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Developer NaturalMotion has signed a deal with restaurant chain KFC to brand the free “lite” version of its Backbreaker Football game for the iPhone. For a month, the sponsored title will offer up 10 new waves to play through, as well as a special “Chicken Dance” touchdown celebration, all courtesy of the Colonel’s own marketing budget.

The full version of the game (which contains more gameplay modes and the chance to customize your characters) is also on sale for 99 cents on the App Store. So, whether you just try a bite or go all-in, you can start hitting torsos even harder than the Double Down does.

KFC sponsors Backbreaker Football’s lite iPhone version originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mexican wrestling league title now pegged for an October 12 release on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and DSiWare; PSP version launch unspecified.

Today it was revealed the latest Mexican wrestling video game won’t pile drive retail on schedule. Upstart publisher Slang has repositioned the release date for all platforms for the upcoming six-sided ring fighter.

Now releasing closer to Halloween, when these guys wouldn’t look so odd.

Originally slated to release August 9, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring will now grace the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and DSiWare two months later on October 12. A PSP version of Lucha Libre will arrive “at a later date.” According to Slang, a desire to “build greater street buzz with consumers” was half of the decision. Other factors were an extended development cycle and scheduling the title to ship closer to the all-important holiday season.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 editions of the game are being developed with the Unreal Engine 3 by Immersion Software, with offices in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Bogota, Colombia. Argentine developer Sabarasa Studios is handling development on the Wii, PSP, and DS editions of the game.

Lucha Libre will feature the league’s familiar six-sided ring, as well as a number of international stars, including ex-WCW wrestlers La Parka and Konnan. Other AAA stars that could be included but are not yet confirmed for the game include Octagon, Abismo Negro, Jack Evans, Teddy Hart, and Silver King.

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Finally, a reason to do the everyday crap you don’t want to do. You know, things like washing the dog, cleaning your apartment and pulling over when the cop behind you hits the siren.

Well, at least some of those work perfectly with Epic Win, an upcoming iPhone app that turns your to-do list into a role-playing game. By completing tasks in the real world, you gain experience points in the game that you can then use to level up your character. If that isn’t incentive enough to drive little Timmy to soccer practice, we don’t know what is.

In the spirit of the game, here’s your first to-do item: jump past the break and watch the introductory video for Epic Win. It’s about the easiest boss fight you’ll undertake today — that is, unless you actually fight your boss. We hear he’s a bit of a weakling.

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Epic Win turns everyday chores into a game originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies I and II for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available for a limited time for only $7.99. Additionally, Zombies HD for the iPad is now available for $9.99. More »

Crap of Defense is an iPhone game that declares itself to be the “worst game ever,” with sloppily drawn soldiers attempting to take a castle, and the player tasked with blowing them up with armaments and upgrades. But apparently someone with the power to publish a PSP game thinks it’s alright, because developer iFun4all recently sent us an email containing the above image, teasing a spitting-image PSP game called Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder.

There wasn’t any further information included, but it’s probably a safe guess that Crap of Defense got a port and a slightly less offensive name. There have been quite a few PSP games ported across to the iPhone, but looks like this is a case of cross-pollination the other way. We’ll let you know when we hear more about what the game is like.

iPhone’s Crap of Defense teased for PSP, with a name change originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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