'Fight Night Champion' Now Available for PS3, Xbox 360

By Hector Cortez Mar 2, 2011, 22:54 GMT

Fight Night Champion is now available in North America and will launch worldwide on March 4, 2011.

Electronic Arts has announced that Fight Night Champion is now available in North America and will launch worldwide on March 4, 2011.

Fight Night Champion features new gameplay, modes and features, including: the all-new narrative-driven Champion Mode; more than 50 licensed boxers including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao; Full Spectrum Punch Control; updated career mode, Online Gyms, and more.

Champion Mode brings cinematic storytelling to the Fight Night franchise and is the first such story mode in EA SPORTS history. Written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Will Rokos (Monsters's Ball, TV's Southland), Champion Mode puts players in the shoes of up-and-coming middleweight prospect, Andre Bishop, as he discovers that the road to becoming a champion in professional boxing is one that is filled with corruption, personal struggle and more than just what happens between the ropes.

Another notable addition to the series is a new anaerobic stamina system that tracks individual muscle groups separately, punishing a player's overdependence on a single punch and encourages combination punching and diligent stamina management.

Fight Night Champion is available now for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.