Fight Night Round 4 is No. 1 game in UK

by Scott Christ on Jun 30, 2009 8:10 AM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

EA Sports' Fight Night Round 4 debuted as the UK's top-selling video game this week. (via cdn1.gamepro.com)

Good news for fans of EA Sports' Fight Night video game series: Fight Night Round 4 became the first-ever boxing game to top the all platforms chart in the UK in its debut week.

The latest GfK Chart-Track data puts the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 boxing game just ahead of Activision Blizzard's Prototype, which moves from its number one position last week to number two, and The Sims 3 and Nintendo's Wii Fit, both of which shuffle one chart place down from last week.

I got my first chance to play the game tonight, and I had a good time with it. I'm not the world's biggest gamer, but I do enjoy sports games, and while this is hardly a beautiful simulation of the sweet science, it's a fun smash 'em up with great graphics, fantastic presentation, and it makes for an all-around fun time-waster with friends. I'll eventually pick it up myself and see how the career mode is, but I give it a thumbs up for now.

UFC 2009: Undisputed was No. 5 on the charts, by the way.

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Looking forward to getting my hands on this game. Having recently picked up the new issue of PlayStation Magazine, I glanced at their reviews section and noticed that they gave FNR4 a 5 star rating. I believe they’ve only given that type of rating to games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and BioShock. Hopefully this will turn out to be a nice boost for boxing as a whole, and help bring younger fans to watch the sport on television and possibly go see fights in person at local clubs.

by Joshua-Trull on Jun 30, 2009 1:04 PM EDT reply actions

Just my timing...

Got the game last Wednesday, gotta say it’s fantastic. In my excitement for Ortiz-Maidana last week I decided to do a legacy with Vicious Victor…let’s just say my fake Victor don’t quit (although I did get stopped on cuts by Sugar Shane in a title fight). Career Mode has its shortcomings but the game is definitely worth the investment and great to play with friends or play online

by OmarLittle on Jul 1, 2009 3:20 AM EDT reply actions

You know what I was most disappointed by in my short time playing? They quit letting you match fighters past two weight divisions up or down. So I can’t be Joe Frazier and beat the crap out of Billy Dib for making me endure his fight with Steven Luevano.

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by Scott Christ on Jul 1, 2009 6:05 AM EDT up reply actions