Archive for the ‘Boxing’ Category
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PFC 4: The Comeback
Another week in the PFC brought about two title changes and three successful defenses. After successfully retaining in the first fight of the week Keith Jardine took on a second challenger and dropped the Light Heavyweight title to Rashad Evans. Continue on for the results from PFC 3 and for the PFC 4: The Comeback card. (more...)...
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UFC 2009 Dominates May Sales
UFC 2009 Undisputed was expected to be a strong seller. The sport is on the rise, reviews and buzz were good, and the marketing was heavy. However I'm not sure if many would've predicted that UFC would sell over one million copies in just the 12 days it was on the market in May. With the NPD releasing sales numbers today we found out that the 360 version moved 679,600 copies with the PS3 selling 334,400. The game obliterated everything else for the month. To put it in perspective the 1.14...
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PFC 3: High Stakes
Championship belts changed hands in two of the four title match-ups in PFC 2: Showdown. Now the card has been released for PFC 3: High Stakes. For anyone interested in participating make sure to sign-up in the forum and you'll be eligible to be a part of the next event. Continue on to view the results and upcoming card. (more...)...
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The Wrap-Up: UFC 2009 Undisputed
In the months leading up to the release of UFC 2009 Undisputed I viewed the game with a level of skepticism. Given THQ's history with the WWE games and being the first attempt at UFC I didn't know what fully to expect nor did I want to get my hopes too high. Then came the demo which blew apart every preconceived notion I had regarding the game. No it wasn't too stiff or mechanical. No it wasn't too difficult. Yes the differing styles would keep things fresh and vary experiences. And yes i...
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PFC 2: Showdown
The first week of the PFC was a huge success with all the fights being completed. We now have champions and #1 contenders at every weight class. PFC 2: Showdown will bring them together for the league's first title defenses. Continue on for the full PFC 2: Showdown card and the results from PFC 1: Proving Ground with links to a few videos. (more...)...
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Hands-on With FNR4
As you may already know I was fortunate to visit EA Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia to check out the next installment of the Fight Night series. Let us also remember that the boxing community has had to wait 3 years for the second game on next generation consoles since Fight Night Round 3 was released in February of 2006. It should also be noted that EA Canada took over development for this game and it appears to have been a good choice so far. (more...)...
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Discussion Continues About FNR4 Controls
Ever since it was revealed that the button control scheme was removed completely for Fight Night Round 4, in turn forcing Total Punch Control with the right analog, it has been a hot topic of discussion.Yesterday the EA Canada community manager responded basically stating that that the button controls wouldn't be returning and to learn to like TPC or move on. The posting has since been deleted from the EA Forum. I still don't understand the thinking behind this decision or the way in whic...
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Latest Update on FNR4
With the demo for Fight Night Round 4 out (to Gamestop preorders) and with decidedly mixed reaction, producer Brian Hayes made sure to address some of the common complaints being made in a posting on the EA Sports forum. If these issues were addressed as stated than most will probably be satisfied with the difference between demo and final version. Generally though the demo is fairly representative of the final product. Also of note is that while the demo will be out for everyone else on ...
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FNR4 Highlight Clips
One of the features recently discussed in various media articles on Fight Night Round 4 is the ability to take replays and upload them to EA Sports World. At any point in a fight you can pause the game, go into replay mode for that round, and cut out a portion to upload. I've always enjoyed the highlight features in games and hope there is a way to save them following the conclusion of online fights also. The demo actually contains this same functionality and a bunch of highlights are bei...
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FNR4 Demo Footage
With the FNR4 demo now available to those who preordered through Gamestop there are a bunch of new videos making their way out. So far it seems as if the impressions of the game are mixed from those who have played the demo and the comments made from watching the footage. From my short time having played the game it is graphically and technically impressive and certainly seemed fun but the issues being noted appear to be justified. I went through and located a few of the demo videos that ...
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