EA Sports is bringing back Fight Night. The company confirmed it on social media on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, with a message thanking fans who stayed in its corner and announcing that the boxing series is coming back, Video Games Chronicle reported. The last game, Fight Night Champion, came out in 2011.
What we know and what we don’t
- Confirmed: a new Fight Night game is in the works
- Not announced yet: its title, platforms, developer and release date
- No trailer or gameplay has been shown
A well-loved series
Between 2004 and 2011, EA released five Fight Night games, all with Metacritic scores in the mid to high 80s. After that, the company moved its combat sports efforts to EA Sports UFC, with five games between 2014 and 2026. According to VGC, the cost and complexity of licensing top boxers’ likenesses was one of the reasons for that shift.
Interest in boxing never went away. Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua appeared as bonus fighters in EA Sports UFC, and in 2020 promoter Eddie Hearn said in a livestream that he had pitched a Fight Night idea to EA Sports.
Context
The announcement comes as EA completes its sale to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
This article was written with AI assistance from the sources linked above.
