• Fight Night Champion to get First Update

    Fight Night Champion to get First Update

    Nachiket Mhatre, Mar 21, 2011 1317 hrs IST

    Update will coincide with the DLC launch

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Fight Night Champion will get a patch in less than a month after its recent release. The launch code was affected with some niggling gameplay bugs that the patch will address when it hits the consoles soon. The patch, dubbed Title Update by Electronic Arts, has been attributed to the feedback, read complaints, generated by the community thanks to the latent bugs in the boxing game.




The patch will be scheduled to coincide with the upcoming DLC package. Although no exact date has been set, EA's blog post announcing the patch and DLC will reveal details on March 25 in a live chat. The Title Update is fix the following gameplay adjustments and bug fixes:

  • Punch Accuracy Reduction:  Overall accuracy will be reduced and accuracy tracking a moving target will be reduced. Users will notice lower connect percentages and a better ability to use head movement defensively.
  • Hit Reactions Intensity Increased:  Bigger hit reactions across the board and increased punch offsetting - i.e. punches thrown off target when a boxer is hit in the act of punching.
  • Combination Punching Adjustments:  Bigger difference in combination speed between boxers with low and high Combination Skill rating.
  • Improved Weave Input Detection:  Reduced the instance of weaves happening unintentionally.
  • Health Loss Adjustment:  Regular punches do more damage and combination punching is more effective.
  • Stamina Recovery Adjustment:  Less stamina recovered between rounds.
  • Perfect Block Counter Window Disabled:  Pending simultaneous release of Tuner Set.
  • Opponent Counter Freeze:  Fixed a bug where the a Perfect Block would sometimes freeze the opponent's inputs.
  • Late Guard:  Fixed a bug where the guard went back up late if you threw more than one punch out of the block.


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baybruh
,cordele, on Mar 29, 2011 01:33 AM
is anyone else having trouble with the DLC . My dlc is showing that its free but i cant download them.
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simon smith
,nottingham, on Mar 22, 2011 10:26 AM
they should fix it so that when you get punched in the back of the neck/top of the spinal cord it doesnt instantly knock you out!!! not decrease accuracy and stamina and all the other things. this will make people annoyed because they cant hit their oppenent.
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