Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing

Enabling gamers to get right in the ring and go face to face with Tyson in 3rd or frightening 1st-person views, Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing is being designed as a complete sports action game with immediate accessibility to appeal to fight fans. Proving that heavyweights can really do some damage, there will be a realistic facial damage graphics engine written especially for the game. Codemasters is determined that the game will capture Tyson's spirit and likeness as effectively and dramatically as possible to bring his console-counterpart to intimidating life.

Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing has a belt-winning team behind it. For Codemasters, Jon Hare is Lead Designer and this is his first complete project for the publisher. Atomic Planet, a new venture from Jason and Darren Falcus, previously of Iguana and Acclaim Teeside, is responsible for the game's development and John Roberts, head of one of Codemasters' studios, is producer.

Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing will enable players to create up to four of their own boxers, choosing their personal, physical and boxing attributes. Players can also choose their own boxers' theme tunes, taunts, speeches, and knockout moves. Player-created boxers will be able to "win" special moves from opponents as each is beaten, building their own boxer's skills up. As players progress through fights in the seven gaming modes, more challengers and game features are unlocked in preparation for the player to enter the ring with Tyson himself.

Speaking about his continuing involvement with Codemasters, Mike Tyson says: "My kids talked me into doing last year's PlayStation game and now they're getting into their new consoles and they want to see me on those too so it's cool that Codemasters want to go on with the Tyson games. The ideas for the new game sound awesome and it'll be good to see me going face to face in a heavyweight-specific game."

Featuring Mike Tyson, Audley Harrison, Tim Witherspoon, Larry Holmes.