Month: June 2012
God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition Revealed
Get ready to rip off the heads of your enemies with brutal force with he God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition. This special edition of godly proportions packs in an 8 inch Kratos Statue, steel case, in game- DLC and official soundtrack and is available for pre-order right now! The fact that Collector’s Edition is […]
Microsoft Won’t Have a Presence At TGS or Gamescom 2012
Microsoft will be skipping out on both the Tokyo Games Show and Gamcom in Germnay this year in order to focus on smaller promotional events the hardware manufacturer announced today through Major Nelson’s blog. This leaves Sony as the only big manufacturer left to attend Gamescom, which is the largest public gaming convention in the […]
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Unveiled
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, coming soon to XBLA and PC from Neocore Games, has a new batch of screenshots to show us what the game actually looks like. The game is a third person action RPG, very similar in presentation to Diablo but with a definite steampunk influence to the art direction. Neocore […]
Optimus Prime: Heart of a Leader
High Moon Studios has released short feature for their upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron featuring game director Matt Tieger and legendary voice actor Peter Cullen. Cullen, who has been the voice of Optimus Prime since the early 80’s, says about having played the role for so long, “although he’s consistent, doing a movie, and doing an […]
Broken Joysticks E3 Reactions #1
E3 is over and now it’s time for our staff to share their thoughts on the show. First up executive editor Kirk Wiliford: Mark down E3 2012 as being one of the most boring, uninteresting and flat-out underwhelming E3s of all time. You know it’s bad when I can only recall one major new IP […]
KSWatch, Issue #1
Welcome to KSWatch, a weekly preview of interesting games, apps, or other cool things currently pining for your cash on Kickstarter.
Babel Rising Launches On Xbox Live Arcade & PlayStation Network
Ever wanted the power to smite an entire civilization? Ubisoft grants us all this power in their latest Xbox Live Arcade / PSN title Babel Rising. The goal in tower of Babel is to prevent the people of Babylon from building the ancient Tower of Babel, and in order to accomplish this players must use […]
Jagged Alliance: Back In Action Announced
The first standalone expansion pack for Jagged Alliance: Back In Action was announced this morning. Jagged Alliance: Crossfire thrusts players into the country of Khanpaa, a peaceful place constantly under siege by mercenary groups. Crossfire is set to offer a mix of RPG, RTS and economic management and a unique fog of war system that […]
Apple Introduces New Retina Display Macbooks
At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Apple announced the latest version of their Macbook Air and Macbook Pro notebooks. Along with new hardware under the hood Apple also includes their impressive Retina displays in some of their new models. The brand new Macbook Air will come in 11 inch and 13 inch flavors […]
Mark of the Ninja Sneaks In New Screenshots
2D stealth game Mark of the Ninja, coming soon to XBLA from Shank 2 developers Klei Entertainment, has five new screenshots that showcase the titular ninja’s sneaky shenanigans. From the official site: Observe… your enemies from the darkness, and use your agility to gain the high ground. Plan your line of action, and execute it before […]
Metal Gear Solid Online Uses Up All Its Rations, Being Taken Offline
Konami announced this afternoon that the last big event for Metal Gear Solid Online, the multiplayer portion of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be running for the next 24 hours before the game is taken permanently offline. Since this past April all of MGO’s expansion packs have been free for members […]
Pre-Order Persona 4 Arena And Receive a Free Soundtrack
Persona 4 Arena the Xbox 360 and PS3 fighting game spinoff featuring characters from the Persona series just got a little bit sweeter with the announcement of a new pre-order incentive. By pre-ordering the game for either platform you’ll receive a limited edition CD featuring tracks from the game. Persona & Shin Megami Tensai composer […]
Resistance Burning Skies | Review
When the Resistance franchise launched alongside the PlayStation 3 gamers were excited for the brand IP. Now the fifth game in the franchise comes to the recently launched PlayStation Vita. Can Nihilistic Software’s story of a firefighter thrust into an unfortunate situation show us what the Vita can do? We’ve spent a considerable amount of […]
SEGA Shutting Down Xbox 360 Phantasy Star Servers
The lights will finally go out for SEGA’s Phantasy Star Universe on September 7th, just three short months from now. The Xbox 360 version of the game is actually the last of three released (the game also came out for PS2 and PC) to support online play but that is about to come to an […]
League of Legends EU Accounts Compromised
We are no strangers to Riot Game’s PC MOBA title League of Legends here at Broken Joysticks. It’s disheartening to hear that the games West and Nordic European servers have been compromised and encrypted passwords & email addresses have been placed in the hands of those who would use them for harm. The company says […]