscent of the much-loved Ready 2 Rumble series, FaceBreaker adds an over-the-top cartoon style to boxing in the same vein as Team Fortress 2 or the upcoming PC free-to-play game, Battlefield Heroes. So far the game looks fantastic and but we can't help think that the inspiration for the game were those chin rippling punches hilariously famous in Fight Night, or maybe it was because everyone who worked on Fight Night is waiting in the unemployment line.
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3-11-2008 @ 12:11PM
Deck said...
I thought they moved a lot of people from Chicago who did Fight Night to work on Facebreaker? Obviously a lot are out of work but I thought some did move as well.
Perhaps I just didn't read things / hear things correctly.
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3-11-2008 @ 12:16PM
Xav de Matos said...
Some people WERE relocated. I'm just joking around.
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3-11-2008 @ 12:17PM
7718 said...
Man, EA really screwed the pooch with this game. They can the team responsible for one of the best games so far this generation (Fight Night Round 3) and then start developing a spiritual successor to "Ready 2 Rumble". EA, once again you suck.
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3-11-2008 @ 12:23PM
Whocares said...
This is a disgrace to boxing fans such as myself.. It's a big slap in the face by EA.. I guess we'll have to see how Prizefighter turns out
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3-11-2008 @ 12:44PM
mirage said...
I am hoping it is more a spiritual successor to Punch-Out. That would be great if done well!!
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3-11-2008 @ 12:53PM
x silence x said...
Why does everyone assume that Fight Night is no longer being made?
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3-11-2008 @ 4:50PM
Deck said...
Bah, how did I miss the joke! Well I had just gotten up... (9am..west coast). :-p
I blame it on that! :-p
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3-11-2008 @ 6:36PM
cody said...
I think you guys are way wrong about being bummed about this one. I've never been interested in a fight night game. But after seeing just the first few screens i think this will be the first "sports" game i buy on day one. And as we all know EA is going after people like me who have never had an interest in any of there other sports offering.
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3-11-2008 @ 7:00PM
ZeroCorpse said...
Looks like Ready 2 Rumble.
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