World Boxing Challenge is a boxing video game developed by Steel Monkeys and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It features realistic 3D graphics and physics, various gameplay modes including career mode, and licensed boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield.
World Boxing Challenge is a 3D boxing video game developed by Lithuanian video game developer Steel Monkeys and published in 2009 by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. It features advanced graphics and physics to provide an authentic boxing experience.
In World Boxing Challenge, players can compete in various boxing tournaments and championships across different weight classes, taking control of a customized boxer or licensed boxers such as Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. The career mode allows players to create their own boxer and take them through an entire career spanning numerous fights across amateur tournaments all the way to world championship bouts.
The gameplay aims to provide an authentic simulation of boxing, with controls mapping punches to the face and body using the analog sticks. Punches have real weight behind them, and players must manage their boxer's stamina and recover between rounds. The game features largely positively reviewed visuals and animations that mimic real human movement and reactions when punches land.
Overall, World Boxing Challenge offers an in-depth and realistic boxing experience for fans of the sport and fighting games. With numerous modes and customization options, players can live out their boxing dreams controlling some of history's greatest fighters or their own custom-made boxing star.