A live action sports documentary starring you.

With the June 10 release of 2K Sports' new boxing title Don King Presents Prizefighter drawing near, we were treated to a conference call with Matthew Seymour, the game's executive producer, former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, and the game's namesake himself, legendary fight promoter Don King. 2K, obviously trying to create interest in the title, was wise to have Seymour in the ring with these two well known personalities because, as interesting as they were to listen to, the only useful information about the game came from the producer.

Holmes stated early in the call that he had yet to play the game and King, pontificating in the manner for which he is best known, hammered home his opinion that the game is about the life of a boxer, not just slugging it out in the ring. The enigmatic and unique style in which he speaks proved entertaining as always, but was of little use to many of the media representatives who were hungry for details about the new game.

Seymour started the conference by providing a list of press release style details about the title, explaining the various game modes (off and online multiplayer, the ability to create a boxer, about forty licensed boxing legends including Larry Holmes and Ken Norton, and, of course, a detailed career mode which 2K Sports is hoping will be the aspect of the game that sets it apart from its competition) and mechanics (button pressing ala Street Fighter as opposed to the analog stick control of Fight Night).

The unique career mode does sound intriguing. 2K is promising a "huge dramatic experience," says Seymour. One of the things that we wanted to do was differentiate ourselves... we've done something that's never been done before in any video game."

That something is the presentation of Prizefighter's career mode. Rather than simply creating a character, playing some training minigames, and jumping into the ring to pummel an opponent; Prizefighter's story is told as though it was an ESPN style live action sports documentary. "This career mode will take about fifteen hours of play," Seymour said. "You are actually the subject and the star of this documentary. Legends of the ring, Don King, ex-girlfriends, cut men, trainers, et cetera, are talking about you as if you actually exist."