Despite having told us that a fix for the Xbox 360 version of Fight Night Round 4‘s DLC Champions Pack 2 would be made available sometime before Christmas, EA Sports community manager sk88z has let us know that it won’t be coming until January.
“With the community’s help, we have also encountered a major issue around the ability to manipulate boxer stats and use them as an unfair advantage. Along with the fix to address the freeze in ‘Champions Pack 2′, we will also be addressing this issue in an upcoming update for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.”
Additionally, he stated that those caught using the above mentioned glitch will risk having their account being banned from EA Sports Online entirely. Worth it? Probably not.
EA has announced that their boxing simulator Fight Night Round 4 will be getting a new DLC pack this December. The DLC will include two new game modes and three new fighters, which are none other than Sonny Liston, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins. Among the new modes is Ring Rivalries, which tries to recreate historic boxing matches. The DLC will retail for 800 MS points, or $10.
As earlier announced, EA Sports has released a new DLC package for their boxing game Fight Night Round 4. The download, simply titled DLC1, is available to download free of charge starting today. The DLC contains sponsored tournaments, an additional training gym, new gameplay sliders, and additional apparel.
The download comes in at a whopping 887MB, so it’s definitely loaded with a good amount of content. You can grab the download on Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network. A second DLC package is expected to launch in September, so keep your eyes peeled.
The NPD Group have released the sales figures for the month of June today.
The DS is currently holding the top spot in hardware sales, with its home console counterpart trailing behind. Amazingly, the PlayStation 2 is still almost selling as much as the PlayStation Portable. The price is obviously a big factor in consumer decisions, with the failing economy and other circumstances.
As for software, Prototype debuted and sold over 400,000 copies, topping the charts. Many sports titles follow the sandbox action game, including Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Fight Night Round 4.
EA Sports has today announced that 2 DLC packs will be hitting the PSN and Xbox Live for their popular boxing sim, Fight Night Round 4.
According to Kotaku, the first DLC pack will hit in early August and will feature a new gym, new equipment, and an Xbox 360 exclusive alternative to Sugar Ray Leonard.
The second DLC pack, scheduled for release in September, will give players the option to use the face buttons for punching instead of the joystick control. This was apparantly after the gaming community requested the addition of the feature from EA Sports.
EA Sports is in full swing releasing all of the sports games they can, Fight Night Round 4, Madden 10, NHL 10and now NBA Live 10. However, previous to now EA had kept both the cover and cover athelete under wraps.
As you can see above, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has gotten the honor of gracing the latest installment’s cover. Howard gave the following statement after the announcement:
“It’s an honor to be named as the cover athlete for NBA LIVE 10. This year has been a crazy ride and this is a cool way to cap it off. Of course – there is one more thing I’m on the hunt for that would complete it.”
I wonder what he’s on the hunt for? Maybe a final victory over the Lakers? Oh yeah.
Despite being previously announced to have a June 30th release date, EA has recently let us know that Fight Night Round 4 will hit shelves 5 days earlier on June 25th.
If you want to get a taste of the action before you throw down $60 there is a multiplayer demo available on Xbox Live.
Again, just to clarify, EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 4 will be released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on June 25th.
If you had any doubts that Fight Night Round 4 would be the most realistic boxing video game you’ve ever played, the above trailer should effectively put them to rest.
EA has recently released said trailer that details everything from the ridiculously realistic venues to the ridiculously realistic physics behind the cloth animation all featured in Fight Night Round 4. Now, I wonder what Fight Night Round 5 will look like.
The game is expected to hit store shelves on June 30th for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Sure, EA correctly predicted this past weekend’s professional boxing match using the game, but up until now we didn’t even know Fight Night Round 4‘s full roster.
Recently leaked by means of a scanned Official Playstation Magazine page, the Fight Night Round 4 roster includes a full 50 fighters for you to choose from.
Not happy with the list? Nestled subtly above the list is a little tidbit that there is a possibility of more boxers being added via DLC.
Just as they did with the Stanley Cup and Super Bowl, EA has utilized one of their game engines to accurately predict the outcome of a sports match – This time around EA used Fight Night Round 4 to predict the winner of Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, two boxers who duked it out this weekend.
The funny thing is they were right again, Pacquiao knocked out Hatton in the third round. Then again, EA said the game would last 11 rounds so they weren’t exactly spot on but close enough.
Expect Fight Night Round 4 to hit retailers on June 30th for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
The NPD Group have released the sales figures for the month of June today.
