IGN: Fight Night Round 4 Currently In Production

EA plans on returning to the ring with this fourth entry in the boxing franchise, now with a new developer in the corner to once again put Fight Night in championship contention.

NOTE: This game has been confirmed as a title in production but has not been announced for any specific system. Please check back for official info.

[crazy25000]

They will probably charge one dollar for a set of new gloves...im so not buying!

[sonarus]

Actually fight night is one of the best EA games. It doesn't release yearly so the improvements are usually significant. I will be looking to try out the new don king game. Pity no ps3 version so i guess i'll have to get it for 360:(

[timmyp53]

"This game has been confirmed as a title in production but has not been announced for any specific system. " Everyone can pretty much guess that its gonna hit just about every system.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

He's talking about the Don King game not being announced for PS3.

[sonarus]

^^^^Yea what he said.

[mikeslemonade]

I hope a Wii version is in in development, but even if they are working on one it will be crap because it's a new developer and not even the best developers can get good 3rd party games on Wii.

[IntelligentAj]

I can't wait for this to come out so I finish it and write another FAQ. I need to brush up on my skills.

[InMyOpinion]

I hope the boxers can throw punches that look like they hurt this time around.

[shysun]

On the PS3 it was a great game and the punches looked brutal! I don't know what version you played. FNR3 was the last EA game that I bought that was on point.

[PS360WII]

Fight Night games are awesome ^^ I thought they were going to do away with this franchise and just have Facebreaker. This is good to see that the 4th one is coming!

[CNIVEK]

...because the Don King game was looking like a PS2 game. :o Of course, now that EA has dismantled the Chicago studio, and Kudo Tsunoda is now with MS, this game has a good chance of sucking as well. :(

[heyheyhey]

i used to love Fight Night

but owning FNR3 and knowing how drastically EA change the subsequent installments in their sports franchises (end sarcasm), i think il go with Facebreaker (yes i know its also EA, but at least it'll be somewhat different and offer something new)

[IntelligentAj]

If you play the Fight Night's in succession you will see they did a much better job of adding and tweaking gameplay than in the madden series.

[Drekken]

I can see it now... 4 boxers included in the game (noone good) and $.99 for every boxer DLC. Packs of 5 for $3.99.

I mean FN4 is GREAT news for boxing fans, but 10 boxers WILL NOT cut it this time EA!! Especially with don king with 40+ boxers!

[niall77]

HOLY MOLEY!!!!

this sure is ......ehhh!.... news?

[shysun]

Yeah but the acually skiped a year, thats a great sign.

[Hellsvacancy]

i bet ya EA will also make another tiger woods game and another fifa game derrrr, y cant they remake the old desert/jungle/urban strike games thatll b cool

[bootsielon]

And that they use the new next-gen consoles' unnanounced motion controls.

[EZCheez]

I thought the graphics were great, considering it was one of the firs games I got for my PS3.

I'm actually looking forward to another installment. I just hope they add custom soundtracks for the PS3 by then. I wanted to punch Akon in the face after playing that game for too long.

[InMyOpinion]

I hope Akon is playable in FN4, cause I wanna punch that sqeaky voiced **** in the face right now =)

If the graphics are even better than in FN3, it will look amazing. Can't wait to see some in-game footage.

[skynidas]

FNR3 looked pretty good IMO

[timmyp53]

EA wouldn't abandon one of its best franchises

[Trevor Immelman]

it was allright... iliked it

[EZCheez]

Even though people would rather talk about who didn't win.

[shysun]

He's the main draw, why woudn't they talk about him. He's the reason so many people watch the damn sport. Deal with it.

[EZCheez]

Yes, I already know that. That's exactly why I said what I did. He's the only reason I watch. So actually, I'm already dealing with it.

[IntelligentAj]

Damn good playing, though I thought Tiger was going to comeback.

[Mike Bowden]

Why does anyone believe this? No quote from EA, no source, no press release, nothing.

In fact, Halo 4 is currently in production. I think I'll write that on a gaming site and post it on N4G.

[InMyOpinion]

It is!? Wow!! 2008 is gonna be great! Can't wait to play Halo 4! ;)

[Trevor Immelman]

Because its expected and from ign?????

[heyheyhey]

ah Immelman

stunning performance

btw did you hear Woods when he fvcked up that drive? hilarious stuff

[shysun]

Trevor was ok he came back to earth on the back 9.... for awhile anyway.

[LevDog]

God this game was horrible.. My GF bought FN4 when it came out.. I played it 2 times.. Then Me and the Gf didnt talk for a bit and it gave me a reason to take it back... HAHA now we are good and she still gives me crap for takin her gift back..

Oh ya.. FN3

[heyheyhey]

haha

even in the title it says "Currently in Production"

i think you mean FN3 right?

[LightningPS3]

I thought Fight Night Round 3 was a good game.

[MOTO-X]

Oppps ya

[Mike Bowden]

Yeah, IGN 'never' get it wrong.

[MK_Red]

Awesome news. I'm glad that the real boxing series is back. Now that Don King Prizefighter can get lost.

Great news.

[LightningPS3]

Everyone has a different opinion, but I thought Fight Night Round 3 was a pretty darn solid boxing game. It also had some of the best graphics when it came out on XBOX 360 like 3 years ago.

Not sure why they ended that development team. Part 4 could be better or it could also be worse.

Hopefully, it just has more Boxers, that was the only real problem with Fight Night Round 3.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

IMO, FNR4 will need a lot more boxers (not just the big names... spread the wealth around, there's A LOT of boxers out there)... a whole lot more arenas... and a deeper career mode. Give me those, + the removal of the haymaker punch, the addition of proper footwork (a la prizefighter attempts) and it'll be PERFECT... they already have the graphics and core gameplay, they just have 2 add to it.

[Darkshader]

I had the feeling it's Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Because he visited EA last year for the face scanning. :)

[dork0783]

for A year about FNR4 bring tyson danmit

[kevin1122]

i hope this is true, but they definitely need to fix the parry system. Being stuck for like 3 seconds and cant do anything is not realistic. They also need to add more boxers and especially marciano.

[tweaker]

This is probably the best game EA can ever produce. I simply love this game too much to hate EA. lol

[Raptors]

By far my favorite EA sports game. Can't wait for this game to return. I'll be very interested in how it looks as graphically it looked fantastic for an early title.

[mintaro]

the king is here!! sorry other lamer king, Don King.....

[TheEndzor]

Maybe they will have decent music this time...

hate to have to mute the in game music

[MOTO-X]

hi