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Fight Night Champion

Fight Night Champion is a boxing video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It is the fifth entry in the Fight Night series and was released on March 1, 2011 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox…

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Fight Night Champion is a fighting developed by EA Canada, released 1 March 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Fight Night Champion is

Fight Night Champion is a fighting game developed by EA Canada and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Andre Bishop is a boxer serving time in a correctional facility. After winning a jailhouse boxing match against another inmate, he is cornered and brutally beaten by several prisoners including his opponent. Bishop wakes up severely injured and damaged. The game then flashes back 4 years to his rise as a professional fighter. Bishop's pro career begins after defeating 9-time amateur champion Joel Savon, which earns him significant recognition as a contender. After a few successful bouts, he and his trainer Gus Carisi are approached by DL McQueen, famed fight promoter and longtime foe of Carisi who offers to promote Andre under the management of his daughter Meagan. The two refuse, causing a…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Fight Night Champion holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 50 votes.

What it launched against

Fight Night Champion launched on 1 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Fight Night Champion come out?
Fight Night Champion was released on 1 March 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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