After 15 years away from the ring, EA Sports’ widespread “Fight Night” boxing video sport franchise is formally making a comeback.
EA Sports announced Tuesday that it is reviving the long-dormant collection, which last launched a new installment in 2011 with “Fight Night Champion.”
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“To everyone who stayed in our corner: Fight Night is coming back,” the company wrote in a temporary announcement on social media, accompanied by an image of boxing gloves hanging over a ring.
The announcement did not embody an official release date, gameplay footage or further particulars about which gaming platforms will get the new title.
The “Fight Night” franchise debuted in 2004 and turned one of the most widespread boxing video sport collection of all time, releasing three yearly installments from 2004-06, and then two more follow-ups in 2009 and 2011. Its remaining entry, the aforementioned “Fight Night Champion,” launched in March 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and featured a slew of boxing legends, including heavyweight Hall of Famers Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
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EA Sports subsequently shifted its focus to combined martial arts, releasing 5 installments of its “EA Sports UFC” collection from 2014-26. Several modern-era boxing stars, such as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, have appeared as playable characters in EA’s UFC video games, as have Tyson and Ali.
Tuesday’s announcement follows years of hypothesis and false begins for a potential “Fight Night” revival. Though, at least for now, boxing followers will have to wait for more particulars about when the critically acclaimed franchise will formally return.
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