Not all sports fans are into hardcore sports videogames. To say it takes a little more effort to master the controls of Madden than to watch a game on a lazy Sunday afternoon to is to say it takes a ...

Console-based football games are in a tough position. EA Sports has the NFL license all locked up until 2012 so for any would-be competitor to attempt to compete with the Madden series, it needs to be ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's more to being a top-flight football player than tremendous strength, precise reflexes, and blistering speed. One of the more overlooked ...

Setting a new standard in football video games, Backbreaker rushes the genre with a new playbook for hard‐hitting action. Players take control of an unmatched on‐field experience boasting realistic, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. We've already seen a good deal on NaturalMotion and publisher 505 Games' upcoming take on 11-on-11 football, but we have yet to get our hands on the ...

A newcomer to the video game gridiron has arrived with some new wrinkles to throw back at Madden. Are any of them worth taking note of? We give Backbreaker a try to find out. I started with CNET ...

It's no secret that Madden NFL is the current king of football videogames. EA has the NFL license, it has marquee names in the commentator booth and it has a massive advertising budget to throw at the ...

If there’s a game maker who’s figured out a formula for iOS success, it’s NaturalMotion. The developer takes our insatiable love for sports and our primordial appreciation for bone-rattling hits and ...

Armchair athletes will get to barge opponents, leap obstacles, and dodge fools in the arcade-y spin-off of Backbreaker come June 29, when it launches on Xbox Live Arcade. NaturalMotion's downloadable ...

With a lot of hot buzz going on around Backbreaker going gold and being approved for a soon-to-be-released demo on Xbox Live, the gamer world appears optimistic that this will be something worth ...

Tackling may be simple enough, but racking up the kind of points you’ll need to unlock some of the later rounds requires a frightening mix of dexterity, insight and timing. (As an additional bonus, ...

Just when you think the running mechanics of Backbreaker are a bit too simple, you get nailed with one of the visceral hits that give the game its name. Tilt your phone forward to sprint to the end ...