Backbreaker

Operations Sports - Late Thursday night, a user on the Backbreaker forums posted a correspondence via private messaging with the head developer of the Backbreaker franchise, Todd Gibbs:

The jury is in! Today American football enthusiasts in search of a new way to dominate on the virtual gridiron have voted with their controllers by downloading the Backbreaker demo more than one million times. Backbreaker, the groundbreaking euphoria-powered American football game from 505 Games and NaturalMotion.

Ex: It takes a special kind of developer - impervious to critical blasts and devoted to their product - to spend months working on a patch that literally improves their game on almost every front after its major sales window has passed. The team at NaturalMotion seem determined to turn Backbreaker into a successful franchise, and their recent overhaul to the game is a strong step in that direction. Rounding out the massive Greathouse update released this month was a revamped replay feature.

505 Games and NaturalMotion Games announced today that Greathouse, the update to their euphoria-powered American Football game, Backbreaker, is available for download on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The update introduces brand new features, gameplay enhancements and dozens of important tweaks, resulting in a greatly enriched Backbreaker experience.

Ex: In a move that shows serious dedication to both their community and the Backbreaker franchise, NaturalMotion Games have lifted the lid on Greathouse, the forthcoming update to their euphoria-powered football game, Backbreaker. The community inspired update introduces brand new features, gameplay enhancements and tons of important tweaks.

Ex: Despite its mixed critical reception, NaturalMotion's Backbreaker still has a strong legion of fans, and offers a promising glimpse at what true physics-based football games can be like. It didn't contain the sizzle or presentation of Madden, but it did offer some downright visceral - if flawed - on field action. Fortunately for existing owners of the game, and folks still on the fence, the development team at NaturalMotion have just announced they're working on a 'major patch.'

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With E3 a little over two weeks away, all eyes have turned to what's next in the video game world, but there are still plenty of big new releases. Such as... - The Sims 3: Ambitions, the latest expansion to the popular PC life simulator. - Alpha Protocol (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), Sega's Obsidian-developed espionage RPG. - Backbreaker (PS3, Xbox 360), a non-NFL licensed football game that promises to make up for its lack of real-life teams with more realism on the field.

New games coming out in the week ahead include the espionage RPG from Obsidian and SEGA, Alpha Protocol, and a new Tetris game that allows you to use your Miis, Wii Speak and even the Balance Board in Tetris Party Deluxe. A few different sports games and a Sims 3 expansion is also available. See the new game releases below! New videogame releases in stores (US), for week of May 30, 2010: (subject to change) Xbox 360 & PS3 Alpha Protocol Backbreaker Football Pure Futbol Wii America's Next Top Model Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt with Precision Pointer City Builder Tetris Party Deluxe PC Alpha Protocol The Sims 3 Ambitions DS, DSi, DSi XL America's Next Top Model Tetris Party Deluxe PSP no new releases

It looks like there is even more late breaking news this Friday. Not only have WF found out the demo date for NCAA Football 11, but it looks like Backbreaker is selling prior to its anticipated release date at many GameStop locations. WiredFans