EA Brings New Boxing IP to Wii

EA recently announced through a press release that it's bringing a new boxing game to the Wii and other consoles. Also owners of the Fight Night franchise, they'd have to be bonkers to make another realistic, licensed boxing game. So they haven't. They've gone down the road of "larger-than-life" characters and completely imaginary locations.

From the press release:

FaceBreaker reinvigorates one of the great genres in sports videogames. Arcade boxing takes me back to my roots in this industry, and this game signals our shift to adding more approachable fun to our product lineup. In no time at all, you'll be picking up the controllers and knocking your opponent around the ring, smashing faces, and having a riot.

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The renaissance of the arcade boxing genre is upon us. Created by the same team that developed the award-winning Fight Night Round 3, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics. In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style, including Romeo, a Latin lover known for his pelvic thrusts, and Molotov, an oversized Russian demolitions expert with a penchant for fighting dirty.

Laugh out loud as you pummel your opponent with a barrage of blows to the face and watch in satisfaction as your progress is illustrated by real-time facial deformation. With haymakers, face shots and body blows, wait for the right moment to drop a super punch to make your presence known. Taunt your adversaries and flaunt your talent, by tying one hand behind your back to add ultimate humiliation to your bout. In FaceBreaker, it just feels good to rearrange your opponent's face.

One can assume that the Wii specific version of the game will utilise its waggling features to the fullest, as with some of EA's other Wii games, and whilst no specific release date has been mentioned, we can expect to see this on shelves by the end of the year.