Fight Night Official Blog

Thanks for listening. This is amazing.

Alain you are the Man! Thanks Guys for all the hard work!

your my hero!

Great Job guys, keep up the good work...  Just lower that price a lil bit :)

I'm just the messenger...all the thanks go to the dev team and their commitment to bringing you guys the best game possible.  Thanks Mike, Brian and the rest of the team!

SK88z, in this update, the dev team fixed the retraction of the punches? You use the word locomotion. Is that the same thing? Remeber a couple months ago, I blogged asking if it was possible to slow down the retraction of the arm when punching cause it looked to robotic? And you said it was too big a thing to do, but would be considered for Fight Night Round 5. Does slowing of the locomation mean just that? That would be awesome. One last thing if some could help me understand. Why would somebody want to alter the ratings of liscensed boxers? What does that achieve? And the sliders in the options of the game, what's to stop me from sliding them all the way to the right when it comes to power, stamina, speed, etc etc.? As much as this game grew on me, I'm so confused with some aspects of this game. Sorry Sk88z, so many questions I know.

What updates are there for Legacy Mode if any???

Tuned punch accuracy when opponents are moving their head?

what does this mean?

Thanks to development team for all the hard work. Look forward to the new dlc boxers and update.

i hope there are Cleto Reyes gloves. i think that in legacy mode your fighter should be aloud to go up and down weight classes wen ever but it should need extra training or somthing, because if there is a light heavy Hopkins then we wont have a chance to pound on Pavlik or Winky. wat dose everyone think

Big thanks to the dedication and hard work of the team.

Thanks Brizzo, Mike and everyone else.   :D

hey where can i submit suggestions that will catch Mike and Brians attention if theres any special community post or message boards to go to? I just got a few suggestions.....

Finally, thank you EA, decemeber just became a far more important month for gaming.

carnt wait for this, games going to be skill based, instead of people exploiting gameplay weakness,  all you top rankers best get practicing, your going dowwwwwwwn.

Good job EA, all the fight night fans are rejoiced with this news except the spinners and spammers :p

StrongTower - feel free to leave you're suggestions here or on our FNR4 forums forum.ea.com/.../79.page  We will also be doing a podcast with questions from the community so look out for more information on our forums for that.

We need more hair styles,such as skin fade mike Tyson style,high fade,Pernell "sweet pea" Whitaker style,etc........and the cabs headline shouldn't be so high up,and the shape and size of the head should be adjustable.

and the head movement of the players should be allot more smoother like this www.youtube.com/watch  in the video notice how Pernell Whitaker slips the punches

the style in the way he does it and weaving while moving and the effect it would have on the other boxer rarely able to hit  him and the frustration he would get from not being able to hit anything.

different weaving to change on the fly while in game.

and different punch styles to give boxers an identity.

when does this take place?

OMG I'M PUMPED!! You guys have no idea on what this means!! Being able to return to the sweet science by outsmarting your opponent with gameplan and skill vs. who can exploit the game the best...you cannot put a price tag on this. I touted this game from day one to all my gaming friends and anyone that would listen, but like a lot of others the online play soured me on the game. I'll reserve judgment ultimately until after it's release. But if this update works as anticipated I will return to being one of the biggest believers in FN!

Wow you guys are awesome. Can some of you go help out the madden development team lol? Put prince naseem in a dlc pack and I will buy it at any price.

i like how this updates gonna rid this game of all the spammers and cheaters. although, i have a question on the "duplicate and edit ratings of licensed boxers". wouldnt that contradict what it is your trying to do. im all for the realism of this game, thats what made me fall in love with it in the first place. with this editting of the ratings wouldnt that mess everything up? then everybodys gonna boost power and accuracy and leave the online of this game still filled with spamming d-bags. keep it a boxing game like it is now. everythings fine except the thought of having people ruin the game because they want ali to hit as hard as foreman, or tyson to move like ali. can you shed more light on what editting ratings of licensed boxers really means.

yeah when does it happen

Never has a blog made me so happy. Thanks for listening Devs!

This all sound great but let's just wait on how it will affect the game. I really hope these improvements will punish those who use cheap and unrealistic tactics (kirbx...) but I'll have to see it with my own eyes before believing it. The first dlc wasn't supposed to bring some help in that matter? Anyway, I'm praying hard that this patch will be the anwser that all boxing fans are waiting for.. No more illimited hooks and haymakers without getting tired, what a perfect world!!!

Come on! No new options for costume characters? New hair styles, "cranium" adjustment editor, facial hair styles, head movements editor, new power punches, new nick names, cities, etc. Come on EA im begging you! Please, baby please, baby baby baby PLEASE!

Yeh this all sounds good although I'm a little concerned with "Increased the stamina cost when continually running away from your opponent" as I feel this may cancel out the long overdue patches for; Increased the stamina cost when continually punching, Increased stamina loss when continually weaving, Increased stamina loss for users that spam upper body movement. If the adjustment is only slight then it will be fine but if the decrease in stamina matches the decreases required for say spamming of upper body movement or continually punches then there may be a problem. That will then still keep the emphasis on insight fighting rather than giving each style having it's own merits.

It would be nice if your created boxer could start out with perhaps 510 points, instead of 485 points to use for attributes. Also, more hair styles would be nice... like something similar to what Roy Jones, Jr. has.

Some of you who comment about editing stats messing up online play... You really think they will allow edited licensed boxers online in ranked matches? Like was stated, COPIED and EDITED versions. IE: When you play online you cannot use the edited versions. Alternatively the game would check to see if your version of the boxer matches EAs version and if not it would set him back to default. This is just like in FIFA, the game checks to make sure everyone is using the right stuff, otherwise cheating would be rampant and online would be completely pointless.

This sounds awesome, I will now be picking the game up at a decent price and with a forthcoming update to refocus the game in what looks to be a more realistic direction.

Hello EA thank you for the DLC on the next 1 can you please add Easier training games for Legacy Mode Please

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Appreciate that Onyd, thats the only thing that worried me. I myslef am a boxing fan and the boost in realism is what waiting for. I think me and a bunch of others are waiting to see the d-bag spammers done away with.

Manny Pacquiao just beat Miguel Cotto in dominating fashion.  He is now considered to be one of the greatest boxers to have ever lived. He now has the new world record of holding 7 different titles in different weight classes. Since, Fight Night is a fight simulation. I want to see an update on Manny Pacquiao! He is recognized by his special talents of speed and power. How about stepping it up for all the Pacman fans out there and giving a updated version that is more true to the skills of the POUND 4 POUND KING OF THE RING.

And while your at it, how about also having a version of Manny, when he was in the feather weights. I want to be to challenge all the other famous lower weight classes like, Morales, Barrera, etc.

Will PS3 ever get custom music?  Please.

I hope EA take into consideration the online part of the game in terms of matching players up against each other in ranked matches. My issue is playing against opponents who use buttons, I myself use the analogue as i think clearly represents the sweet science in the best way compared to buttons which is very unrealistic and kills the game. Playing against people who button mash really takes away all the skill analogue users bring in playing this game. I just hope you can take this into account so that people who use the analogue stick can fight only with users who also use the analogue stick.

I would also like to see some more light heavyweight boxers in the game!!!!!

Thanks for the update and adding the new fighters and modes but some of these other ones are questionable to me. I know they are a lot of crappy players online but some of these changes takes away from the art/science of boxing. Slowing the localmotion while throwing combination's? Have you ever watch the real Paquiao or Mosley fight? Or Mayweather? Tuned punch accuracy when opponents are moving their head? Head movement is a big part of boxing. Thats what made Tyson so dangerous. Now thats not going to be much of difference? Im no developer but if the movement (footwork) could be made more realistic somehow that would be great. Faster movement, pivoting, moving your feet and being able to duck/doge at the same time. Maybe FN 5?

Hey does anyone know where you can give the producers feedback?

I would like to thank the EA producers for the gameplay update, one thing I liked about fnr3 was the damage system. It would be cool to see that update for fnr4. I love messing somebody's face up in fnr3. Also the tko system if a fighter was not defending himself intelligently gave a realistic feel to a boxing match in fnr3.

Why is  Rocky Marciano not included in the game?