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IF BOXING IS THE sport of Kings then wrestling is the sport of the masses. In reality it is a play that incorporates the classic struggle of good versus evil. There is however always those who want to take things that little bit further. Welcome to the world of Backyard Wrestling.

Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home is all about these people who have taken the sport to a whole new level. It is a strange phenomena that sees normal every day people wanting to set up a wrestling ring in their backyard and go at each other with baseball bats, chairs and any other handy object that will inflict pain. Yes, these guys fight to a level of reality just short of killing each other. To demonstrate just how popular this is, one video of the 'sport' became the fastest selling video of all time in America. Little wonder then that it is now being made into a game.

The game sees you cast in the role of an aspiring backyard wrestler.

"You must be prepared to endure extreme amounts of pain and take incredible risks in order to move one step closer to the BYW title and ultimately be crowned 'The King of Hardcore'. But the road to glory is long and dangerous. Dozens of weapons including barbed wire, light bulbs, baseball bats, tables, trash cans, and stop signs are at your disposal to help re-arrange the faces of new challengers. And did we mention the fire?"

With a game environment that you can interact with as well as destroy you will be looking at your own backyard in a totally different light. With classic weapons such as the barbed wire wrapped baseball bat and ultra violent wrestling moves you will be able to take it to your opponents like no other wrestling game before. The damage model will allow you to get immediate feedback by showing the cuts, bruises and gashes that you inflict.

Just like the pantomime version of the sport the reality version has it's hero and villains. These real life wrestlers have been incorporated in the game and include such interesting characters as Josh Prohibition, MDogg20 and Sabu.

The full feature list of the game includes: -

• Over 20 unlockable playable characters based on real life Backyard wrestlers, each with their own fighting styles and signature moves

• 7 destructible, fully 3D levels including a gentleman's club, a mansion, a slaughterhouse, a truck-stop and of course a backyard! Each level provides the player with a variety of fighting areas including high levels for those breath taking high risk manoeuvres!

• Numerous playing modes including single player matches, tournament mode, 6 unlockable bonus modes and a video clip mode featuring real footage from the Backyard Wrestling videos and DVD's

• Dozens of weapons including barbed wire, light bulbs, baseball bats, tables, trash cans, and stop signs are at your disposal

• A vast range of devastating moves including slams, throws, combos, ledge throws, aerial manoeuvres, running attacks, ground attacks, reversal moves and of course weapon attacks

• Innovative damage body system allows characters to get cuts, bruises and gashes all over their bodies depending on the moves they've been doing. But beware, the more high risk the move the more damage you receive yourself!

• No more button-mashing combos! Moves are based on timing and skill and every attack, throw or slam can be reversed with carefully executed counter moves

• Special 'stun' meter provides players with extra humiliation moves. The more you stun your opponent with your cool moves the higher your stun rating will go allowing you to humiliate your opponent

• An awesome soundtrack including an exciting partnership with multi-platinum recording artists the Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and Psychopathic Records

Rumour also has it that by completing a certain portion of the game you can also unlock video clips of the 'Babes' of Backyard wrestling. Blood, bruises and babes, hmm, now where did I put the beer.

Follow the link below to check out some great looking screens and look out for the game in early November.

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