We found this WORLD EXCLUSIVE footage of Fight Night Round 4’s all-new Classic Interview mode… OK, whatever, I can’t keep up the lame joke. This amazing Mike Tyson footage speaks for itself. But keep in mind that it frequently speaks in shocking slurs and filthy curses before you hit play on it.
So, given that this is how most people see Mike Tyson now, don’t you think EA’s press release, which opens with…
The Champ Is Back! EA Announces EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4
Mike Tyson Featured in First Boxing Videogame in Nearly a Decade
…is a little crazy? I guess you could argue that by “champ” it’s referring to the Fight Night series, which is the best (and only) boxing series around. Anyway, Fight Night Round 4 is being developed in Vancouver right now for PS3 and 360, and it’ll feature Tyson, Ali, and an “all-new physics-based animation system.” That sounds hot, but hey, I was already pulling my wallet out at “dude, we’re making a new Fight Night.” It’ll be available in 2009, at which time I will eat all of your children, impregnate you, fornicate, and probably get a great face tattoo all at the same time.
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That’s silly.
I really enjoyed FN Round 3 on the 360 and still give it a spin from time to time. I really couldn’t think of anything that was missing from the game till now. Mike Tyson is gonna be awesome! I hope they can capture the raw power of his punches and give you the option to bite an ear off as your cheap shot move.
Wow, it seems that the boxing has taken its toll on Mike’s behavior.
Man boxing dont do that to a man, that guy was always a dumb dick. A typical thug who thinks he can beat up the world. Id love to see him up on a spelling bee. There are so many great one liners in this, my best has to be “Ill fuck to you love me..you faggot” this guy is such a joke and I would expect EA to drop Mike like a cornturd because to me EA, even tho they don’t put out many innovative games, have a business decorum that is quite sophisticated and mike simply is like damage number 1.
i like to fornicate your children and impregnate your dog
As long as Tyson is the final fight (of the night), in some sort of epic punch-out! with the player, I will be pleased!
(I’m sorry)
This is fuckin great… Mike Tyson is a hilariously ferocious ball of entertainment, I love the guy…
I think it’s necessary to put him in the game from a historical standpoint, but I don’t think I’d use that as a selling point. Learn from Nintendo and just call him Mr. Dream.
I love the fight night games. I can do without Tyson. They need to get some real marquee fighters like Joe Calzaghe, JM Marquez, the Klitschko brothers, etc. Either way, I can’t wait to play it.
It would also be nice to see some DLC!
Just let yo Soul-Glo!
“…at which time I will eat all of your children, impregnate you, fornicate, and probably get a great face tattoo all at the same time.”
Would you bite a large portion of my ear off as well?
This is great news! I’ve been wanting Tyson to appear in the game for quite some time now! Hopefully he’s a playable character, I’ll use him to dominate the other fighters in the game!
The advertisement break near the middle is fantastic.
Mike was a damn impressive boxer back in the day, at least on paper.
A ton of the wins he got before his first ever title fight were cakewalks.
There were a few tough ones in between but not many.
It was just the brutal boxing style and the sheer speed and power the man possessed at the time, combined with a number of chump opponents that got the media to focus on him.
All those fights made for some extremely impressive highlight reels, which turned into insane hype. Hype that is still very much alive today.
Personally I want to see Murderface… I mean Randall “Tex” Cobb in the game.
lmao
That video is classic
wow I didnt know tyson was that insane.
Wasn’t the ear eater in jail??? Anyway, Fight Night is the best boxing game i’ve ever played. Period.
That video is epic.
Weird choice. I guess you could go for some sort of homogenized corporate “in your face” approach when you’ve got a video game with Tyson, but it seems EA playing this straight, weird. I guess Tyson could use the money and EA wanted a name, there you go.
Mike Tyson is alpha.
LMAO. Truly epic.
Yes. Yes! YES! MORE FIGHT NIGHT WOOHOO!
Here’s hoping that baby eating is an unlockable in Fight Night Round 4.
Do you get to end up as a male prostitute in the career mode?
While I’d love to get to play Tyson, he’s just about the only heavyweight I’m interested in. I don’t know if Calzaghe’s going to be in, because he’s shown up in Prizefighter screenshots. I’m hoping we get Pavlik, Mayweather, Taylor, Castillo, Mosely, Pacman and Hopkins.
Been waiting for a new FN for ages, had some of the best drunken nights playing that game with mate mates cheering on.
Does Tysons cheat punch, produce a ear eating animation?
Looking forward to FNR4 especially as i now have my Bravia 52″ Xseries up in my lounge
Wow. He’s crazier than a shithouse rat. It’s time for him to just go away.
how could this be better than mike tyson’s punch-out!! it would be awsome if they could get an unlockable version of that game in there with it
Poor Mike, he was such a good guy.. look at what too many blows to the head mixed with drugs did to him. It is honestly very tragic to see this videoclip of him.
By the way, good article Jeff.
“My style is impetuous! My defense is impregnable!”
You know, I thought that line was nutty in God Hand… I never realized it was a Tyson joke. That’s awesome.
Man, God hand was great in a completely unique and insane way.
Tyson vs. Uwe Boll. Who’s with me?
Yagami
Posted May 8, 2008 at 6:04 am
“Poor Mike, he was such a good guy..”
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He was never a good guy, he’s a rapist and a complete joke. He wasn’t even that great a boxer, even in his prime. Holyfield and Lennox Lewis were both better boxers and better men.
“best (and only) boxing series around.” …….. F*&^in RIGHT!
I have never played a Fight Night game. I should probably get on that sometime.
The way he talks, sounds like he needs to be back in prison making noob inmates his bitch.
I really like fight night, and i’m glad I will get to punch out Mike Tyson again.
Eathing children FTW!
awesome
Do they usually have former champs in game? Foreman, for example? I’m not familiar with the series, but putting Tyson front and center makes me less interested. It’s almost like putting Yoda in Soul Caliber.
I wonder if Kudo Tsunoda (s/p?) will have a big hand in this or not.. seeing that his position in EA has changed..
Having iron mike in the game is reason enough to buy it!
Mike Tyson was insanely talented… then.. when crazy? Or was he crazy already? He won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, and 12 of them were in the first round! I am sure Don King had a lot to do with him going crazy… Wasn’t Don King arrested for Man Slaughter at one point?
I’m very late to this party.
Jeff, if you’re reading this, I’m glad to see that you got something else started. What happened at Gamespot was a tragedy.
This Mike Tyson makes me laugh. He’s said so many outlandish things over the course of his career.
Pete: I meant before he was doing that shit, he WAS a good fighter, nobody can deny that.. Anyway, good article once again.
i usually don’t do interviews with women unless i forn*cate with them…. awesome