It’s in the Game, Unless It’s Outside the Lines
Without fail, every time I bring up this job and its subject, usually with folks outside the business, the topical…
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…
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…
Could You Rewrite Fight Night?
The concept behind Fight Night Champion's narrative "Champion Mode" inspired me when I read of it. I looked forward to…
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…
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 Boxing Game That Starts In Prison Should Be The Better Boxing Game
In the second scene of Fight Night Champion, the most unusual boxing game EA has ever made, you're getting beat up in a…
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…
Boxing Is The Past; Long Live Boxing
Two years ago, EA Sports president Peter Moore called boxing "the past of fighting." Mixed martial arts was the future,…
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…
Fight Night Ultra-Realistically Turns Faces Into Steak Tartare
Wanna watch Cristobal Arreola's gut ripple when Mike Tyson slams him with a righthand missile the midsection? Pick up…
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…
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…
Introducing Fight Night Champion's Introductions
Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley duel May 7 in one of 2011's first big fights. By then, Fight Night Champion…
Brother Against Brother In Fight Night Champion
After watching the latest trailer Fight Night Champion's new narrative mode, Champion, four times, I'm still shaky on…
Screwing Enemies in Bulletstorm and David Haye's Wicked Haymaker
Electronic Art's digital mag, PWNED is back, this time taking a look at the Swedish studio behind Battlefield Bad…
Jesus Christ, Fight Night Has Guns?
In a cutscene, but if Fight Night Champion's gonna get an M-rating, it won't be sending Andre Bishop to the slammer…
What's It Take To Get A Boxer To Return Your Calls?
Arturo Gatti couldn't make Fight Night Champion. It's not because he's dead - so's Sugar Ray Robinson, and he's in the…
Butterbean Returns To The Ring In Fight Night Champion
Yesterday we saw Eric Esch - aka Butterbean - getting his flab knocked around in Fight Night Champion. He's one of 13…
Fight Night's New Legacy
In case it wasn't clear, "Champion Mode," which is the role-playing career of fictional fighter Andre Bishop, is a…