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IceBreaker Talk Heats Up Again, Confirmed in Behind the Scenes Video

08:51 PM - October 8, 2010 by Steve_OS

If you recall, back in February, NaturalMotion, the team behind 505 Games' BackBreaker, filed a trademark for IceBreaker Hockey.

Today, thanks to a post from Kotaku, it has been confirmed.

Check out the behind the scenes video, over at BBC.

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# 21 canes21 @ 10/11/10 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KillHammer


	I think they will have their work cut out for them, especially if they do not get an NHL licence. Hockey isn't exactly popular in England, so they probably would not have as much knowledge of the game as a north American studio.

There is no truth to that at all. I am from America, but could know more about Cricket than anyone in the world if I wanted to.

# 22 bradigor @ 10/12/10 06:08 AM

Those of us who know hockey in the UK, know hockey. I am trying to get my 3 year old playing for a youth set up in the South East and was quite surprised by how many options there actually were.

There is lots of interest over here, but unfortunately it is buried by the popularity of Football (Soccer) especially when it comes to coverage. I really thought they could of used the Winter Olympics to push the sport over here, instead they buried it (even the final) on an interactive channel on the BBC, basically you would only find the games if you really wanted to watch them.

I would love one of our regular TV channels to pick up the rights to the leagues here, even if it was a weekly round up show. As it is, we might get 1 game a week from the Elite League on Sky Sports 4.

Hockey is the best sport in the world and for a nation that love Football (Soccer) I would of thought everything about hockey would get us interested. But alas, we'd rather watch a bunch of pansies fall over when tripped by a blade of grass.

Hopefully Lucas will make some history and go one step further than Tony Hand :P

# 23 ManiacMatt1782 @ 10/12/10 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Tomba


	This is good as long as it has a broadcast cam. I'm getting sick n tired of the non broadcast cam movement recently...

im all for options, and believe every games should have the option to play the way they want, but for most video games a broadcast camera doesnt work for playablilty purposes. trying to set up an offense in hockey or football would be samn near impossible with a side to side camera. i feel for football they should show more plays from the "video game" view, when they go to replay and show the rb hitting the finding and hitting the hole, its from the behind the offoense camera. when they show a qb finding holes in the coverage, its from the behind the offense camera. most of the game should be broadcast from this camera, not just replays.

# 24 videlsports @ 10/12/10 01:49 PM

On this game they should have mutilple camera angles. But I still love close behind camera

# 25 Fiddy @ 10/14/10 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by metallicatz


	No thanks. BB proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that a physics engine does not a sports game make. And like many have said, there was plenty wrong with how Euphoria actually works in that game. They should get their football product at least somewhat squared away before they try and venture into other sports.

booooo lol..

noway, the more hockey the better for us hockey gamers. if they can snag the nhl license etc that would be awesome. heck i would by it without it anyway lol..

# 26 swil @ 10/14/10 02:17 PM

I'll give this one a look..... I'm still waiting on a Mutant League Hockey remake!

# 27 Fiddy @ 10/14/10 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by metallicatz


	Yeah it would be great for arcade hockey gamers. It could certainly fill the void of NHL Hitz. I don't get the infatuation with Euphoria. I think it does a lousy job of representing the sports physics of strong willful players fighting to keep their feet and muscle past each other. The Ragdoll-ism runs way too rampant in BB.

have you played nhl 11? that is the new hitz.. the real time physics make it that way!!

# 28 dickey1331 @ 10/16/10 05:10 AM

While I wouldnt buy this game, Im not against more options for gamers and I hope this game does well.

# 29 GlennN @ 10/17/10 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by swil


	I'll give this one a look..... I'm still waiting on a Mutant League Hockey remake!

Amen on both points!

# 30 Kaanyr Vhok @ 10/17/10 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by metallicatz


	Yeah it would be great for arcade hockey gamers. It could certainly fill the void of NHL Hitz. I don't get the infatuation with Euphoria. I think it does a lousy job of representing the sports physics of strong willful players fighting to keep their feet and muscle past each other. The Ragdoll-ism runs way too rampant in BB.

Have you really played BB? It seems like you are parrotting the same assumtions that people had before the game acutally came out.

The contact animations mainly the tackling, blocking, are great. The stiff upright running animation is more of an eyesore.

Besides the ocacional oddity that occurs maybe one in twenty plays the contact animations greatly trump the scripted stuff from other sports games especially when you consider how it affects the actual gameplay and when you consider other football games have odd tackle animations too. I have never seen anything in BB thats breaks the laws of physics like the guys falling off of the ball carrier in Madden. NFL 2k5's bread and butter tackle was a closeline.

The only time the physics in BB are consistently unrealistic is during pileups and when players slide on dry grass but when you consider that no football game has ever had pileups thats a petty thing to point out too.

Since it doesn't seem like you have played the game. Take a look. I dont see any ragdollisms.
Look at the passrush at 5:13.

# 31 thedudedominick @ 10/18/10 07:59 PM

From my experience playing BB I don't feel they are good with sports games. While the physics was good, it was a terrible representation of football. Players didn't feel different from one another. No one moved like football players. While some of the animations like tackles and everything along those lines was great and needs to be incorporated into EA's football games, the EA series still does a much better job of representing the game of football itself with the different attributes and ratings.

Physics is great, just need to make sure you actually do a better job of making it seem more like the actual game itself with the different players and many different styles of players and player types.

# 32 ultralow @ 10/18/10 09:26 PM

@above..........did u just say EA did a good job at football? Really

# 33 bh446066 @ 10/19/10 03:20 PM

I for one am intrigued and will consider it, of course, only after stalking this site seeing what everyone really thinks

I've been labeled as an arcade player in hockey, so I'm sure it will be right up my alley.

# 34 plaidchuck @ 10/22/10 10:05 PM

I'm all for it, as it seems the NHL series is gonna be solely based on DLC and online content for the forseeable future.

# 35 OddyOh @ 10/25/10 07:26 AM

Count me in, more hockey titles the better.

# 36 catcatch22 @ 11/18/10 10:41 AM

I will purchase this first day out like I did Backbreaker. My only issue with backbreaker was that there was not enough ratings to round out the players and what they were good at. If they include more player attributes and more football aspects then the game will be fine. NHL 11 is good but not what I expected. Too many scripted variables.

# 37 GlennN @ 11/18/10 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by catcatch22


	I will purchase this first day out like I did Backbreaker. My only issue with backbreaker was that there was not enough ratings to round out the players and what they were good at. If they include more player attributes and more football aspects then the game will be fine. NHL 11 is good but not what I expected. Too many scripted variables.

Yep, I too will buy Icebreaker when it comes out, if only to support the idea. Backbreaker was a disappointment to me - not enough ratings, no trading, hard to view rosters/stats, and, the worst one, no ability to sim games (I only play parts of seasons to see my players grow and progress). I love the idea behind BB, and they have a core to build on, but it's a long way from suiting my needs.

And, yeah, NHL 11 is not all that. In some ways it is a shade better than NHL 10; in others, a shade worse. It appears to be a stagnating series, so I hope Icebreaker can come in with a fresh approach (though, hopefully, not with the same failings as BB).

# 38 jfsolo @ 11/20/10 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ


	That is really what they should do. They should team up with 2K in all their games.

I only ask this semi rhetorically, but do you want to see 2K Sports games go the way of the Dodo?

# 39 catcatch22 @ 12/06/10 01:20 PM

This game can't come out quick enough. I can't find any thing about it though. Is this coming next year in the fall or early next year? I can see myself making a permanent switch to this game when it comes out.

# 40 jyoung @ 01/12/11 02:31 PM

I'm ready for Icebreaker, too.

EA Hockey is fun, but it's getting a bit stale after not changing much since NHL 08.

Hockey Ultimate Team is the only reason I'm still playing EA's game.

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