Tyson, Ali weigh in for Fight Night Round 4
EA Canada takes reins of shuttered Chicago shop's sim boxing series; entering 360, PS3 ring in 2009.
The gaming industry, like the boxing ring, is a fickle beast, and if you're not on the top, you're nobody. EA Chicago learned that lesson in November when its handler, Electronic Arts proper, abruptly shut the studio down due to poor performance in the retail ring. Though the publisher said that the Fight Night series would continue to train at one of its other internal studios, it would do so without EA Chicago's effervescent general manager Kudo Tsunoda, who landed at Microsoft Games Studio in January.
Today, EA officially confirmed that Fight Night Round 4 is in development at EA Canada and will arrive for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2009. With Take-Two's contender Prizefighter featuring the loquacious stylings of renowned fight promoter Don King, EA will in kind be tapping the pugilist celebrity pool. The company said that feral boxing powerhouse Mike Tyson will join The Champ, Muhammad Ali, as playable fighters in the game.
As with other EA Sports franchises, Fight Night Round 4 will receive a fresh bout of features and updates. EA Canada will be targeting realism with a new physics-based animation system, which is designed to give fighters more control over their blocks and maneuvering. This mechanic will also allow for a greater variety of punches, with missed, glancing, and knockout blows all now included.
With Fight Night Round 4's main event scheduled for next year, EA Sports will be debuting its newest boxer, the arcade-style FaceBreaker, this September. FaceBreaker will be released on the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii under the newly branded EA Sports Freestyle label.
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Man i cant wait for FN round 4, i a big boxing fan 4 real my dade! but as far as new boxing wish fights i would love to see a Cotto V.S. Mayweather (the best body pouncher v.s. the fastest pouncher) anyone feel me on that? i hope those two get a chance to throw down in the game. And im very happy to see tyson real skills get some respect in video games (only EA could bring that to life, ill beat a ton on that belive it). peace
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Mike Tyson's Punch Out! FTW~
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its going to also have lennox lewis
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thank god cause I got scared, Prizefighter sucked sooooo bad, this is the one game that EA can kill 2k at!
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**** mayweather
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Finally my Dude TYSON gets to be in a real boxing game thank you EA that man deserves it and for all the haters watch a old Tyson fight but don't look away cuz you will miss the fight thats how quick and powerful he is
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FINALLY, this game is going to have alot of cleaning up to do after that crappy prizefighter awww too bad a 360 exclusive couldn't cut it
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ermmmm what about mawweather?
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this game is going to be amazing. All the good games are coming out in 2009 and i cant wait that long
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@_@ excited.
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OMG 2009, I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG. This will - I repeat, WILL, kill every other boxing game out.
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I'm looking foward to playing the Fight Night Round 4 game.
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So now that Tyson has officially made a comeback to videogames, will we see a surprise cameo from Don King in this next installment?
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Can't wait.
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Fantastic! been waitin for this for a long time. Cant Wait!
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Me and Iron Mike are gonna "EAT" evander for lunch!!!!!!
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One of my favorite game series is Fight Night. I do hope that there are more fighters and more depth in this upcoming debut. When I play Fight Night Round 3, I have a sense of longing like there is something missing in the game. I became bored with the limited amount of fighters. The pro-shop seems to be complicated. Maybe there is an easier way to look at all of the items in the shop.
All else is awesome, which is why I'm anticipating the new release.
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The only reason to buy this is to experience Mike Tyson...And Im in!!
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Manny woooooooooooooo!!
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Iron Mike is in "this game", I'm in.
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Lets just hope that "adding" features they don't mean "taking away" and by "give fighters more control" they don't mean "take away control" ... I'm a huge FNR3 fan and I'm basing my reservations on how EA's handled the Madden franchise over the last few years.
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In the words of one of the greatest "wordsmiths" of all time; Mike Tyson.."I'm gonna eat his children!"..."Praise Allah"!
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Yes thank you! This is the best gaming news I've heard in a while. I was making the mistake of believing Facebreakers was taking the place of Fight Night. I'm so glad I was wrong. I was going to boycott Facebreaker but I guess I'll go ahead and check it out. Props to EA, good save.
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Get news! I still play FNR3. Plus, being able to play as that pyscho but loveable Iron Mike sounds like the good ole' days.
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As long as it's as good or better then the last Fight Night game, I'll most likely get it. My only complaint about the last FN3 was it was rough on my hands. After fighting 3 or more matchs, my hands started cramping up. I couldn' play it for long periods of time, that's for sure. Game was a blast though.
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sounds good.
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im getting it only for Mike Tyson
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I really hope they use the old mike that was a bad A@@ and not the latest mike that can't beat up a old lady .
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Looking forward to this. Go ali!
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o my god i dream fight night on the wii wold be fantastic.
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Ninten007, there really would be little competition. Ali is 4 inches taller than Tyson and his reach is even more so...

Anyhow, glad to see it back and, actually, glad to see Tyson finally in the game.
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i wont buy the game if amir khan is not in it and a lot of other boxers and i hope the story mode is longer this time
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This is one of the best online games ever. How many other 1 vs 1 games do you play or have? Thought so......
EA HAS TO fix the "pull out" problem.
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Should be awesome!
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nice nice, I cant wait for this one.
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Man I just hope they fix the parry move so ur fighters not sittin there for 5 seconds while someone combos on u but other then that Im glad to see it back
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Finally we can settle the age long debate of Ali vs. Tyson. Ali would KO tyson easily in his prime. He would just play mind games with that gorilla and the next thing you know, there is a 7 punch combo that sends Tyson to the mat. Tyson's hands can't hit what his eyes can't see; Ali is gonna float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
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been waiting forever!
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I want Mayweather....
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Fight Night Round 4? I can not wait!
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Pleasse bring back DLH, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Miguel Cotto!!!!
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loved FN3 - this should be amazing.
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FN3 was ace so this one should be good too Im hoping
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yeah baby!
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They should fix the blocking and counter stuff.. and add more fall down animations.. also those calling for Lewis.. WHY!!?
the object of boxing used to be to knock out and beat the opponent.. well it was like that for Ali.. and Tyson..
people like Lewis prefer to win by points.. dodge jab then hold.. by doing this they win..
this is crap.. tacktics can win you a fight. but It dont win your any toughness points or respect on the street..
Thats why Tyson is on of my all time Greats.. (he just wasnt too smart)
My point.. Lewis in this game = 12 round bore fests..
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I hope Tyson's special is biting ears off!!!!
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the one thing i hope they do with this one, is drop the stupid impact punches, and just stick with the stardard haymaker
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Fight Night Round 3 was awesome, I hope they take that and improve on it. EA has certainly set a great standard for sports games this generation, I can only hope they keep improving them. I want a rugby and cricket game, so hurry up EA.
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Tyson was the best fighter not to feature in any of the good boxing games released since the 16bit days..
I think he had his own game (which was poo) and due to rights.. he couldnt feature in any other games out.. also his prison spell didnt help much as a game was made around that time too and also didnt have him in it..
its a shame its come almost too late.. but im looking forward to it..
I bet you all he will be one of the most used characters..
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They need to make proper clinching and infighting in this game. Otherwise, the mechanics are excellent.
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