Maybe you're too young to remember Kickboxer, the 1989 martial arts movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme learns Muay Thai in a training montage, kicks down
a banana tree, and . Even as someone who wasted a good chunk of my life watching martial arts movies, I only just mc888 learned that Kickboxer, er, kicked off a series that led to four sequels, a reboot, and a sequel to said reboot. And next: a videogame.
The founders of Force Multiplier Studios have Tales from the Borderlands and multiple Call of Duty games among their credits, but jinda44 I can't imagine a brawler based on Kickboxer being much like either of those things. Though I do hope there's room in it for a dancing rhythm game.
In a press release, CEO of Force Multiplier Studios Jeremy Breslau said, "we can't wait to innovate the fighting genre with incredibly visceral combat and an emphasis on the environment and what you can do in it. We are crafting a dynamic brawler that will empower players to be the best kickboxers in the world, traveling to exotic locales and introducing new environmental combat mechanics to deliver a martial arts experience like never before."
Maybe "environmental combat mechanics" means you'll be able to . Force Multiplier says we can expect to hear more about the Kickboxer game later in 2025.