![]() Inside the ring, the game looks great already. So, after years of hype, tantalising gameplay videos, impressive fighter reveals, and a couple of multiplayer betas, to play Undisputed as it begins its Early Access journey feels special, even if at this point it’s still green and raw, with its potential yet to be harnessed into championship quality. This most gladiatorial of sports has a fine history of video game adaptions, but the rise of MMA and UFC was fast and meteoric, and like a flying knee kick it swiftly knocked boxing games out of contention. ![]() ![]() It’s hard to emphasise for non-fans of boxing (or boxing video games) just how many hopes and dreams have been riding on Undisputed (formerly ESBC Boxing Club) to revive a genre that’s for all intents and purposes been dead since EA Sports’ Fight Night Champion back in 2011.īoxing used to be well-represented in video games–from Punch-Out!! On the NES, through early ‘realistic efforts riding off 90s heavyweights legends like George Foreman’s KO Boxing and Evander Holyfield’s ‘Real Deal’ Boxing, followed by a good couple of generations of EA Sports’ Knockout Kings (which then morphed into Fight Night).
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