Here's a piece of information that shouldn't be overlooked. Backbreaker is going for the arcade crowd. I don't know quite what to make of it. Yes the author makes the ridiculous statement that Madden has the simulation crown.

The altered control style isn't the only way that Backbreaker plans to separate itself from the pack. Rather than gunning for the simulation crown that Madden currently holds, NaturalMotion is going for arcade gameplay that has the most realistic motion ever seen in a videogame. You'll see things like defenders taking off from three yards away to lay the smack down on an unsuspecting quarterback and airborne receivers getting flipped end over end when trying to make a catch. It's nowhere near as ridiculous as Midway's Blitz but it does cash in on the same freedoms that come with the lack of the NFL license.

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Gameplay is reporting that there might be an announcement of EA buying the Euphoria engine at the Leipzig Games Convention. Read the article.

Before you take that as Madden 10 using a real-time physics engine, it could mean something totally different.

1) They could be using the engine in their non-sports games.
2) They want to buy the software/company becuase more games are using the engine.
3) They don't want another company to produce a football game.

I actually think it's a blend of 1 and 2. There's potential for EA Games (not EA Sports) to put this engine it games like Battlefield, Skate, or The Sims.

As for the sports gamer, if this report is true, could imply that EA Sports will use a truly next-gen animation engine in their sports games. This would be moving from EA's bread and butter of motion capture animation. This is the upside. The downside is that Backbreaker will never see the light of day. Backbreaker could have been nothing more than tech demo to achieve exactly this. Either way the odds are not looking good for the football genre to get another game anytime soon.

Esta va ser un reporte incompleto ya que el programa se baso en el Million Dolar Mania y no le encuentro sentido a si que no voy a detallar eso.

Dark Match
Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs Santino Marella & Snitsky
- Victoria para Paul y Brian

Ron Killings vs Robbie McCallister
- Ron se lleva la victoria.

RAW -

- Show comienza con John Cena hablando sobre Million Dolar Mania y su lucha frente a Triple H. Luego sale Triple H y comienza a discutir con John Cena. Después aparece Vince Mcmahon quien dice que esta noche ellos no lucharan, si no que el repartirá un millon de dolares. Vince da el pass de este RAW "Watch RAW & Win" y que John Cena se enfrentara a Umaga en un Street Fight, Triple se marcha deseándole suerte a Cena.

Street Fight Match
John Cena vs Umaga
- Todo termina cuando Umaga saca una escalera y Cena aplica su poderoso F.U

- Million Dolar Mania, con Charlie Haas que es besado por Mae Young.

- Segmento de Haas con las divas. Melina, Maryse, Lena, Layla, Jillian y Maria.

- Regalan 100,000 dolares.

- Jericho preparándose para salir.

- Más Million Dolar Mania, esta vez sale Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

,Jeff Hardy vs Carlito
- Todo queda cuando Hardy aplica un Twist of Fate, seguido del Swanton Bomb para la cuenta de tres.

- 175,000 ahora

- Sale Jericho y hablan sobre lo que paso la semana pasada con HBK, Jericho pide que salga HBK pero quien aparece es Ric Flair. Flair reta en un combate a Jericho, a un que este retirado, pero eso no impide que el pueda luchar es por eso que lucharan en el parking.

- En backtage se encuentra Flair con Triple, luego aparece Vince y dice que Flair no puede luchar por que el está retirado, y le pide que se valla. Vince después decreta Jericho vs Triple H.

Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs Cryme Tyme
- Aparece Ted Dibiase, quien provoca que se distraiga Cryme Tyme para así aprovechar Holly y hacerle un paquetito para la cuenta de tres.

- 6 Dolares ahora.

Paul Burchill & Katie Lea vs Mr.Kennedy & Mickie James
- Al final del combate Kennedy le aplica un Spear a Burchill para quedar los dos tirados fuera del ring, mientras en el ring Katie Lea le aplica un BackBreaker a Mickie James para llevarse la victoria.

- 174,984 dolares.

- 75.000 dolares

- Cartelera de Night of Champions

- En backstage John Cena le desea suerte a Triple H.

- 300,000 dolares. Y anuncia Vince que repartirá esta otra semana otro millon.

Triple H vs Chris Jericho
- Todo queda cuando Triple H se encuentra fuera del ring, aparece Lance Cade quien comienza a golpearlo, luego aparece John Cena para salvarlo, sacan a Jericho, Cade del ring y Triple H con Cena se van a las manos, luego Jericho y Cade dominan a Cena y Triple, para terminar el show.

Pues bien, va más allá de las mejoras clásicas, siendo su principal característica la animación generada en tiempo real (on-the-fly generated animation). Me explico. Resulta que hasta ahora, en un juego o película de animación 3D, la animación teníamos dos formas de generarla:

1. Mediante keyframing. El animador elige los fotogramas clave (key frames) donde posiciona el objeto o personaje de manera manual y el ordenador interpola los fotogramas intermedios.
2. Mediante Motion Capture. Se captura el objeto o personaje en movimiento mediante una cámara y luego se traslada esa animación grabada al ordenador de un modo más o menos automático.

Pues bien, con Euphoria definimos los personajes mediante huesos, músculos y un sistema nervioso motor, los colocamos en un escenario y los sometemos a diferentes fuerzas (gravedad, disparos, rocas caídas del cielo,...) y el personaje reacciona de manera automática tal y como lo haría en la vida real. Incluso sujetándose a los objetos que tiene alrededor si con eso evita una caída.

Euphoria ya se está utilizando en juegos de última generación, entre otros Grand Theft Auto IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Indiana Jones y Backbreaker.

Vídeo de presentación de Euphoria

Vídeo Backbreaker

[Más videos después del salto]

Vídeos Star Wars Force Unleashed

Vídeo Grand Theft Auto IV

É de futebol americano. Reparem no som. Dá pra sentir a dor do cara na hora das pancadas!

Plataformas: PS3 e Xbox 360, com previsão para o 3° trimestre de 2008.

[vídeo no Outer Space]

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The crowds look nice in the video.

I found the links to these videos on the Backbreaker Official Forums.

Here's a few links to You Tube videos.
Video 1
Gangtackle
Crazy tackles.
Tackles with multiple angles.
Break Tackle

And I give you the best video...
Football F$&k Ya. (NSFW due to language)

They claim it will be the first game that has dynamic tackles. Here's what worries me about this game. Where did these guys come from? What do they know about football? And will we actually see the game?

EA Sports' marketing department will marginalize any "newbie" that wants to pee on their football hydrant. I do think the studio's lack of recognition will be a big deal. In their first year, their whole goal is to get people to look at their game. Certainly, a dynamic tackling system is the hook.

Second, just because you have a realistic tackling system DOES NOT mean that its going to be a good football game. Is the AI going to be closer to Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf? Let's not kid ourselves, when APF and Madden have one hell of a time trying to get football AI right, how hard will it be the new guy to pull if off?

Lastly, is this even a game? The rumor about BB is the producer's are trying to use their game to get EA or Visual Concepts (NFL 2k, APF 2k) to use or buy their engine. Does anyone see this happening? One would think, with EA drinking Bill Gates kool-aid when it comes to monopolistic business strategies, that EA would have assimilated Natural Motion. I think Natural Motion has an unproven commodity and EA doesn't really want to tinker with Money Printing 08 err Madden.

If we see only videos of BB tackles through next year's ramp up to football season, then you know this project is just to get a buyer for their engine. If we see full 11 on 11 in-game videos showing off the engine with a fleshed out feature set, then expect a football game to be released.

Here's the screens, I promised.

Backbreaker Screens