Most popular sports have a regular series of video games that let you step into the shoes of their most famous athletes. Not boxing, or at least not boxing since EA shelved its Fight Night series. Now, after 15 years, Fight Night is finally about to return.
Out of nowhere on Tuesday, a new account, run by EA, called EA Sports Fight Night appeared on Twitter. For now, there is just one post on that account, and it confirms there’s a new Fight Night on the way, the first game in the series since 2011’s Fight Night Champion.
“To everyone who stayed in our corner: Fight Night is coming back,” the post reads. It’s coupled with a pair of boxing gloves hanging over the ring with a spotlight shining on them. The account’s profile reads “back into the ring”, and a note says ESRB rating pending. That might mean the game has already been submitted to be rated, which in turn would mean the game is a lot closer to being released than you might think.
Whether Fight Night’s return is a couple of years away or right around the corner, it’s remarkable that EA has managed to keep the project under wraps. There have been no rumors suggesting the boxing series might be taken out of hibernation, outside of a boxing promoter mentioning that EA might be considering it, and that was more than six years ago.
EA released five Fight Night games between 2004 and 2011, all of which scored well reviews-wise, with none of them scoring lower than an 85.
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