505 Games Archive

  • PayDay Returns for a Second Heist

    PayDay Returns for a Second Heist

    Overkill Software’s squad-based crime shooter PayDay: The Heist, which turned out well but was soon overshadowed by multiplayer FPS juggernauts Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, is getting a sequel this summer on PC (via Steam), PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, as part of […]

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  • Naughty Bear Goes on a Downloadable Killing Spree in Paradise

    Naughty Bear Goes on a Downloadable Killing Spree in Paradise

    Naughty Bear was a novel concept but not a particularly good game. That being said, something about mutilating a bunch of Care Bears wannabes as a psychotic teddy bear made the game a personal guilty pleasure. It was the type of game that deserved a […]

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  • Review: Michael Phelps: Push the Limit

    Review: Michael Phelps: Push the Limit

    Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, much like the late Jim McKay, has spanned the globe, giving us the constant variety of (motion-controlled) sports. We’ve thrilled to hands-free video game approximations of all the majors and also gone extreme, rocking everything from jungle parkour to hang-gliding. One of […]

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  • Review: Supremacy MMA

    Review: Supremacy MMA

    THQ owns the video game mixed martial arts title right now with its UFC Undisputed franchise, but like with any sports game there are always talented up-and-comers looking to dethrone the champ. EA Sports put up a tough fight with its MMA game, but ultimately […]

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  • Contest: Backbreaker Vengeance XBLA Giveaway

    Contest: Backbreaker Vengeance XBLA Giveaway

    Football fans are in a state of euphoria right now, as the NFL lockout has finally come to an end, the free agent frenzy has been absolutely insane, and the season will begin on time without a single, precious game missed. While Backbreaker Vengeance has […]

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  • Naughty Bear Takes Another Stab at Gold

    Naughty Bear Takes Another Stab at Gold

    Naughty Bear, last year’s “cutesy bear murder simulator” from 505 Games and Artificial Mind and Movement (now Behaviour Interactive), was one of those games that got creamed by critics but still picked up somewhat of a cult following. I was never able to play it […]

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  • Review: Naughty Bear (iPhone)

    Review: Naughty Bear (iPhone)

    When Matt asked me to review Naughty Bear for the iPhone, I thought, “Sure, it might be fun.” While I wasn’t at all familiar with either the console or iPhone versions of this game, everything I had seen seemed interesting. Who wouldn’t find a homicidal teddy […]

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  • Backbreaker Post-Patch Report

    Backbreaker Post-Patch Report

    I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a more comprehensive patch (for a console game) than “Greathouse,” the recent update for NaturalMotion’s innovative football game, Backbreaker. The Greathouse update is not an ordinary bug fixer / performance optimizer. It is an update that completely overhauls fundamental […]

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  • Backbreaker is About to Become a Whole New Game

    Backbreaker is About to Become a Whole New Game

    I haven’t had a chance to fully review it, but Backbreaker, the new anti-Madden football game from NaturalMotion and 505 Games, may just be my favorite football video game of all-time. The NFL 2K games have an edge because of the NFL license, but in […]

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  • How to Build the Ultimate Team in Backbreaker

    How to Build the Ultimate Team in Backbreaker

    Until now, NaturalMotion has largely spent its time hyping up Backbreaker‘s revolutionary tackling animation tech and other on-field gameplay features, but there’s actually much more to the game than bone-crunching hits and fancy camera work. For example, you will be able to create and customize […]

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