Black & Bruised

Black & Bruised is a boxing-based fighting video game developed by Digital Fiction and published by Majesco Sales in 2003 in North America; in the PAL regions such as Europe and Australia it was published by Vivendi Universal Games.

Gameplay
Black & Bruised has three modes: 1P Fight, where player fights against a CPU; 2P Fight, where two players fight against each other; and Survival, where the players fight for as long as they can.

In order to complete the game, the player must play through the "life" of each fighter, which consists of multiple fights interspersed with cutscenes. Additionally, there is a tournament mode with varying difficulties. Completion of the tournaments is required to unlock the hidden fighters, who each come with their own "life" to play through.

Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.