EA Sports announces ‘Fight Night’ boxing video game franchise reboot after 15-year absence

By Curtis Calhoun

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October 20, 2026, 2:19 pm PDT

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Among the most popular fight sports computer game franchises of perpetuity, EA Sports Fight Night, is getting a complete reboot.

Combating video games are a few of the most popular computer game in the market. This consists of the EA Sports UFC franchise, which continues to press out brand-new video games, consisting of UFC 6 previously this summer season.

Before the UFC franchise took shape, EA Sports was viewed as the primary platform for advanced boxing computer game. Most significantly, the EA Sports Fight Night video games were a few of the most popular fight sports video games ever.

The EA Sports Fight Night series hasn’t put out material because its 2011 video game entitled ‘Fight Night Champion’ with imaginary fighter Andre Bishop on the cover. After it was at first reported in 2024 that the designers were dealing with a Fight Night reboot, hopes sizzled over the previous year due to reported advancement obstructions.

As 2026 comes to a close, EA Sports officially revealed it stays on course to reboot the cherished boxing video game franchise at a later date.

EA Sports Fight Night computer game franchise is BACK

In current social networks postsEA Sports revealed the approaching return of its boxing computer game series.

To everybody who remained in our corner:

Battle Night is returning. ♥

#FightNight https://t.co/THPwtB7hTC

— EA SPORTS Fight Night (@EASPORTSFN) October 20, 2026

“To everybody who remained in our corner: Fight Night is returning, “the business revealed in a declaration on Tuesday.

Since this writing, EA Sports hasn’t advertised extra details concerning its Fight Night reboot, consisting of a tentative launch date. After launching UFC 6 previously this year, the publisher will likely turn its full-time attention towards the re-launch.

The Fight Night revival is the current in a series of motivating reboots by EA Sports in the last few years. The business relaunched its NCAA College Football franchise in 2021 following a decade-long hiatus.

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This short article appeared initially on BJPENN.COM