EA throws another uppercut

By Luke Anderson, GameSpot UKPosted Jan 31, 2008 10:19 am PT

Publisher introduces FaceBreaker, an arcade-style Fight Night counterpart featuring "real-time facial deformation."

Electronic Arts has discovered the popularity of wanton destruction with the success of its Burnout series of crash-based racing games. Now it's going to find out if the obliteration of a human face holds as much appeal for gamers as a pinwheeling sports car.

He's no King Hippo.

The publisher today announced its newest intellectual property, FaceBreaker. An arcade-style take on boxing, FaceBreaker will be developed by the same team behind its other pugilism property, the Fight Night series. Until recently, that team was based at EA Chicago.

While no real-life, licenced boxers have been revealed so far, two characters have been: Romeo, a "Latin lover known for his pelvic thrusts," and Molotov, "an oversized Russian demolitions expert with a penchant for fighting dirty."

For gamers who want to see what their deformed faces may look like without going through the effort in real life, FaceBreaker will support photo uploads. The game will be available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii sometime in 2008. More details will be available on FaceBreaker's official Web site starting February 1.

68 Comments

  • mrkame16

    Posted May 7, 2008 6:34 am PT

    "speedjunkie4 says
    I think that mrkame is kinda right. I would like to see a Fight Night Round 4, but it dosen't really matter." guess your right.

  • Mr_Koenshaku

    Posted Apr 16, 2008 8:35 pm PT

    My first thought was that this was the mysterious Ready 2 Rumble sequel AKI (now Syn Sophia) was supposed to be working on. Bummer.

  • speedjunkie4

    Posted Feb 28, 2008 7:17 pm PT

    I think that mrkame is kinda right. I would like to see a Fight Night Round 4, but it dosen't really matter.

  • is0lati0n

    Posted Feb 19, 2008 8:43 pm PT

    Yeah, I agree with gwilo007. This game won't sell like Fight Night 3. I believe this game belongs in an arcade, not a console. If it's too expensive, I'm not buying because it doesn't look all that interesting.

  • sickside6

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 4:44 pm PT

    Nice. looks very interesting

  • Leonagard

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 11:13 am PT

    thanks god its not REAL LIFE!!!! looks fun

  • gwilo007

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 10:51 am PT

    this better be a $20-30 game

  • jakob_187

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 1:26 pm PT

    Totally ready to play this. As fun as Fight Night Round 3 was, it's about time we got a new arcade-style boxing game in the vein of greats like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out and Ready 2 Rumble.

  • MaxCadillac

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 1:26 pm PT

    mrkame16: Keep your pants on. You'll get both and like it.

  • TooQuickStix

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 11:40 am PT

    IM sure they will come out with FN4, its just too easy to slap a few new features on the same game and add a year and make oodles of $$ (madden). I agree with Gameboy2k, sports games should be simpler. I used to love hockey and soccer games, now they are just ridiculous and I dont even want to play them. They need to get back to the basics and keep it simple and fun.
    Also the more I think about it the better an Arena game sounds, if one shows up I expect royalties!! How cool would it be to box aliens!!

  • mrkame16 posted Feb 1, 2008 9:44 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    mrkame16

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 9:44 am PT (hide)

    Garbage!! they disbanded the chicago Studio that made a Realistic Boxing Simulation game, and replaced it with a no-name cartoon game, EA Sucks!!! I want Fight Night round 4 not this Crap!!

  • BringTheBlood

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 9:02 am PT

    kinda looking like punch out!!!

  • BrUnOdeFeNiX

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 7:16 am PT

    Why americans don't like Latinos and Russians?aff this people don't make sense, because latins are the people that guarante much things for EUA.... ridiculous characters of this game.
    Not on games, in movies and cartoons ,too.

  • never-named

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 12:02 am PT

    Black & Bruised redux?

  • TexasAnMGrad2K

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 9:50 pm PT

    Sounds interesting, but hopefully this won't push FNR4 back too far. This kinda reminded me of Ready 2 Rumble - lots of fun with that one on the DC. I just wish someone would put out a great boxing game for the Wii that makes excellent use of the motion controls. I believe Victorious Boxers and Showtime have already failed. Don't know if that new Don King game will make much use of the Wiimotes.

  • twiztdmike

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 9:00 pm PT

    vash your WAY off. Look closer to puchout than the total crap game that was B&B.

    On that note look cool.

  • 360luver4ever

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 8:36 pm PT

    WTF where's the FNR4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Vash67

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 7:09 pm PT

    Black & Bruised for the new gen consoles?

  • SLjimbolian

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 6:45 pm PT

    Man, I'm still waiting for a proper sequel for Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!!. Midway attempted to recreate it with Ready 2 Rumble, but it just didn't have that same charm.

  • CodyTG

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:00 pm PT

    EA is really taking the cartoony TF2 style and running with it. First Battlefield Heroes and now this.

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