Month: May 2012
Mo-Cap Artist Pegs Playstation Battle Royale For a Fall Release
Could Sucker Punch’s electrically charged everyman Cole Mcgrath be making an appearance in Playstation Battle Royale? Eric Ladin, the man behind Cole’s moves (read: his Mo-Cap artist) tweeted yesterday that he was in the studio performing as Cole, but not for an infamous title. Does this confirm Cole as part of the games line-up? Nothing […]
May Hurray Bundle Giveaway
We were wondering about what to give away today. The Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (today known as Sony) was founded on the seventh of May 7th 1946. Over 500 years prior to that auspicious occasion, Joan of Arc took an arrow to the shoulder. Instead of whining about it, Joan continued adventuring. In fact, she […]
Gaming Unplugged At Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop
Brain-snacking zombies. Marauding orcs. ‘Wood-for-sheep’ jokes that we say are immature and stupid, but we giggle anyway. Gaming shenanigans aren’t just for these damn video games Featured on Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry YouTube channel, TableTop is Wil Wheaton’s bi-monthly show in which he gathers three nerd celebrities (nerdlebrities? [nope.]) to play board games, and […]
Riot Games Raising Cash for Kids
From now until May 18th, League of Legends makers Riot Games is donating the entirety of the purchase price of the champion Jax and his Jaximus skin to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as marking both of those items at a 50% discount. Riot said they were inspired to make this move after partnering with the […]
Rage Against The Machine Rebel Their Way To Rockband Store
Politically charged Rock legends Rage against the Machine head to the Rock Band Store this week for both the Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Network. Three tracks are now available for each version, included in the Rage Against the Machine pack are “Killing in the name of” from RATM’s self-titled 1992 album and “Sleep Now In […]
Good Old Games Adds Two Classic Stealth Titles
We’re no strangers to Good Old Games here at BrokenJoysticks. Not only do we use them for some of our PC centric reviews but also some of the codes given away work on their service. It is safe to say that GOG gets our seal of approval. The DRM free digital distribution platform recently added […]
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble In New Pinball FX Table
Zen Studios, the pinball wizards behind the excellent Pinball FX 2, have revealed Earth’s Mightiest pinball table themed after Marvel’s Avengers. Just in time for the movie of the same name this table features custom balls for each of the five avengers – Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Captian America. The Marvel Avenger […]
Bird Mania 3D and Amobattle Come To 3DS/DSI Eshops
Nintendo has revealed the latest downloadable games for the 3DS and DSIware services. On the Nintendo 3DS you can snag Bird Mania 3D, and on DSiware you can score the cell shaded titled Amoebattle. We’ve got the descriptions for both games below: Nintendo eShop Bird Mania 3D – Bird Mania 3D is a skill-based action game […]
Batman Arkham City 50% Off On Steam This Weekend
Quick, to the batmobile! This weekend’s deal on Steam is particularly tempting for all us comic fans out there. Until Monday May 7th Batman Arkham City has been discounted on steam to an absolutely mind blowing $14.99! For that price you’d have to be as mad as the joker not to pick up Arkham City […]
Company of Heroes 2 Ready To Be Deployed Sometime Next Year
Long time RTS developer Relic Entertainment is set to unveil the next entry in their World War II franchise Company of Heroes in the next issue of PC Magazine. A user on the popular forum NeoGaf spotted an early copy of the magazine which contains a preview of the upcoming Company of Heroes 2. COH2, […]
Iron Front – Liberation 1944 Screens Released
Deep Silver and X1 Software/AWAR just released new screenshots from their upcoming tactical shooter Iron Front – Liberation 1944. The pictures showcase the Red Army, which is appropriate for a game set during the great Soviet summer offensive of 1944. Iron Front comes out on the 25th of this month, in the meantime you can […]
Mount & Blade Collection Giveaway
A little bird told me that Broken Joysticks would publish something Mount & Blade related soon. That sounds like a good excuse to give out copies of the Mount and Blade collection. Unfortunately, this collection doesn’t include the Napoleonic Wars DLC, but it does have Mount & Blade, Mount and Blade: Warband, and Mount & […]
Angry Birds Space | Review
The original Angry Birds has ruled both the iOS and Android digital shops for the past few years. Both versions have been downloaded over 700 million times and the game has spawned two spin-off titles, Angry Birds Rio and the constantly updated Angry Birds Seasons. Rovio mobile is back with a full-fledged sequel to the […]
Indie Royale’s May Hurray Bundle Released
Indie Royale’s latest game bundle is now available. The five games included in this $5 USD bundle are Dungeon Defenders, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammer: FastForward, Brainpipe- A plunge to Unhumanity, and Weird World: Return to Infinite Space. In my humble opinion, Dungeon Defenders, a RPG/Tower Defense hybrid, is worth $5 by itself. The […]
New Black Ops 2 Screens Released
Activision have released a few new screenshots for the absolutely refreshing Call of Duty Black Ops 2. These new screenshots show us a destroyed Los Angeles, a really good look at one of the games protagonists and a futuristic tank. Many gamers, myself included, where floored by the debut trailer. The direction the franchise has […]