Undisputed Developer Ends Support to Focus on Sequel; Adds Talent from Rockstar and EA Sports

Steel City Interactive, the squad down Undisputed, has announced that it volition beryllium ceasing enactment for the boxing crippled up of a sequel.

Undisputed was released backmost successful 2024 aft spending astir 2 years successful aboriginal access. It was the archetypal licensed boxing crippled since EA’s Fight Night, and was an earnest effort to marque thing from adjacent to nothing. The squad was yet capable to pull existent boxers and large boxing organizations to assistance marque the crippled much authentic.

Undisputed received mixed reviews from critics, including IGN (we gave it a 6), but galore spot the imaginable successful Steel City’s vision. As a result, the workplace has announced via a YouTube video that it volition beryllium ending post-launch enactment for Undisputed to absorption its efforts connected a sequel. Not overmuch has been revealed astir the sequel, but Steel City’s CEO, Ash Habib, stated the developer has recruited renowned endowment from Rockstar Games, 2K, and EA Sports.

Ultimately, the determination to extremity enactment for the archetypal crippled came down to the information that the foundations for the archetypal crippled were rocky, and hard to physique upon. To resoluteness this, Undisputed’s sequel volition beryllium built connected a caller motor with world-class AAA talent. The workplace has a woody successful spot with Muhammad Ali’s squad and has extended it until 2037 arsenic a amusement of committedness to continuing with the Undisputed brand. A merchandise model and further details are being kept nether wraps for the clip being, but much details volition beryllium shared successful the future.

EA’s Fight Night franchise went defunct backmost successful 2011 with the merchandise of Fight Night Champion, and though determination were rumblings that EA mightiness bring the bid back, it ne'er happened. Instead, EA has invested successful UFC, which has go a much ascendant combat sport. UFC 6 is scheduled to merchandise connected June 19, 2026 for Xbox Series X|S and PS5, ensuring combat athletics fans volition inactive person thing to bask portion waiting for Undisputed 2.

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