News

Backbreaker Studio Now Working On ‘Icebreaker’

NaturalMotion Games, the developer of the football cult fave Backbreaker, is now working on an ice hockey game apparently titled “Icebreaker,” according to a video profile by the BBC.


August 7, 2010
News

Backbreaker’s "Greathouse" Patch Is Now Available

Although it wasn’t out by Wednesday it didn’t take much longer. Backbreaker’s game-remaking “Greathouse” patch is available over both PSN and Xbox Live. See here for a rundown of everything it fixes and adds.


August 4, 2010
News

Backbreaker’s Officially Bigtime Now – It’s Sold Out To KFC

A day after releasing news of its behemoth patch on Xbox 360, the folks who make Backbreaker say its free iPhone version has picked up a Kentucky Fried Chicken sponsorship. Runners will now celebrate with, what else, the Chicken Dance.


August 3, 2010
News

Backbreaker Gets A Makeover With Enormous Patch Due Soon

New plays, better AI, a suite of replay cameras and new “focus modes” are among features coming to the football title Backbreaker, possibly as soon as Wednesday, through one of the largest patches I’ve ever seen for a sports game.


July 18, 2010

Reconsidering Backbreaker

This past week I had so much fun tinkering around with a game that I’m almost embarrassed to go back and read my original review. Because I was very hard on Backbreaker.


July 12, 2010
In Real Life

Only A Few Have Left Tackle Alley ‘Alive’

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You’re a halfback, not a soldier, but it doesn’t feel right to call these “turns,” “tries,” “chances,” or “men.” No, these are “lives,” at stake in Backbreaker‘s Tackle Alley, where 99.22 percent of its players have ended up “dead.”


July 7, 2010
News

Yes, Someone’s Painting The Last Supper In A Backbreaker End Zone

Rob Donald called it back in May: “I am totally expecting to see … a perfect recreation of The Last Supper in someone’s end zone.” The Backbreaker producer hasn’t been proven right yet, but one artist is hard at work.


June 28, 2010
News

‘Major Patch’ Is On The Way For Backbreaker

Backbreaker the challenger to Madden NFL that got one very big thing right but a lot of little things wrong (or not at all), will get a “major patch” taking into account community suggestions, the studio said on Friday.


June 13, 2010
News

Another Publisher Gets In On The MMA Craze

505 Games, fresh from putting out the unlicensed pro football challenger Backbreaker, will bring an unlicensed mixed martial arts title to E3, one that promises action more brutal than the UFC or Strikeforce-branded games.


June 8, 2010

Reader Review: Backbreaker

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