505 Games and NaturalMotion Games announced today that Backbreaker Vengeance, the next chapter in the arcade rugby Backbreaker franchise is coming exclusively to Xbox and XBLA on June 29.

The top 10 most-downloaded Playstation Network demos on the Playstation Store so far in the month of July, according to the latest Playstation Pulse episode.

Backbreaker has a lot of original and never before seen features thanks to the Euphoria engine, but unfortunately it feels more like a tech demo designed to show off the engine

"This week's edition of Now Shipping brings Football a little early in the form of Backbreaker and Alpha Protocol is a game that combines the RPG and spy genre. These along with some Call of Duty content to keep you busy until Black ops."

"The craziness of the past two weeks has kind of slowed down for this week's game releases with only one game that may be classified as major, Alpha Protocol, and a bunch of b-listers including a new game after Madden's crown."

Xbox Evolved posts some new originally captured gameplay footage of the newly released demo for Backbreaker Football. Demo is out now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and ships June 1 2010.

A demo for 505 Games and Natural Motion's Backbreaker has been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A PlayStation Network demo was also revealed for release soon.

"Spawn Kill recently got a chance to sit down with the Producer of Backbreaker Rob Donald. In the interview he talks about the Euphoria engine and how it can change the way we play sports games. Rather than transcribe the entire Q&A session Spawn Kill has provided the recording of the call. Enjoy!"

"Next week we have a unique opportunity to speak with Rob Donald - NaturalMotion's PR & Marketing Manager - about upcoming Madden challenger Backbreaker.

This upcoming interview (next Thursday) is a perfect way to bring our readers into the action! Here's your chance to ask the developers anything."

"Following the outstanding success of Backbreaker: Tackle Alley for iPhone and iPod Touch, Oxford developer NaturalMotion has now brought the big hitting action to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with Backbreaker. Utilising its famous euphoria engine, NaturalMotion is able to bring a revolutionary in-game animation system to the on field action, meaning no two tackles will ever be alike. The Backbreaker: Tackle Alley game for iPhone includes a link for customers to directly pre-order Backbreaker fo..."

"505 Games has updated their website and revealed that Backbreaker will be released on May 18. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title will challenge the Madden NFL series as the only other football release this year."

"If anyone can remember some time ago their was a football videogame movie that was making the rounds on the internet and on XPlay claiming to be in game footage. The game is featuring NaturalMotion’s acclaimed euphoria motion synthesis engine featured in a sports title for the very first time."

Backbreaker is not just any football game it's the real thing. Natural motion created such a sophisticated engine that not even the pre animated madden series can compete with. Backbreaker is taking things to the new level and this trailer tells it all

A look at Backbreaker, an upcoming football game for the Xbox 360 and PS3 that uses NaturalMotion's Euphoria engine to create realistic action on the field by simulating the motions rather than simply using preset animations.