EA says Fight Night is coming back, 15 years after the last game

EA's Fight Night boxing series is returning. Electronic Arts set up new social media accounts for the franchise, and the very first post says it plainly: Fight Night is coming back, according to IGN. For fans who have waited years for a new boxing game from EA, it's the first real sign of life.

What EA said

Push Square quotes the post in full: "To everyone who stayed in our corner: Fight Night is coming back." Gematsu reports that a new EA Sports Fight Night is in development.

That's all EA has said so far. There's no title, no platform list, no trailer and no release window, so it's not yet clear whether this is a full new entry, how far along it is or when we'll see it.

A long wait for boxing fans

The series has been quiet for a long time. Pure Xbox says it has been 15 years since the last Fight Night game, and that the series was a favorite in the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era. Push Square remembers it from the PS2 and PS3 days.

Fans clearly haven't forgotten it. Within a couple of hours of the announcement, Pure Xbox says, the post had passed 60,000 likes and 2 million views.

What to watch for

The big open questions are the name, the platforms and when EA will show gameplay. Until there's a proper reveal, the new Fight Night social accounts are the place to watch.