Fighting games are a classic genre for the video game industry, and just this year alone, we’ve had some big new titles from that world drop, including one featuring Marvel characters. However, Thiefcatcher Games wants to bring things back to the most basic of things. Mainly, they want you to fight other characters and literally beat the crap out of them. This is Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing, and it’s dropping later this November. You will feel the hits in this game, as the description below explains:

“Blood & Canvas revives beloved traditional gameplay popularized by classic boxing titles to deliver high-intensity, close-quarters violence. Players start off as a hungry brawler training out of a dilapidated gym, fighting through parking lots, tavern basements, and illicit fight circuits on a brutal pugilist journey toward bare-knuckle gold.”

Believe it or not, things get even more brutal than it appears, as these features highlight:

• Career Permadeath: Damage is permanent and cumulative. Facial lacerations and concussive trauma persist across every bout. When a fighter’s body finally breaks down, their career is over permanently. No recovery, no rematch, no rebuilding a broken fighter.
• The Fight Ladder: Battle through three underground circuits, including an illegal industrial warehouse, a gritty tavern basement, and an infamous 3 AM diner parking lot brawl. Players work up to a promotion into the 20-fighter Bareknuckle Violence Organization (BKVO) pro rankings.
• Responsive, Pure Striking: Fast-paced, tactical combat with dedicated hit locations. Head strikes deplete health while body shots crush stamina.
• Dynamic Gym and Fighter Progression: Fight purses fund vital upgrades across Strength, Dexterity, and Vitality. Dynamic character visuals show the fighter transform from an unmarked rookie to a battle hardened veteran, while the gym expands from a grimy backroom into a state-of-the-art training compound.
• Atmospheric Arenas: Experience 6 hand-crafted venues, scaling from desperate converted strip clubs to the historic Pale Horizon arena and a grand 1930s European-style ballroom.

So, if you’re up for getting bludgeoned, and then dishing out the same punishment to others, you’ll want to wishlist this on Steam!