Kotaku: Facebreaker

Beats For The Beatdown - Facebreaker Soundtrack

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:20:00 MDT

Crecente quite enjoyed his taste of Facebreaker at PAX (or maybe he just enjoyed beating up his son, it was hard to tell) although he found the gameplay a little simplistic. Will the just-revealed soundtrack for Facebreaker keep you pounding away into the night?

Predicatably, EA have plumped for plenty of tracks that have titles with references to fighting, a couple of hipster-bait acts and a good dose of agression-promoting guitarwork.

Fujiya & Miyagi's Sucker Punch, Dropkick Murphys' The Warrior’s Code, Knock Me Down by The Rivers and Tigarah's Girl Fight are representin' for People With Combat-Related Song Titles

Full listing after the bump.

ARTIST - SONG
Boys Noize - Arcade Robot
Boys Noize - Oh!
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior’s Code
Fort Knox Five feat. Mustafa Akbar - The Spirit of 75
From First To Last - Worlds Away
From First To Last - Two As One
From First To Last - We All Turn Back To Dust
Fujiya & Miyagi - Sucker Punch
Gogol Bordello - 60 Revolutions
Kenna - Out Of Control (State of Emotion) – Free Donuts and Shellfish XXXChange with Ronnie Darko Spankrock Remix
Kinky - Uruapan Breaks
Los Mocosos - Bandolera Era (Reggaeton Remix)
Ozomatli - Street Signs
Tone Loc feat. Peaches - Wild Thing (Peaches RMX)
Prophet Omega - Criminal
Quit Your Day Job feat. R.A. The Rugged Man - Warmachine (Remake)
Santogold - Creator
Sweatmaster - Animal
The Go! Team - Universal Speech
The Hives - Square One Here I Come
The Procussions - Fight Here
The Rivers - Knock Me Down
Tigarah - Girl Fight
Tone Deaf Junkies - Kwaai Techtic
Wolfmother - Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Music to Break Faces To - FaceBreaker Soundtrack Revealed [GDN]

Breaking Faces with FaceBreaker

Brian Crecente — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:30:00 MDT

I had a chance to play around with Facebreaker a bit on the Penny Arcade Expo show floor over the weekend.

Graphically, the game delivers, but I was a little surprised, slightly disappointed even, at how simplistic the controls were.The four face buttons let you throw high punches, low punches, strong punches and perform a grab and throw. To block a punch you pull a trigger and to duck a punch you hold in the corresponding punch button.

While you can move your fighter around with the joystick, this doesn't really seem to come into play much. Mostly you want to be close enough to duke it out and I found myself relying on the duck buttons to avoid blows, rather than moving my fighter away from the fight.

What stripping down the controls so significantly does it create a button-mashing brawling that can be fun to play at times, but that may not deliver a game that with a lot of staying power.

I had fun bashing in the face of Tristan's pugilist, and occasionally having mine bashed in, but I can't imagine it would be a game I'd want to play for any length of time. And while the simple controls seem like a perfect fit for young gamers, the over-the-top cartoon violence and T-rating seems like it will filter out most of the people who will most want to keep playing the game.

Show Your Photo Game Face in Facebreaker

Adam Barenblat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:00 MDT

Being able to upload someones face on a character in Rainbow Six: Vegas was disturbingly satisfying. In this video we take a look at EA Canada's similar facial recognition feature, Photo Game Face. Watch how Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (MTV's The Hills) kick the living crap out of each other. The game will be out for Xbox 360 and PS3 September 5th.

Facebreaker Characters Revealed in Video Auditions

Adam Barenblat — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:40:00 MDT

I was talking late yesterday about how entertaining I thought the Raving Rabbids trailers were. It looks like EA is taking a shot at that creativity. In these new Facebreaker auditions we get to see some of the characters that will be featured in the game. More videos after the jump.

Kim Kardashian Joins List Of FaceBreaker "Celebrities"

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:40:39 MDT

Add one more face to the list of possibly known faces in FaceBreaker. GameDaily writes today that Kim Kardashian, famous for some reason that I'm unaware of other than having sex on the internet, will join the line-up of "celebrity" boxers in FaceBreaker. GameDaily says she's a "TV personality", if that clears up anything for you. She's also listed as being a "celebutant" which, I'll assume, means she's famous by design.

They also have video of a digital Peter Moore beating Ms. Kardashian, which may dovetail with some EA Sports erotic fanfics you've been writing.

Kim Kardashian in Facebreaker: Exclusive! [GameDaily - photo via WENN]

Madden Demo Is Live...Oh, And FaceBreaker

Mike Fahey — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:20:00 MDT

Time to get our big, brutish, manly hands on a small chunk of the latest installment of EA's Madden NFL franchise! The demo for Madden NFL 09 is up on Xbox Live, with it's presence on the PlayStation store imminent. It's 1.08 GB of pure football power, crafted lovingly the most skilled football artisans and doused with just enough sweaty locker room smell to make you nostalgic without making you nauseous. I've already started getting my own particular brand of football fever, having already purchased, played, and traded in NCAA to prepare for my impeding purchase, playing, and trading of Madden NFL 09. What can I say? There is only so much room in my life for football and football-related knowledge. For instance, as far as I know, the above screenshot depicts the Colts versus Radio Shack.

Oh, and a FaceBreaker demo is out too. Yay.

Demo: Madden NFL 09 And Guest [Xbox Live's Major Nelson]

Facebreaker Breaks Faces Sept. 5

Brian Crecente — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:00:00 MDT

Electronic Arts announced today that FaceBreaker will be hitting the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on Sept. 5, with the Wii version following this holiday, according to GameSpot.

After watching this video of character Spin beating the brains out of a square-jawed, muscle-bound opponent, I'm a bit psyched.

FaceBreaker enters ring Sept. 5 [GameSpot]

Facebreaker Meet And Beat: Kiriko

Mike Fahey — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:30:00 MDT

Well this certainly gets rid of any notion I might have had that EA's Facebreaker would just be a reskinning Fight Night. Those are definitely not Fight Night moves that little glamor goth Kiriko is pulling off in this clip. Hell, those aren't even boxing moves. It looks like they've created a 3D fighting game with a ring around it. Not quite sure how I feel about that. It certainly looks like fun, but with Soul Calibur 4 on the way I'm not sure I'm going to need another fighting game any time soon.

That, and the over-the-top characters might be a bit too far over that top there. "I can't feel my face!" *giggle* No.

New FaceBreaker Screens

Brian Crecente — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:00:47 MST

Electronic Arts' arcadey boxing title FaceBreaker, continue to intrigue me, though I think it's really going to have to deliver in the control arena to make it worth playing.

Facebreaker Trailer

Brian Crecente — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:00:06 MST

Electronic Arts just put out a short teaser for their upcoming Fight Night meets cartoons game, Facebreaker. It looks like it has potential, though I'm a little concerned that it's essentially just a reskinned Fight Night.

First Facebreaker Screen (That Was Quick)

Mark Wilson — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:40:25 MST

Remember that new boxing game from EA that we just told you about earlier today? 1UP already got their hands on this pretty picture. The game is called Facebreaker, and after just one screen and a press release, I'm seriously interested. As Fahey mentioned earlier, EA games have gotten so simulation oriented that it can take the fun away from the more casual sports fan. But a full onslaught of perfectly simulated cartoon combat sounds like just my ~~cup of tea~~ plastic bottle of a rough and tough inhumanly-colored thirst quencher.

FaceBreaker (Xbox 360) [1UP via Maxconsole]

EA Breaks Faces With Facebreaker

Mike Fahey — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:40:31 MST

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!

REDISCOVER THE JOY OF PUMMELING WITH FACEBREAKER
An All-New Intellectual Property from EA SPORTS Brings Back Arcade Boxing
Chertset, UK - January 31, 2008 - Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that FaceBreaker™ - an all-new intellectual property - is under development at EA Canada and will be released for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ video game system from Microsoft and the Wii™ in 2008.

"We're very excited to announce FaceBreaker, an all-new franchise from EA SPORTS that is fun, fresh and innovative," said Peter Moore, president, EA SPORTS. "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."

The renaissance of the arcade boxing genre is upon us. Created by the same team that developed the award-winning Fight Night Round 3, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics. In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style, including Romeo, a Latin lover known for his pelvic thrusts, and Molotov, an oversized Russian demolitions expert with a penchant for fighting dirty. Add a little personal motivation to your fight by uploading a photo of your face to create a realistic likeness using Photo Game Face, and go toe-to-toe with a real-life friend or foe.

Laugh out loud as you pummel your opponent with a barrage of blows to the face and watch in satisfaction as your progress is illustrated by real-time facial deformation. With haymakers, face shots and body blows, wait for the right moment to drop a super punch to make your presence known. Taunt your adversaries and flaunt your talent, by tying one hand behind your back to add ultimate humiliation to your bout. In FaceBreaker, it just feels good to rearrange your opponent's face.

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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