EA Sports has announced that its Fight Night boxing series is returning, 15 years after the last entry. GameSpot reports that the publisher confirmed the revival in a short statement accompanied by teaser art.
To everyone who stayed in our corner: Fight Night is coming back.
Nothing beyond that statement and the art has been released. GameSpot notes that no release window, platforms or features have been announced.
Fifteen years since Fight Night Champion
The series last shipped in 2011 with Fight Night Champion, released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It began in 2004 with Fight Night 2004, and sequels followed in 2005, 2006 and 2009 before Champion closed the run.
Boxing games were part of EA's catalogue before Fight Night as well: the publisher's Knockout Kings series debuted in 1998 and ran until 2002.
EA's other combat-sports series has stayed in production throughout. UFC 6, the newest entry in that line, was released in June this year.
GameSpot notes the timing of the announcement, which comes shortly after EA's acquisition by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
