FaceBreaker (also titled FaceBreaker K.O. Party for the Wii version[7]) is a fighting game (contrary to popular belief of it being a boxing game) created by Fight Night developers, EA Canada.[8] It was released for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 and was announced on January 30, 2008 by 1UP.com.[9] The game was released on September 4, 2008. As of October 2008, the game has sold 52,000 units in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined.[citation needed]. EA announced in January 2010 that they will close down online services for this game on 2 February 2010.[10]
I have never been a fan of EA in any of their incarnations. Therefore, when I heard of their switch from "Big" to "Freestyle", I basically thought to myself, "so what?". I don't exactly feel this way because of the companies checkered past or something, instead, I was never really a fan of any type of sports games, and those type of games have been known to be their staple. Despite it being a sports game in some way, I came across Facebreaker and became interested … more