EA Sports announced  today, two upcoming free releases of downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4 today. The first, slated for early August, will add a new gym, “new gameplay sliders” and new equipment plus an alternate version of Sugar Ray Leonard exclusive to the Xbox 360 version. Also an early September release will offer the heavenly requested face-button control for all of Fight Night’s punched. That update, for PS3 and Xbox 360 will be free.

“We strongly believe that the refined Total Punch Control is the most intuitive way to throw punches in Fight Night Round 4,” the game’s senior producer, Dean Richards, said in a press release, “But we also want fans of the franchise to have an option.”

EA sent gaming blog Kotaku further information about the “new gameplay sliders” that will be offered in August. Those sliders will allow gamers to “tun and tweak the following attributes: Counter Punch Window, Boxer Stamina, Punch Accuracy.” From the looks of it, EA is addressing much of the feedback from gamers. Something that we strongly encourage!

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[Via Kotaku]