World Championship Boxing Manager 2 will officially head to the gaming ring next year.

Announced today, the game, which is developed by Mega Cat Studios and published by Ziggurat Interactive, will arrive on January 17 on PC (via Steam). All purchases of World Championship Boxing Manager 2 will come with a free copy of the original World Championship Boxing Manager. A release on consoles is slated for a later date. The game can be wishlisted on Steam right now.

World Championship Boxing Manager 2 finds players running a boxing company with the assistance of real-life boxers Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sue “Tiger Lily” Fox as coaches. Players can play through an intense narrative-driven Story Mode or try to become the best trainer in the world through Career Mode. The game will also include Twitch integration, which allows viewers to change the flow with viewer-triggered events.

Rhett Ahlander, Marketing Manager at Ziggurat Interactive said this about the title:

“Our collaboration with the amazingly-creative folks at Mega Cat Studios has produced a wonderfully fresh take on sport business sims and boxing. We can’t wait to continue this partnership and produce more great games together.”

Monica Figueroa, Marketing Manager at Mega Cat Studios also said:

“We are thrilled to share World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2 with the world! Our team is honored to add another punch to the wonderful and storied history of boxing and gaming. Having Ziggurat in our corner kept us in fighting shape and proved invaluable as we brought our love letter to boxing to the world.”

World Championship Boxing Manager 2 was one of our favorite games seen at PAX East earlier this year.