Fight Night CES presentation

BlimBlim
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 | 9:08 AM
33 comments

Xbox 360 PS3 PS2 Xbox

Fight Night Round 3 was in the spotlight during Bill Gates' presentation at the CES in Las Vegas, with a very spectacular but obviously prerecorder fight between Gates and Ballmer. The quality isn't great but it's from a different build than the demo, and considering how slow the news are these days...

Video gallery

Téléchargement

CES presentation

Slabs

Commented on 2006-01-10 10:23:37

Ballmer is hilariously hyperactive as usual!

In reply to

rezehnder

Commented on 2006-01-10 10:23:58

The commentary of this guy really s... let's say, is not so good.

But the vid gives a good feeling for the speed the game will have when fighting with the better boxers... unlike the slower fighting in the demo.

BlimBlim, you shoudn't have written that this fight was prerecorded... cause knowing that, I really couldn't take the show (and the commentary!) very serious.
:-D

But I love that game, the series just gets better with every title!

In reply to

rupbert

Commented on 2006-01-10 10:28:12

Thanks for this.

Confirms my thoughts that the marketplace demo was a very early build.

The speed of the game looks so much better, very responsive (even though it's pre-recorded).

Punch impacts look more meaty too, even for straights/jabs.

Animation seems more fluid, Ali 'dancing' looks so slick.

Definately a welcome improvement!

In reply to

HYBRIDTH30RY

Commented on 2006-01-10 10:31:21

cool seems much faster than in the demo built. thanks for teh vid blim :)

In reply to

monkey1988

Commented on 2006-01-10 11:23:20

even in the low quality u still the excitement of the boxing....that first person view thing was awesome when u could see ali coming at him and his facial animations were spot on.....looks alot faster than that demo vid...or was that just cause blim isn't very good at fighting, or a bit of both haha

In reply to

lumzi23

Commented on 2006-01-10 11:45:57

I don't think it is pre-recorded. I did at first, but after watching it closely I noticed that there is a part Ballmer stops playing (lowers his hand) and the Frasier guy stops moving, giving Ali the opportunity to land that first stunner. That could have been carefully staged of course but it too natural to be staged. Either way the game looks great.

In reply to

Optimusv2

Commented on 2006-01-10 12:00:41

It wasn't pre recorded they were actually playing up on stage and bill really kicked his butt hahah :)

In reply to

FrostFox

Commented on 2006-01-10 12:32:08

Looks hot want to play it ...

In reply to

rupbert

Commented on 2006-01-10 13:18:23

Having watched it a couple of times now, I'm really surprised they didn't delay the Marketplace demo and release this build instead...

In reply to

rezehnder

Commented on 2006-01-10 13:23:03 In reply to lumzi23

Posted by lumzi23

You're right. I watched the vid again and it's not pre-recorded. Btw I think Ballmer shouldn't play such games, or he'll get a heart-attack someday...

In reply to

BlimBlim

Commented on 2006-01-10 14:04:13

If it's not prerecorder then they must have trained quite some time, because I certainly could pull such moves after playing the demo for more than an hour.

In reply to

rupbert

Commented on 2006-01-10 14:11:17

I agree BlimBlim.

It was played in realtime, the fight could have been a messy affair with no knockouts or stun punches.

Surely they would not have taken this chance and thus pre-recorded it?

In reply to

lumzi23

Commented on 2006-01-10 14:14:36

They may have played it before hand and the demo may have been rigged so that more damage comes from the punches.

In reply to

rezehnder

Commented on 2006-01-10 14:56:28 In reply to lumzi23

Posted by lumzi23

They may have played it before hand and the demo may have been rigged so that more damage comes from the punches.

It may have been a lucky punch.... or the activated "the-boss-always-wins-rule" :-D

In reply to

Inflatable

Commented on 2006-01-10 15:07:35

Offcourse they didn't play for real, using a pre-recorded fight.. To many technical risks involved to do it for real, and Bill & Steve probably suck at the game.. But who cares? It was a nice show, and that's all that mattered.. ;)

In reply to

Drunkenshaolin

Commented on 2006-01-10 15:40:41

the speed of the game looks much better than the demo, thats good to see...
can`t wait to knock peeps da F??? out...lol

In reply to

xp1988

Commented on 2006-01-10 16:17:42 In reply to Slabs

Hi everyone! This is my first comment ever on this website, but please dont hate me.

Posted by BlimBlim

considering how slow the news are these days...

How slow the news is this days.

I dont have broadband so i never watch any of the videos on this website although I wish I could! Great website!

In reply to

overbyte

Commented on 2006-01-10 18:28:07

What the hell is Ballmer doing...he looks like he's playing DDR.

In reply to

Archaos

Commented on 2006-01-10 19:04:58

^^lol, well I thought it was a good presentation nonetheless. Especially earlier on in the keynote when they compared Bill to Napoleon Dynamite.

In reply to

ManThatYouFear

Commented on 2006-01-10 19:37:30

very funny video , made me laugh

In reply to

Ryan

Commented on 2006-01-10 19:54:41 In reply to Slabs

Posted by Slabs

Ballmer is hilariously hyperactive as usual!

rofl...DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!

I told them it just didn't work without the 50 millionth developer...

Ryan
http://www.openxbox360.com

In reply to

BrianGr1ff1n

Commented on 2006-01-10 20:57:04

it's pre-recorded.... check out the microsoft logo flashing mid-replay towards the end and the fade to black... not a menu. The pause was planned to let the famous fight be re-created.

In reply to

Critx

Commented on 2006-01-10 21:57:48

Still a damn good video...thanks Blim!

In reply to

Optimusv2

Commented on 2006-01-11 00:04:46

hahah steve does look he's playing dance dance revolution. I bet he could kick bill's butt in that, but I hear bill has a mean running man.

In reply to

Trup1aya4rea1

Commented on 2006-01-11 00:29:05

I'd say i've become pretty good at the game after playing for only about an hour. I beat my friend who is crazy good at FN1 (he says too was too easy). i thought the controls were nice, but the guys did seem to move a little slow. I Still don't think it would have been a real y problem because it was hella fun, but this video is very promising.

In reply to

What's up?

Members
Announcements

Loakum @Driftwood Awesome! I’m loving it! It does show a much crisper picture and the frame rate looks good! I was playing Stella Blade and Dragonball Soarkling Blast! :) (2 Weeks ago)
Driftwood @Loakum: enjoy, the one Sony sent us will be there on launch day. Coverage will follow asap. (2 Weeks ago)
Loakum *takes a large sip of victorious grape juice* ok….my PS5 pro arrived early! So much winning! :) (2 Weeks ago)
Driftwood @reneyvane: non ils l'ont publié le 1er octobre et je crois que tu l'avais déjà linkée. ;) (5 Weeks ago)
reneyvane Factornews à joué à KingdomComeDeliverance2 au Gamescom 2024 mais ne publie sa preview que maintenant ? [url] (7 Weeks ago)
CraCra Y a un souci sur les forums ? (8 Weeks ago)
nostradamus very few with religious beliefs are naive or zealots, but for sure don't find amusing their beliefs being thrown in for clout. maybe STFU with that discourse? (11 Weeks ago)

Driftwood Download is now functional again on Gamersyde. Sorry for the past 53 days or so when it wasn't. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Another (French) livestream today at 2:30 CEST but you're welcome to drop by and speak English. I will gladly answer in English when I get a chance to catch a breath. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood GSY is getting some nice content at 3 pm CEST with our July podcast and some videos of the Deus Ex Mankind Divided preview build. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood For once we'll be live at 4:30 pm CEST. Blim should not even be tired! (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood More Quantum Break coverage coming in a few hours, 9:00 a.m CEST. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood We'll have a full review up for Firewatch at 7 pm CET. Videos will only be tomorrow though. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Tonight's livestream will be at 9:15 GMT+1, not GMT+2 as first stated. (> 3 Months ago)