Daily News – Backbreaker Vengeance, 3DS Trailers and the Call of Duty XP Event

It’s daily news time. Ok, I did try to bring you gaming news that wasn’t about getting free stuff, but Sony nixed that plan with their PlayStation Home “welcome back” package. Sigh.

Following on from the success of Backbreaker Football and Backbreaker 2: Vengeance on the iPhone/iPad and the original Backbreaker Football on the consoles comes Backbreaker Vengeance on XBLA. Available now for 1200 MS Points and coming to PlayStation 3 later on this year, the aim of the game is to score touchdowns and not get splatted by the various waves of defenders and/or obstacles. The game features the real-time animation system (called Euphoria) that Rockstar Games have previously used in GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption, so according to the developers “no two tackles are the same.” Check out this Backbreaker Vengeance trailer.

Look, gazongas! Link is probably NSFW. You’ve been warned.

The PlayStation Blog has revealed the content of the welcome back package for PlayStation Home users which totals over £65 apparently:

• Anime Style Apartment
• Anime themed clothing and furniture sets
• Paris Modern Office furniture set
• nDreams Big Bash party bundle
• nDreams Fantasy Fashion and Funkster costumes
• Aurora OrbRunner Booster Bundle
• A cuddly Stitchkins Bunny Toy from Lockwood
• A Midway Green ticket (50 plays)
• Cardboard Cartel Furniture from Codeglue
• Fortune Cookie active item
• A selection of Tops, Shirts, Skirts, High-top trainers and glasses
• Go Fish – a new, free-to-play fishing game based in the Shopping Centre

Does anyone regularly log into PlayStation Home? If so, what do you think of this welcome back offering?

Activision are holding the ultimate Call of Duty event on the 2nd-3rd Sep 2011 in LA. Called Call of Duty XP, 6000 fans will have the opportunity to be totally immersed in a Call of Duty world and be:

first to witness the world premiere of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 multiplayer. Attendees will be among the first to have the opportunity to get hands-on time with multiplayer and Spec Ops. Also on display for the first time will be the full feature set functionality of Call of Duty® Elite, the innovative new online service built from the ground up to support Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3. Supporting this epic reveal is a series of real-world Call of Duty action-experiences and gaming competitions as well as an unprecedented $1 million dollar Call of Duty tournament

Tickets cost $150 and go on sale on the 19th July 2011 and then 2 minutes later they will be all sold out, no doubt. The exact time of the ticket sale will be announced on the 12th July 2011 along with the 2-day event schedule. Travel and accommodation costs are not included in the ticket price and you have to be over 18 years old to attend. You can sign up on the Call of Duty XP website to be kept up to date with the latest event news.

Nintendo are continuing to ramp up the delivery of content to the 3DS with the availability of 3D trailers for upcoming 3DS games from the Nintendo eShop.

Batch 1 (available between 1st July-20th July):

• Mario Kart
• Resident Evil: Revelations
• Star Fox 64
• Super Mario
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Batch 2 (coming next week):

• Animal Crossing
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
• Luigi’s Mansion 2
• Metal Gear Solid 3D Snake Eater
• Paper Mario

Codemasters have released a Monte Carlo DLC pack for DiRT 3, adding 8 new stages and the foggy weather effect to the game. It costs 800 MS Points on Xbox LIVE and Game for Windows LIVE and on the €7.99 PlayStation Store. The video below shows just how scary driving one of these tight and twisty stages at night can be: