Release 5.3
Fight Sports arrive. MMA, boxing and kickboxing, fought live in 3D or run from the gym, with a whole fight world to rise through, and boxing is free for everyone. Plus football rebuilt from the boots up, floodlit stadiums, full league pyramids, deeper quadball and online play as your own player.
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MAJOR RELEASE: FIGHT SPORTS
New in Sandbox Pro
- MMA and kickboxing in all three career modes (boxing is free for everyone)
- Every fight watched or fought live in 3D, with your fighter on the controller
- A fight world of promotions, rankings, belts and the amateurs
- Football rebuilt: dribbling, skill moves, curling shots and diving keepers
- Quadball playstyles for every position
- League pyramids with cups, playoffs and continental competitions
Fight Sports#
Three new sports: MMA in the cage, boxing and kickboxing in the ring. Each one fights by its own rules, in its own venues and its own gear.
- NEWRun a gym as the manager, fight your way up as a fighter in MyPlayer, or run the whole sport as commissioner.
- NEWBoxing is free for everyone: careers, worlds and live fights, with no Pro needed.
- NEWFourteen MMA styles: boxer, kickboxer, Muay Thai, wrestler, jiu-jitsu, judo, karate, all-rounder, brawler, Dutch kickboxer, taekwondo, Greco-Roman, sambo and catch wrestler. Each has its own stance, footwork and fight plan. Boxing and kickboxing have styles of their own.
- NEWEvery sport plays by its rules: no kicks or takedowns in boxing, no elbows in the amateurs, title fights over five rounds in MMA and twelve in boxing, a referee's count after a knockdown, three knockdowns ending a kickboxing fight, the clinch broken up where it is not allowed, and judges scoring each round the way that sport is really scored.
- NEWFight nights in big arenas, local gyms, an old boxing club, a Thai camp, a harbour quay, a rooftop and a beach.
- NEWGear for every sport: MMA gloves, boxing gloves, trunks, Thai shorts and boots. Design your gym's gloves and fight shorts down to the panels, patterns, lettering and finish.
- NEWBundled worlds for each sport, plus a MyPlayer come-up world for each, and fight worlds of your own in the world editor.
Rise through the fight world#
A fight career is a road, not a league table. Start in the amateurs, turn pro, sign with a promotion and fight your way to a title.
- NEWEight promotions per sport, from amateur shows and regional cards to a season league with a $1M final and the biggest stage in the sport.
- NEWTurn pro when you are ready, or earn a contract by impressing at the summer contender showcase.
- NEWRankings in every division, champions, title fights and championship belts, with a reveal when a new champion is crowned and an awards night at the end of every year.
- NEWYour fighter has a manager. Tell them you are ready and they work the phones until a fight gets made, and find you contract offers when you turn pro.
- NEWNegotiate every fight and every contract: counter the purse, sign multi-fight deals while rival promotions bid for you, and ask for a ranked opponent next time.
- NEWChampions and big names choose who they fight, and a debut pro gets matched with opponents who will actually take the fight.
- NEWFight week plays out like a real event: see the whole card, fight or watch your bout live, then watch or sim the rest of the night.
- NEWFace the press in 3D before every fight. Answer respectfully, with confidence, with trash talk or not at all, and watch the face-off boil over against a hothead.
- NEWFights take a toll that heals week by week, so how hard your last fight was decides how soon your next one can be.
- NEWBuild your gym: grow the building, buy equipment, add a recovery room and hire real coaches off the market.
- NEWSponsors, a shop, a social following, a weekly recap, career stats, an all-time greatest list and a Hall of Fame legacy for every fighter.
- NEWBook any fight you like in Quick Play: a single bout or a whole card from any two fighters in the world.
- NEWSim ahead to your next fight or a few weeks on, and watch or sim any card on the week's calendar.
Train your fighter#
What a fighter can do is built in the gym, one move and one week at a time.
- NEWEvery fighter has their own moveset inside their style, and their profile names their signature shots.
- NEWOpen the moves panel to pick your fighter's moves and learn new ones. Watch a move before you learn it. Changing a fighter's game takes time, room in their plan and a coach who teaches it.
- NEWTrain how you want: live sparring rounds with the power taken out, pad work with your coach holding the mitts, or the heavy bag. Pick which gym you train at, and book a round straight from your plan.
- NEWGyms look like themselves, with their own mats, bags and coaches.
- NEWTwenty-three fight ratings in eight groups, shown on the fighter profile and the tale of the tape. A fighter's overall is weighted by their style, and you can drill one rating with a share of each week's growth.
- NEWOrthodox, southpaw and switch stances. A natural fighter is clumsier off their own stance, and knockouts wear down the chin for good.
- NEWA fighter's build comes from their weight class, and both character editors have a new muscle control.
Fight it yourself#
Every fight is watched or fought live in 3D, from the walkout to the hand raised at the end.
- NEWFight on keyboard or controller: jabs, hooks, uppercuts, overhands, body shots, kicks, knees and elbows, a held guard, slips, sprawls, takedowns, the clinch, ground work and submissions.
- NEWFighters move on motion capture of a trained martial artist, from the stance to every punch, kick and spinning strike.
- NEWMore ways to fight: superman punches, check hooks, spinning elbows and back kicks, axe, side and oblique kicks, flying knees, and several ways of throwing each strike.
- NEWReal defence: duck under punches, lean away, parry, pivot off, check a low kick and catch a kick out of the air.
- NEWSwitch stance mid-fight with a short step, on Z or the left stick click.
- NEWHead, body and legs take damage separately. Chop the legs and they give way, work the body and it folds, find the chin and the lights go out.
- NEWLeg kicks wear a leg down over the rounds, and a checked kick hurts the kicker.
- NEWThrow too much and you pay for it: overcommitting raises the damage you take on the counter, and a meter shows your risk.
- NEWGas matters: a fighter gets their breath back between exchanges, but a fast start costs the late rounds.
- NEWKnockdowns, flash knockdowns, wobbled fighters who stagger and cover up, and knockouts where the body drops limp to the canvas. A hurt fighter stumbles across the floor and the ropes take their weight.
- NEWWrestle for position on the mat: double legs, single legs, trips and throws, guard passes, back takes, sweeps, ground and pound, and submissions you fight your way out of.
- NEWEasy, medium, hard and auto difficulty. Harder opponents read you better, block more and punish your misses.
- NEWYour corner talks to you between rounds, and game plans change how your fighter fights.
- NEWTen emotes, from a glove salute to the stare down and the Ali shuffle.
- NEWStep into any fight on the card for your gym, not only your own.
- NEWA full broadcast: the walkout and tale of the tape, fighters introduced in their corners, touching gloves, round cards, the corner between rounds and the winner announced across the cage.
- NEWWalk out yourself: fighters come out of real tunnels with their cornermen behind them, the cage door swings and the ropes part. In your own fight you get fifteen seconds to steer, emote and shadow box.
- NEWBigger halls with tunnels, ringside tables and barriers, and a walkout jersey for the way in.
- NEWA cleaner on-screen display: each fighter's health in their own top corner, a small clock with both surnames, and a short list of controls only when you need it. Boxing has a broadcast look of its own.
- NEWReplays of the knockdowns, the finish and the shot of the fight, slowed down from a new angle before the announcement, with knockdown replays playing behind the count.
- NEWThree cameras: cageside broadcast, first-person and side view.
- NEWA referee in the cage who stays out of the shot, steps in to stop the fight and raises the winner's hand.
- NEWFaces react to the fight, bodies bruise as damage builds, and fighters are built like their weight class.
- NEWThe winner celebrates round the cage while the beaten fighter takes it in their own way.
- NEWPacked, atmospheric arenas with real recorded fight sound: gloves, kicks, the canvas and a crowd that erupts for the finish. The people at ringside are full bodies, not cut-outs.
- NEWRewind a fight you are watching to see any moment again.
Football, rebuilt#
Football you play in 3D is rebuilt around the ball. It rolls free between real touches, stays at your feet through every turn, and is yours until someone wins it.
- NEWDribbling on motion capture: real touches with the laces, the inside, the outside and the sole, tight close control with a defender on you, and turns that keep the ball.
- NEWSkill moves, played more often by your most skilful players.
- NEWShots that curl, chips, driven shots and curling free kicks, plus through balls, lofted passes and first-time finishes.
- NEWGoalkeepers on motion capture: full-length dives, leaping saves and smothering at a striker's feet.
- NEWDefenders who put a foot in, slide tackles that win the ball or take the man, and referees who give fouls and cards by the laws of the game.
- NEWAdded time, a half-time break, a net that ripples when you score, and a new match ball.
- NEWA new on-screen display: your name and stamina, a shot power meter, the player you are up against and a match ticker for goals, cards and changes.
- NEWA camera that sits close behind your player and swings round with you.
- NEWSides defend their box properly and keepers narrow the angle, so matches you watch finish with believable scores. If no keeper is left, an outfielder goes in goal.
- FIXPlayers taken off the pitch jog to the touchline, and the player you control can no longer be injured out of a match.
Quadball#
Every position now plays its own way, and matches read more like the sport should.
ProQuadball is a Sandbox Pro sport, like the other sports. Anyone can browse its worlds, teams and players.Get Pro
- NEWPlaystyles for every position. Keepers: Hoop Guardian and Commanding Keeper. Chasers: Two-Way, Pure Scorer, Playmaking, Offensive Chaser and Quaffle Thief. Beaters: Hitting, Offensive and Tactical. Seekers: Seeker Specialist and Offensive Seeker.
- CHANGEPlaystyles change what a player does without changing their ratings, in matches you watch and matches that are simmed.
- CHANGESeekers help with the quaffle until the flag first goes up, then pass it on and go after the flag.
- CHANGEAssists go to the beater who cleared the way or the player who made the pass. Beaters never carry the quaffle, keepers create less unless they are commanding, and no chaser takes more than about half of the side's shots.
- FIXA world's rulebook can now set a score as high as 100, so the flag catch can be raised past 10.
- NEWFaces on the broom react to the match, like every other sport.
- NEWFloodlit stadiums of concrete and steel, packed with fans, every ground lit for its own sky.
- NEWReal grass on the pitch around the camera.
- NEWStewards, substitutes, photographers, camera crews, ball kids and officials around the pitch.
- NEWPrinted team kits: each club has its own design with hoops, stripes, sashes and more, a crest, and every player's name and number on the back.
- NEWKits that move like cloth: shirts hang, fold and flutter, and shorts swing with the legs.
- NEWMore lifelike faces with blinking eyes, real eyebrow hairs, fuller hair and beards, and a new medium beard.
- NEWFaces react to the match in every sport: gritted teeth through a shot or tackle, a shout for the ball, a scream when you score and the head going down when you lose.
- NEWFootball boots and match socks, and gridiron pants in the team colour with a big chest number.
League pyramids#
Build a whole football pyramid. Every division plays a real season, and clubs go up and down.
- NEWLeague pyramids as deep as you like, with domestic cups, promotion playoffs and continental competitions you qualify for from the table.
- NEWA playable second tier with its own stats, results and history.
- NEWSet up a pyramid in the world editor from a preset or from scratch.
- NEWA record book, club records, club histories, retired shirt numbers and a full career table on every player page.
- NEWCommissioner mode runs the whole pyramid, and lets you edit any player, club or squad and any season award. Sim one region's games or the other division's week from the Circuit.
- CHANGELeagues and promotions read as Tier 1, Tier 2 and so on, unless a world names its own tiers. Your saves are not affected.
- CHANGESeason awards use one rule in every mode, based on a real share of a full season's games and minutes.
- FIXJob offers from clubs in another division are no longer hidden, and those clubs open with their squads.
Online#
Online is now about you. Every account has its own player for each game, and that is who you play as.
- NEWBuild your player for each game from the online hub: a style, plus a role in the shooters and car ball, or a stance in the fight sports. Every style has the same overall and only moves points between skills.
- CHANGEA lobby is now two sides, with each person on their own player. Club matches and taking over a roster player are gone, and the sandbox plays the same way.
- NEWA rebuilt online hub with map art and lobby cards, and Play online in the sidebar.
- NEWThe half-time break waits for everyone to be ready, and the host sets the bot difficulty for the whole match.
- CHANGEOnline matches have no injuries, so nobody disappears from the pitch.
- CHANGEEveryone in an online lobby needs this version to play together.
Quick Play and every match#
The simulator is now Quick Play, and every game shares the same polished way in and out of a match.
- CHANGEThe simulator is now called Quick Play and has its own place in the sidebar, with new game and world pickers.
- NEWA select screen shaped by each sport: a versus screen in the fight sports, your side on its field in team sports, and a lineup of columns in shooters, hero games, battle royale and car ball.
- NEWOne loading screen for every match: rendered shots of your game, the two teams and a single progress bar.
- NEWOne pause menu and one results screen for every 3D match, watched or played, with tabbed settings and fullscreen. Pausing now truly freezes the match.
- NEWPlayed matches open on a kickoff screen with the matchup and controls, then a three count. New broadcast intro cards show the fixture and lineups, and picking play or watch is a proper game menu.
- NEWMaps have a size, including extra large, and can be tagged for the tiers they suit. Quick Play shows each map's facts, league map pools follow the tiers, and fight promotions only book halls that fit their level.
- NEWEvery cage and ring has its own map card, and official worlds show each map's 3D card.
- FIXTeam Deathmatch and the other shooter modes run at the same pace as Hardpoint.
- FIXSearch and Destroy: a vetoed map with no live layout is simmed instead of opening a map that is not in your world.
- CHANGEBattle royale seasons use the same map pools as every other mode.
- FIXA made basket now drops through the ring.
- CHANGEEvery screen names a playstyle in the words of your sport, with no shooter labels in a sports world.
- NEWSandbox practice: play any ball sport on any map, with as many or as few teammates and opponents as you like, right down to just you and the ball.
- NEWSeparate volume sliders for gameplay, crowd and menus.
- CHANGE3D matches load about twice as fast and run smoother.
- NEWThe live weekly challenge sits at the top of the sidebar with a countdown.
- NEWThe Pro page shows every Pro sport, and members see their plan, renewal date and how to manage it there.
- NEWPro members without Discord linked get an invite to join the server and connect their account.
- FIXA starter is never dropped for a free agent rated lower, and player values set in the world editor are kept when a career starts.
- FIXPublishing a community world converts SVG images for you and tells you exactly which image or text to change if it is refused.
- FIXA community world's public page lists every team.