EA's FaceBreaker knocks out 13 new screens

by Xav de Matos { Mar 11th 2008 at 11:45AM }

Earlier in the week EA released 13 new screens of their upcoming Fight Night spin-off, FaceBreaker. Reminiscent of the much-loved Ready 2 Rumble series, FaceBreaker adds an over-the-top cartoon style to boxing in the same vein as Team Fortress 2 or the upcoming PC free-to-play game, Battlefield Heroes. So far the game looks fantastic and but we can't help think that the inspiration for the game were those chin rippling punches hilariously famous in Fight Night, or maybe it was because everyone who worked on Fight Night is waiting in the unemployment line.

Gallery: FaceBreaker

Tags: ea-big, electronic-arts, facebreaker

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Deck @ Mar 11th 2008 12:11PM

I thought they moved a lot of people from Chicago who did Fight Night to work on Facebreaker? Obviously a lot are out of work but I thought some did move as well.

Perhaps I just didn't read things / hear things correctly.

Xav de Matos @ Mar 11th 2008 12:16PM

Some people WERE relocated. I'm just joking around.

7718 @ Mar 11th 2008 12:17PM

Man, EA really screwed the pooch with this game. They can the team responsible for one of the best games so far this generation (Fight Night Round 3) and then start developing a spiritual successor to "Ready 2 Rumble". EA, once again you suck.

Whocares @ Mar 11th 2008 12:23PM

This is a disgrace to boxing fans such as myself.. It's a big slap in the face by EA.. I guess we'll have to see how Prizefighter turns out

mirage @ Mar 11th 2008 12:44PM

I am hoping it is more a spiritual successor to Punch-Out. That would be great if done well!!

x silence x @ Mar 11th 2008 12:53PM

Why does everyone assume that Fight Night is no longer being made?

Deck @ Mar 11th 2008 4:50PM

Bah, how did I miss the joke! Well I had just gotten up... (9am..west coast). :-p

I blame it on that! :-p

cody @ Mar 11th 2008 6:36PM

I think you guys are way wrong about being bummed about this one. I've never been interested in a fight night game. But after seeing just the first few screens i think this will be the first "sports" game i buy on day one. And as we all know EA is going after people like me who have never had an interest in any of there other sports offering.