Fight Night Official Blog

Hey Sk88z, Thanks for the posts. A question in regards to the new update packs:

Why did EA take away user information such as fight record and rank in online fights in the boxer selection screen pre-fight? Was it to stop people from "shopping" around for easy fights by having a look at their rank and record? I personally would like to have some idea of who I am fighting, even if it is just the fight record only (why not bring back winning streak like FN3?). Like in real life, if you have a bout against someone you at least know their fight record before you step into the ring with them.

Also i sometimes am getting this random number in the boxer selection screen on the right of my displayed user info e.g:

SyKeDeLiC

DNF % 4                               "5" (or any other number)

What is that all about?

This is fantastic!  Also, highly ranked opponent can not dodge you when your rank is considerably lower!  I love this game!

This is fantastic!  Also, highly ranked opponent can not dodge you when your rank is considerably lower!  I love this game!

great job guys, just one tidbit you forgot.  I'm still getting dropped at times from EA servers during ranked matches and taking the loss.  Is this a cheat?  I heard a rumor about people cheating via their "standby button" on their internet connection.  Can you please address this?  Its not bad, rarely happens, but when it does its a heart breaker.  

Why cant i buy the new boxer pack!?! Somebody help me. I can see the boxers but i can buy them!?!

Anybody know if the new 10 round demo includes analog control? My system wont read discs but demos work fine, i wanna play as tyson with the sticks.

Why Olympic SLR 99999MS point????  

My country is Korea, I don't have USA Pizza hut code ! ! ! !

And did they take away the health/stamina bar of our opponent in the online game??????????????????????????????                 I DONT LIKE IT

Hey Sk88z , when can we download the welterweight version Sugar Ray Robinson ? Are you planning on adding anymore boxers ?

I mean Sugar Ray Leonard sorry

good job on removing boxer information, alot of the top ranked fighters only have good records by handpicking weaker oppenents, thats really gonna help online.

the next DLC has to include mayweather and marquez it has too

but the klitschoes   r gr8.

did they fix the freezing in legacy mode. you know the" im 30 and 0 with 30 knockouts but the game will go no further forcing you to punch the screen other than a dazed hatton?"

great work EA

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In regards to my previous post:

"Also i sometimes am getting this random number in the boxer selection screen on the right of my displayed user info e.g:

SyKeDeLiC

DNF % 4                               "5" (or any other number)

What is that all about?"

I have worked out that this "random" number is your opponent's DNF% so it is obviously just a software glitch.

Also I have now played a fair bit of online since the new update has come out and not knowing how good your opposition is or their career fight record makes you fight smarter and work out their style and punch patterns. I have only lost one match so far since the update and that was my first fight - against a guy ranked low 100 and I reckon I am fighting better than ever! 10 out of 10 for the update!

i love the updates,now if i can just get my gold member back (kinda short on cash right now).

Cant wait to try this fixes online

Sk88z can I ask you one question? I hope you see this. I know it's gotta be hard and very time consuming to

make such a high profile game like Fight Night, that's why I never criticized the developers. But is there anyway to manipulate the coding for the punch throwing in the game so the retraction of the punches are a little bit slower than

the actual punching or the release if that's sounds better. Kind of the way it was in Fight Night Round 3. It was perfect. The fighters didn't seem as robotic. Once again, great game but if that were to be fixed, this game would be legendary. Just slow down the retraction of the punching. Maybe the punches look to fast cause the camera is a little back so the limbs of the fighters are shorter. Maybe adding a camera just one notch closer, so the arms are a bit longer making the punches a little more realistic looking. And can that be done as an update? Or do you need an entirely new build ?

Hi Everyone,

I had an opinion and was wondering about the possible scenarios that will now take place. I'm loving the patches and updates, but one reason to be concerned is because of introducing the buttons to the game. As everyone knows, there was a problem before with spamming, and I think there's been a good dialogue between the development team and the gaming community. But I wonder if it will still be a problem (spamming that is) now that there's buttons. Case in point; I had an online match between Leonard and Mosley. I was Leonard and I ended up losing the fight in the 10th round, but when I looked at the fight totals, the opponent had 300 more punches thrown than I did . I could tell he was using the buttons because the speed of his punches (just tapping a button) were faster than mine (using the right analog stick).  

So the question I have is would there be a way to better balance the fight if 2 people are using different fighting methods? Personally, I love the stick and it feels accurate in throwing and landing a punch, but at the same time, if I'm going to keep getting out thrown in punches (though according to the game Leonard is the faster of the 2), I don't want to feel like I have to use the buttons as well just so I have the same chance as winning as the opponent. Any thoughts? I hope others haven't experienced what I have. Other than that issue, I'm loving this game.

any chance of getting hollyfield in the next pack

SyKeDeLiC - I'll try to find out for sure why the bars were removed though I imagine you're on the right track.

smw0629 / brian328 - That's a bug.  For those that can't get the Pizza Hut code, Olympic Sugar Ray will be available as a free download for X360 users in the near future.

ASAR29 - That's a risky change to make.  Though you may have found it better on FN3, it is an entirely new engine that was created for FN4 and making this type of adjustment, I'm told, is quite risky and may affect the overall gameplay if attempted to implement as a patch.  It's a much larger code adjustment.  We'll take the feedback into account for future iterations.

good morning I have a request has make concerning a problem at the level of the gameplay.

it is regarding shapes 1 and 2 who destabilises game because they allow to the player to give body blows while advancing with far too many easiness and am not realistic because boxer slides on the soil.

I also think  they are at the origin of complaint concerning the bad precision of the stick and what them make easier the body spamming.

I thank you for advance for listening to all our criticisms and want you to go on in this way.

the last update works wonders on online game nice job.

all my excuses for my rough English I am French.

WOW... THANX FOR THE UPDATE FINALLY!!!! MAN I HONESTLY STOPPED PLAYING FNR4.... BUT WHY A JAMES TONEY AND FAT MAN GEORGE FOREMAN???? WHY NOT ADDING SOMEONE ELSE LIKE A JOE LOUIS, SONNY LISTON,CLOTTEY, BERTO, THE MARQUEZ BROTHERS!!!! MY MAN ISREAL VASQUEZ!!!!!! OR JUANMA  OR AN UP AND COMING FIGHTER LIKE HAYE, ARREOLA..ETC... MAN I LOVE BOXING AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE DO TO SO GET THIS RIGHT!!!! MAN I'LL PAY FOR THE UPDATES IF THEY HAVE NEW AND GOOD BOXERS!!!!

no REYES GLOVES!!!! no new gloves like winning or new trunks.... lets get some legit trunks in the game Cotto and DLH and a few others have their own trunks.... but more than few have weak trunks.... i think those FAKE GRANT GLOVES that you guys are using to emulate REYES GLOVES are kind of WEAK!!!!! come on lets get some reyes in there or winning gloves!!!! or how about andding TRUNKS THAT WE CAN ADD TASSELS OR LETTERING ON THE SIDES OR THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUNKS.... WE NEED SOME COOL SHIT...

Thanks alot for the Button Update. You guys are awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sk88z,  I was thinking about how EA could appeal to the all the fans (once and for all) with regards to online ranking and boxing via the analog stick vs buttons.  Has your team thought of having two seperate servers/seperate ranked matches for people who use the analog stick vs buttons.  I am not sure if that is possible or costly on EAs end but it solves the issue of unfairness when an analog person plays against a buttons person.  That way all parties are happy and creates an equal level playing field.  So in essence, your team could create a code that would add an additional menu feature when setting up to play online.  That would be a settings feature that asks if you are using buttons or analog.  This selection feature results in automatically sending the palyer to the appropriate server to play.  That way we are playing 'apples to apples' and two seperately ranked boxing universes: analog and buttons.  I would love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Secondly, I know you probably get this question a lot, but can you tell me if the FN4 team looking to hopefully add Evander Holyfield as a DLC in the near future.  I ask because I actually created Holyfield via the CAB system and uploaded him.  Its the second highest download of him online.  I actually think this closely resembles him and welcome the possiblity of your art team to use this as a base case to work with if Holyfield in fact does get approved for DLC.  Please let me know. Thanks

BTW, I am extremely happy with the game overall.  Its a game that I had hoped to be made since 1994s release of Sega Genesis Boxing Game called "Greatest Heavyweights"  Ever play that one?  It was great for its time.

Just wanna let you know after the update:

After playing it for a while something happen kinda bug i think, i got knockdown in the legacy mode and instead of losing i won a championship belt on a non-title match on the heavyweight.Then my ranked and stat change to instead of champ i ranked 234

sk88z,

Your doing great man.  Just keep on DLC's and patches coming.   Its always nice to know that you are doing something to  constantly  improve the game.  

By the way Marquez and Mayweather SHOULD be in the next DLC.

If you could get this to the devs, for the next patch I'd love to see one or more of the following.....

Remove illegal moves and replace them with a fist bump gesture (for taunts and/or salutes) for online play.

Body haymaker's range dramatically decreased. Less reaching on the animation and counting for full value.

The further you are the less damage body hooks and uppercuts do, but the damage for body straights and jabs at longer range is dramatically increased.

Remove the perfect block from the jab. Allow slips and steps and even leaning, but no more parrying the jab.

Stamina decreases over the course of the fight by simply moving around the ring. Currently it's too easy to maintain full stamina by spending all of your corner points and just outboxing. Every style should have a "stamina dump" and outboxing currently doesn't have much if you are landing a high %. If your feet never stop, you should be getting tired from just the movement alone.

Decrease stamina progressively similar to punches for EVERY offensive movement in the game (including any defensive movement that can open a counter window)

WHICH MEANS:

Excessive spinning and leaning costs more stamina and becomes slower the more you use it.

Excessive bobbing and weaving costs more stamina and becomes slower/less head movement the more you use it.

Excessive quick stepping would begin to drain stamina, though at a much lower amount or more allotted before the progressive drain kicks in.

And each time you change your guard from high to low would start counting similar to punches, after which at some point your stamina and/or block meter would begin to drain, more rapidly the faster and frequently the guard is changed.

where is it at? i dont see it in the ps store would love to try it out with the button controls thats why i havent bought the game yet. what time does the patch and the demo come out?

does all that come up at 4 pm eastern time for the ps3 ?

I must say that some of these so called judges are blind or retarded. I always thought if you knocked someone down 2 times to 0, and landed more punches, you would win the fight. Also, they need to add Holyfield, Mayweather, and Oscar Del la Hoya to the game. This should be free!

has anyone uploaded there new fighters from dlc pack  yet klitchko de la hoya    can someone upoload them pls

yo thanks fo the pack EA....anymore comin????

I hope that they have the younger Mike Tyson for download in the next pack, as well as Antonio Tarver, Bernard Hopkins, Mayweather, and Micky Ward.

nice updates Sk88z .

Any plans to update the Legacy mode so we can decide what age the imported boxers come into the game instead of retiring by the time we're ready to fight them?  

Also I'd love to be able to edit the boxers stats for offline mode. Some factual mistakes like Joe Fraziers record and also I think Tysons chin and hand speed are too low.

Thanks!

free download content/updates please. best boking game ever played i have ps3 version

I had a question concerning online play for the dev team and maybe this can be addressed. Its a minor issue, but is there a way to have a lobby of fighters for online mode rather than selecting ranked match or create session? There are times when i would be waiting for 10 mins or more for someone to join the game so we can fight? The previous Fight Night games had lobbies where people can chat and invite people to matches. Is there a way this can be done in FNR4? I hope so. Otherwise no complaints. Great game!

Is this the patch that will take care of the freezing during Legacy Mode?

How about the RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE venue.And I agree with tommyrocker123 on a couple things.I had a feeling Joe Fraziers record was incorrect,an Tysons handspeed should have a rating of about 80 but the chin rating is just fine.Also Ali an Roy Jones should have faster hand speed,did you see Roy Jones last fight against Jeff lacy,Roy Jones has incredible hand speed.One more thing,we should be able to move up and down weight divisions in legacy mode.Please take all this into consideration for the next free update.Fight Night Round 4 is all I play.

right side play option please on legacy... enable players to choose which side to play on instead of just the left side... thanks...

No commentary on Klitschko brothers??? Not even a decent ring introduction?! C'mon you guys can do better than that. Hope you get this right. And please have Mayweather and Marquez for the next one..,

Hmm online is no fun 4 me.... i dont have enough time like some people to play online alot... school work... and the buttons are fun i guess except people are way too good with them.. i keep getting it handed to me online... maybe this just isnt my game?? hate to lose all the time though.... sucks... fought a guy all he threw was body head body head.. and there was nothing i could do... tried to block but to no avail!!! oh well im just trade it in... try something else..... i hate losiing

i was really dissapointed that there were no tattoos in the game I would really like tattoos in my fighter.

I love the idea of updated rosters... but can we get the best current boxers (Mayweather Jr) - What about the best boxer ever Rocky Marciano.

List of others I would like to see:

Mikkel Kessler - Carl Froch - Andre Dirrell -Andre Ward

Arthur Abraham - Paul Williams - Sergei Dzindziruk

Andre Berto -Joshua Clottey -Juan Manuel Marquez -  Joan Guzman - Joel Casamayor -Chris John - Rafael Marquez - Israel Vazquez - Yuriorkis Gamboa -Juan Manuel Lopez - Vic Darchinyan -  Joseph Agbeko

sk88z,

  I really have enjoyed the fight night series, matter of fact its come a long way since the knockout kings days... When I first got round 4 I played the hell out of it, but was upset u took a few things out with some of the updates like the option to see your rivals wins and losses, to see this is a big part of boxing, no one wants to go in a match blind not knowing anything about there competion, could we get this option turned back on? Another  problem I have is that when you put the buttons in the game it kind of ruins the expirence for the people that learned the way the game should be played, anolog controls, now there is a mixture of button mashers and anolog users, is there a way you could separate the two? The only other problem is the stamina, what happened it was fine the way it was originally now it drains way to fast, is there a way you could tweak it to where it dosent go down so fast? I dont want you to think I am slamming fight night cause im not, you have made a solid game and all im asking is that the game go back the way it was originally intended when it came out. thanks,

          fquadrato

I noticed a bug in career mode.When you win a title you come in to the ring last which is cool,but your opponent comes out with your entrance music and you come out with his.Is there any way you could patch this.

I don't know if this is remotely possible, but when I created my 3d game face it was awesome, but when I created my photo gmae face in fn4 it was terrible. Is there any way to make a patch for this, or something better than what's currently being used?

the update for the button patch is free?  and what would I need to download?