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EA Breaks Faces With Facebreaker

Let's get Ready To Rumble! At least rent a copy of it if you can find it to prepare yourself for EA's latest sports franchise, Facebreaker. It's a return to the more arcadey days of the boxing genre in development for the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 - and it's got our old friend Peter Moore ready to kick some serious ass.

"FaceBreaker reinvigorates one of the great genres in sports videogames. Arcade boxing takes me back to my roots in this industry, and this game signals our shift to adding more approachable fun to our product lineup. In no time at all, you'll be picking up the controllers and knocking your opponent around the ring, smashing faces, and having a riot."

I have to agree...EA Sports was sort of lacking in the approachable fun department, and nothing says approachable fun like a bunch of regional sterotypes pummeling each other with real-time facial deformation. A Latin lover named Romeo and a Russian demolitions expert named Molotov? Why not a British coal miner named Limey, or a French baker named Croissant? The possibilities are endless! Use the comments section to come up with your own stereotyped cartoon boxer! More »

8:40 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,014 views, 51 comments

Latest by kftgr: Anyone out there able to read that Peter Moore quote WITHOUT Peter Moore's voice running through their head? more »

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Don King's Sweaty Half-Naked Men

While 2K Sport's stab at the boxing genre, Don King Presents: Prizefighter, may boast a robust story mode that takes you out of the ring to experience all aspects of the sport, at its core boxing is about one thing: Sweaty, half-naked men beating the hell out of each other. They've just released the first few screens of the game, and I'm not sure they are going in the right direction here. Granted, my only up-close and personal knowledge of half-naked, sweaty men is myself, but something seems off here. Where's the realism? Not one of the featured fighters is covered head to toe in body hair, and what's with those lumps all over their bodies where their life-affirming fat should be? Come on guys, you can do better than this. I was going to post a pic for comparison, but my camera seems to have spontaneously exploded as the result of a thousand voices simultaneously screaming, "No!" Huh.

8:40 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Mike Fahey
9,194 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: here are more screenshots about 13 of em now go judge for yourself. theres the link [www.strategyinformer.com] more »

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2K Steps Into The Ring With Don King's Prizefighter

The undisputed winner of the video game boxing ring is about to get some stiff competition as 2K Sports announces Don King Presents: Prizefighter, ready to go a few rounds with EA's Fight Night franchise this Spring on the Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and Wii. Developed by 2K's Venom Games of Rocky and Rocky Legends fame, Prizefighter promises a deep and authentic documentary-style boxing experience, where fighters will experience all of the temptation and adversity of the road from chump to champ.

"In all my years working in professional boxing, I have never seen anything come as close to recreating the thrill, the intensity, the courage and the spectacle of the sport," said legendary boxing promoter Don King. "Don King Presents: Prizefighter is more than a game — it is a glimpse at what life is like in and out of the ring for these incredible athletes."

"More than just a night at the fights" says it all. 2K is gunning for EA, and with Don King's hair in their corner it's going to be one hell of a fight. More »

8:40 AM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By Mike Fahey
5,246 views, 63 comments

Latest by bugashi: Don King Presents: Prizefighter, only on Pay-Per-View. Now that I think it, are you guys sure this isn't going to be a pay-to-play online console game? more »

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Fake Boxing, Real Boxers

Victorious Boxers: Revolution is coming out for the Wii next week, and the XSEED folks took a copy of the game down to the 3rd Street Gym in San Francisco to see what real boxers think about the anime-flavored pugilist simulation. Apparently it does something to your muscle twitch fibers, whatever those are, and judging by the boxer's general demeanor when he says this, that's a good thing. I'm still on the fence on this one. On one hand, Wii boxing was one of my favorite minigames in Wii Sports. On the other hand, I'm still disappointed that this isn't a game about triumphant underwear.

8:20 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,600 views, 31 comments

Latest by ese: @Whoaness: Ahh man I had a good laugh reading your post. It's true though, a little wrist action goes a long way on Wii games. I don't use the Wii sleeve. It takes away from the feeling. more »

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Victorious Boxing Sorta Dated

XSeed's Wii boxing game Hajime no Ippo, aka Victorious Boxers: Revolution, is set for a release this "autumn" here in North America, Cubed3 reports. The game will have 25 playable characters, cut scenes and a story mode... all wrapped around a chewy center of Wii boxing. Hopefully, a touched up form of the one in Wii Sports that allows my son to inexplicably kick my ass every time we play.

New Boxing Game Coming to US [Cubed3]

9:03 AM on Wed Aug 1 2007
By Brian Crecente
2,668 views, 30 comments

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Ready 2 Rumble 2 Rumble Anew

They game that launched a thousand Dreamcasts only to completely fall off the map around 2002 is making a comeback, thanks to 10tacle studios, who have just announced that they have procured the Ready 2 Rumble license. 10tacle has tagged former Def Jam developer AKI Corporation to develop the first game in the series, which will be seeing a release across "various videogame platforms." More »

9:20 AM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,510 views, 28 comments

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Wii Sports Boxing Gloves

Another candidate for the useless peripheral hall of fame, the Wii Boxing Gloves actually transcend my usual criteria of being only useful in one game by being useful in only one fraction of one game. Created with Wii Sports in mind, the fingerless padded gloves feature sleeves on the top that you actually tuck the wiimote and nunchuck into, offering all the functionality of simply duct taping the controllers to your hands with none of the messy skin irritation. More »

1:20 PM on Wed Feb 7 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,779 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: Am I the only one who can't land a punch in Wii Boxing properly? more »

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Ain't It Cool Recounts Boll Thrubbing

Ain't It Cool News' MiraJeff has a very interesting recount of his battery at the hands of Uwe Boll buried at then end of his review of the latest Rocky flick. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Dec 20 2006
By Brian Crecente
159 views, 29 comments

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Clips: Uwe Boll Pushing Lowtax's Face In

And here's the video of Uwe Boll beating up Richard 'Lowtax' Kyanka. Lowtax should have just used his 'wit' and started making Jeff K. jokes, which — judging from Something Awful's forum community — has the direct effect on the brain of a massive, debilitating concussion. Uwe would have been down for the count by the first hysterical "Number One instead of an Exclamation Point" joke. More »

8:00 AM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By kotaku.com
2,753 views, 72 comments

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Uwe Boll Murderizes Critics

And another four of Uwe Boll's critics explode in a supernova of cottage-cheese lflab, including Rich 'Lowtax' Kyanka of Something Awful, whom — the BBC reports — "was punched so hard his whole family died." More »

5:00 AM on Mon Sep 25 2006
By kotaku.com
316 views, 19 comments

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Clips: Uwe Boll Beats Up Critic in Boxing Match

Awhile back, infamous games-to-movie director Uwe Boll challenged his mouthy critics to a boxing match. What they didn't know is that he was semi-pro boxer. More »

5:00 PM on Wed Sep 6 2006
By Brian Crecente
5,798 views, 35 comments

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Uwe Boll Finalizes Prospective Executioners

Well, Uwe Boll has finally narrowed down the list of pasty, sunken-chested Internet writers who will try (and hopefully succeed) to beat him into a small puddle of incompetent cinematiste goo. The contenders? More »

8:40 AM on Tue Sep 5 2006
By kotaku.com
377 views, 22 comments

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Fight Night Round 3: This Is Next Gen

I haven't played a boxing game since I picked up a used copy of Super Punch Out!! a few years back (James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing touched me in a bad way), but I'm seriously considering investing in a $60 copy of Fight Night Round 3 for the PlayStation 3. It has awakened the bloodthirsty graphics whore within, plus, the first person boxing mode just sounds bad ass. More »

12:17 PM on Sun Sep 3 2006
By Michael McWhertor
764 views, 33 comments

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The Worst Games In The Entire Planet of Earth: Ring King

This one's for Fruit Brute. No, you don't need to say more. And neither do I. Florian Eckhardt

1:40 PM on Fri Sep 1 2006
By kotaku.com
609 views, 24 comments