Rocky Balboa

A glut of Rocky-themed items have flooded the Xbox Live Marketplace, with workout gear, boxing gloves and championship accoutrements available for the discerning Avatar. The original movie was released in US theaters 35 years ago this week, so it makes good enough sense to outfit your Avatar with a “Pity The Fool” shirt, yes? Okay, fool-pitying didn't actually become a staple of the series until Rocky III, but just go with it...

Tuesday 6 February 2007 To celebrate Friday's release of Rocky Balboa on PSP, we've teamed up with UbiSoft to offer two lucky readers a PSP and a copy of the game to play on it. Three runners-up will each receive a copy of the game. The game lets you take on and play as all of Rocky's major opponents from the films, plus there's 20 minutes of film footage in there to unlock. Add in mood and willpower levels and full 'torso control' and you've got the authentic Rocky experience in your

The screenshots released to date clearly feature veteran Rocky opponents from the boxer's previous cinematic outings, such as Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago, as well as latest contender, Mason Dixon.

Make sure you remember the words to "Eye of the Tiger," because Ubisoft has announced a new Rocky Balboa game to be released shortly after the upcoming movie with the same name (release date: December 22nd). The PSP game's story will be based on the plot of Rocky Balboa (2006). Our hero, the once widely loved boxer, is now retired and his beloved Adrian has passed away. His only son has become too busy for him, so Rocky is now walking down the lonely road of a "has been." When a computer