Facebreaker
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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports Freestyle |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii |
| Release | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Wii |
| Genre(s) | Sports game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Review scores | |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM | C- |
| Game Informer | 7.75/10 |
| OXM (US) | 7.0/10 |
FaceBreaker (also titled FaceBreaker K.O. Party for the Wii version,) is a fighting game created by Fight Night developers, EA Canada. It was released for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 and was announced on January 30, 2008 by 1UP.com. The game was released on September 4, 2008. As of October 2008, the game has sold 52,000 units in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined.. EA announced in January 2010 that they would be closing down online services for this game on February 2, 2010.
FaceBreaker has a "cartoony" artistic style (similar to Punch-Out!! and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing) and allows players to break their opponents faces as the game feature 'real-time facial deformation'. The game also uses the same face-capture technology as Tiger Woods PGA Tour to allow players to capture their own image using peripherals the Xbox Live Vision Camera and the PlayStation Eye. The game also contains a "Couch Royale" mode in which friends can compete in a tournament-type game mode.
On February 9, 2008, GameTrailers released the World Premier Exclusive Debut trailer.
G4's X-Play gave the game a one out of five, citing the broken AI being so difficult to beat to the point where it makes the game basically unplayable. IGN.com rated it a 5 out of a 10. Game Informer however, gave it a rather positive 7.75 out of 10.
Aaron Thomas at gamespot.com gave the game a poor review, scoring it a 3.5/10. Thomas felt that the game featured, "cheap AI," "very few game modes," and "bad, button-mashing gameplay." He did say of the game that, "it looks pretty good, and the deep customization options mean you'll never want for new brawlers..." However, "unfortunately, there's nothing fun to do with your boxer."
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