Fight Night Round 4 officially announced

by pastapadre
Posted May 7th, 2008 at 11:07 am

Though it was known to be in development, EA Sports has made official that Fight Night Round 4 will be coming to the 360 and PS3 in 2009. They’ve also revealed the first details on what to expect. This is the first time in nearly a decade that Mike Tyson will be featured in a boxing game. You can check out the full press release here. The important info from it can be found below.

Featuring a re-written gameplay engine, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 will add a variety of fighting styles and boxer differentiation to authentically emulate the greatest fighters of all time. Pressure your opponent with the brawling inside style of young Mike Tyson, bobbing and weaving to set up powerful hooks and uppercuts. Capitalize on Muhammad Ali’s reach, hand speed and fleetness of foot to bewilder your opponent with lightning fast jabs and straights from the outside. For the first time in history, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 gives you the opportunity to pit these legendary heavyweights against one another and name a true champ.

No fight will be the same with an all-new physics-based animation system that recreates the full spectrum of true-to-life punch impacts, giving boxers a devastating arsenal of punches, blocks and ring movement. The new physics system allows for missed punches, glancing punches, knockout blows and for the first time ever, rough and tumble inside fighting. Fatigue, adrenaline, footwork and timing all come into play as you hammer away at your opponents.

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Badger Boy21

I LOVE that Tyson is in it…but really for me…it BETTER include the following list…Delahoya…MAYWEATHER..cotto…hatton…AND Pavlik…if they all arent on there..it will be dissapointing for me im sure..
Badger Boy21

I LOVE that Tyson is in it…but really for me…it BETTER include the following list…Delahoya…MAYWEATHER..cotto…hatton…AND Pavlik…if they all arent on there..it will be dissapointing for me im sure..
Sean

Dont count on Kelly cause hes in PF, but the others should be in it. Round 3 had online
Sean

Dont count on Kelly cause hes in PF, but the others should be in it. Round 3 had online
The Saint

[quote comment="20475"]EA always talks a good game but rarely seems to deliver the goods. We’ll see. It’ll be cool to see Tyson in a game though. I really thought 2K would sign Tyson for Prizefighter though. I’m surprised that EA and they’re squeaky clean image would go for a controversial figure like Tyson. 2K doesn’t care, after all they put O.J. Simpson in All Pro Football 2K8.[/quote]

EA doesn’t have a “squeaky clean image,” lol. If anything they’re bloodsucking sharks. At any rate, everything in that press release sounds very, very promising. Without Kudo, the FN series is headed towards the right direction. The only thing I can complain about at this point is that EA should’ve hung a boulder around Kudo’s neck, stuffed his mouth with cyanide and pushed him off the Empire State Building. But yeah, glancing blows and in-fighting sounds awesome, hopefully EA can make it work. The next 12 months or so will be BIG for boxing fans. We’re finally getting attention from the gaming world. Prizefighter comes out next month, the arcade Facebreaker comes out later this year and I suspect that FNR4 comes out in Spring of 2009. Finally.
The Saint

[quote comment="20475"]EA always talks a good game but rarely seems to deliver the goods. We’ll see. It’ll be cool to see Tyson in a game though. I really thought 2K would sign Tyson for Prizefighter though. I’m surprised that EA and they’re squeaky clean image would go for a controversial figure like Tyson. 2K doesn’t care, after all they put O.J. Simpson in All Pro Football 2K8.[/quote]

EA doesn’t have a “squeaky clean image,” lol. If anything they’re bloodsucking sharks. At any rate, everything in that press release sounds very, very promising. Without Kudo, the FN series is headed towards the right direction. The only thing I can complain about at this point is that EA should’ve hung a boulder around Kudo’s neck, stuffed his mouth with cyanide and pushed him off the Empire State Building. But yeah, glancing blows and in-fighting sounds awesome, hopefully EA can make it work. The next 12 months or so will be BIG for boxing fans. We’re finally getting attention from the gaming world. Prizefighter comes out next month, the arcade Facebreaker comes out later this year and I suspect that FNR4 comes out in Spring of 2009. Finally.
Fort

lol, the hate for Tyson I’ve seen on here and other sites today is ridiculous. In his prime, he was the most dangerous boxer ever. The man was a straight up beast. A lack of management (and outright mismanagement) killed his career and put him on the track to the problems he had. Who knows what he could have been had he not been thrown to the wolves and abandoned by King. Yes, Tyson made mistakes. Big mistakes. He didn’t savagely murder two people and try to evade the police and lie about it, though. He has always had mental issues and when his first manager died, no one cared about Mike the Person. King saw $$$. His training suffered, his career suffered, and his life suffered.
Fort

lol, the hate for Tyson I’ve seen on here and other sites today is ridiculous. In his prime, he was the most dangerous boxer ever. The man was a straight up beast. A lack of management (and outright mismanagement) killed his career and put him on the track to the problems he had. Who knows what he could have been had he not been thrown to the wolves and abandoned by King. Yes, Tyson made mistakes. Big mistakes. He didn’t savagely murder two people and try to evade the police and lie about it, though. He has always had mental issues and when his first manager died, no one cared about Mike the Person. King saw $$$. His training suffered, his career suffered, and his life suffered.
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="20464"]Honestly, with Tyson’s shaky history with sex-related convictions, I am shocked EA has stepped up to take his likeness on. I thought Tyson would have ended up in Don King’s game. Tyson, alone, is a reason I will buy this game.[/quote]

With past lawsuits and such, there’s no way that Tyson would do anything to benefit King. They haven’t been on good terms since the Buster Douglas fight.
angel

i hope it has felix trinidad,miguel cotto,floyd mayweather jr
blackngoldfan

[quote comment="20464"]Honestly, with Tyson’s shaky history with sex-related convictions, I am shocked EA has stepped up to take his likeness on. I thought Tyson would have ended up in Don King’s game. Tyson, alone, is a reason I will buy this game.[/quote]

With past lawsuits and such, there’s no way that Tyson would do anything to benefit King. They haven’t been on good terms since the Buster Douglas fight.
angel

i hope it has felix trinidad,miguel cotto,floyd mayweather jr
MattMVPStroehms

[quote comment="20479"]When the list of names for APF 2K8 were released on the official website, one stood out and immediately created a stir. That person would be OJ Simpson. Is it right that someone who was found not guilty criminally but is still heavily suspected of committing double-murder by the majority of the public be featured in the game?

Just recently Simpson was asked to leave a restaurant by the owner who simply didn’t want him there. The reaction from the rest of the patrons? Applause after he left. That goes to show the general feeling about him even now so many years after everything went down.

The game is heavily centered on legends of the NFL, which he certainly is one. Should off the field issues keep someone out of a game that is based on what they did on the field? Thoughts on that are going to vary from individual to individual. It is certainly understandable why it would upset some people that he is included in this game. He fits in terms of what the game is about, yet the smart and respectful thing to do would have been not to include him.

Leonard Little drove drunk and killed a woman. This isn’t just assumed as is in OJ’s case, but there is no question about it. Yet no one is outraged that he is in Madden. The difference here is that the game is representing the current NFL, of which he is a part of regardless of what he has done in the past. However 2K Sports specifically sought out OJ when they didn’t necessarily need to have him in the game. They made the decision to line his pockets with cash, which could be viewed as an insult to the family of the victims and anyone else who has had to deal with similar tragedy, or simply don’t like him or what he represents. This is a guy who was going to publish a (supposedly hypothetical) book titled “If I Did It”.

It seems 2K has been ignoring the consumers with a lot of the recent news coming out about All-Pro Football 2K8. Putting OJ in the game is just one example to go along with others such as the lack of a franchise mode and the “play the game and shut up” comment. Given the position they are in, it seems to be a curious marketing strategy to say the least.

Ultimately OJ Simpson being in APF 2K8 is unlikely to keep anyone from specifically purchasing it for that reason alone. I would not be surprised however if the topic is brought up sometime heading up to release. The question is whether 2K is actually seeking out the negative press this could present as a way to get the game some attention.

^^^You bashed OJ, now how will you discuss Mike Tyson on Fight Night 4 Telly?

Peace to the fanboys of EA, you cats are silly.[/quote]

I wouldn’t compare OJ to Lenard Little. Lenard is a good guy. He made a bad decision and paid for it. He drives everyday past the spot where he killed her. He visits high schools and tells his story to send a message out to kids that not only drinking is bad but drinking and driving can be deadly. Does OJ go to high schools telling kids how he would have killed his wife? no. The city of St. Louis has forgiven Little.
MattMVPStroehms

[quote comment="20479"]When the list of names for APF 2K8 were released on the official website, one stood out and immediately created a stir. That person would be OJ Simpson. Is it right that someone who was found not guilty criminally but is still heavily suspected of committing double-murder by the majority of the public be featured in the game?

Just recently Simpson was asked to leave a restaurant by the owner who simply didn’t want him there. The reaction from the rest of the patrons? Applause after he left. That goes to show the general feeling about him even now so many years after everything went down.

The game is heavily centered on legends of the NFL, which he certainly is one. Should off the field issues keep someone out of a game that is based on what they did on the field? Thoughts on that are going to vary from individual to individual. It is certainly understandable why it would upset some people that he is included in this game. He fits in terms of what the game is about, yet the smart and respectful thing to do would have been not to include him.

Leonard Little drove drunk and killed a woman. This isn’t just assumed as is in OJ’s case, but there is no question about it. Yet no one is outraged that he is in Madden. The difference here is that the game is representing the current NFL, of which he is a part of regardless of what he has done in the past. However 2K Sports specifically sought out OJ when they didn’t necessarily need to have him in the game. They made the decision to line his pockets with cash, which could be viewed as an insult to the family of the victims and anyone else who has had to deal with similar tragedy, or simply don’t like him or what he represents. This is a guy who was going to publish a (supposedly hypothetical) book titled “If I Did It”.

It seems 2K has been ignoring the consumers with a lot of the recent news coming out about All-Pro Football 2K8. Putting OJ in the game is just one example to go along with others such as the lack of a franchise mode and the “play the game and shut up” comment. Given the position they are in, it seems to be a curious marketing strategy to say the least.

Ultimately OJ Simpson being in APF 2K8 is unlikely to keep anyone from specifically purchasing it for that reason alone. I would not be surprised however if the topic is brought up sometime heading up to release. The question is whether 2K is actually seeking out the negative press this could present as a way to get the game some attention.

^^^You bashed OJ, now how will you discuss Mike Tyson on Fight Night 4 Telly?

Peace to the fanboys of EA, you cats are silly.[/quote]

I wouldn’t compare OJ to Lenard Little. Lenard is a good guy. He made a bad decision and paid for it. He drives everyday past the spot where he killed her. He visits high schools and tells his story to send a message out to kids that not only drinking is bad but drinking and driving can be deadly. Does OJ go to high schools telling kids how he would have killed his wife? no. The city of St. Louis has forgiven Little.
http://www.zshare.net/download/6518525cdd035a/ shoeprint

[quote comment="20493"]Are you all kidding me, if Tyson didnt mess up his life he would of probaly continued to dominate people. You dont need to start mentioning who he didnt beat and who he did beat. You can look at any boxer and they all faced scrubs in their career. I bet you in floyds 38-0 (could be wrong) a good amount of them were scrubs. Even after tyson faced all those problems he still came back and dominated a bit. Anyway you look at it, tyson in his prime would wreck any boxer you can throw at them in their time. He was a beast, quick, power, an angry mother f…er. He ruined his life which is true, but it doesnt diminish his boxing career, the same with OJ.[/quote]

Judah, Hatton, de La Hoya, Corrales, gatti, Baldomir, sharmba mitchell, castillo, and manfready (9 former champs) all got spanked by Mayweather bro. 9 former champs, he is the best in the biz…

Name the former champs Tyson beat
http://www.zshare.net/download/6518525cdd035a/ shoeprint

[quote comment="20493"]Are you all kidding me, if Tyson didnt mess up his life he would of probaly continued to dominate people. You dont need to start mentioning who he didnt beat and who he did beat. You can look at any boxer and they all faced scrubs in their career. I bet you in floyds 38-0 (could be wrong) a good amount of them were scrubs. Even after tyson faced all those problems he still came back and dominated a bit. Anyway you look at it, tyson in his prime would wreck any boxer you can throw at them in their time. He was a beast, quick, power, an angry mother f…er. He ruined his life which is true, but it doesnt diminish his boxing career, the same with OJ.[/quote]

Judah, Hatton, de La Hoya, Corrales, gatti, Baldomir, sharmba mitchell, castillo, and manfready (9 former champs) all got spanked by Mayweather bro. 9 former champs, he is the best in the biz…

Name the former champs Tyson beat
frtiz

the glancing blows and infigting is the best this i saw. tyson? who cares. EA’s boxing games have notoriously thin line-ups. I’m sure 2k’s list of fighters will be better especially as far as current boxers and champions go.
frtiz

the glancing blows and infigting is the best this i saw. tyson? who cares. EA’s boxing games have notoriously thin line-ups. I’m sure 2k’s list of fighters will be better especially as far as current boxers and champions go.
Chris Cox

This game will beat Prizefighter’s rear end!
Chris Cox

This game will beat Prizefighter’s rear end!
http://www.2ksports.com/ Ronnie

Is Mayweather and Cotto going to be in this game?
http://www.2ksports.com Ronnie

Is Mayweather and Cotto going to be in this game?
skyler

is Antonio Margerito and Miguel Cotto on Fight Night Round 4
skyler

is Antonio Margerito and Miguel Cotto on Fight Night Round 4
ktownstrangler

go ahead you idiots can pick tyson i will pick ali over him any day lol
ktownstrangler

go ahead you idiots can pick tyson i will pick ali over him any day lol