The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the most celebrated in all of gaming, spanning multiple console generations and iterations. Konami returns to the world that Hideo Kojima built with a port of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 for the PlayStation Vita. Does this port of last year’s HD Collection hold up on a handheld? Find out in our first multi-editor review.Read More
July 2012
A War of Roses Behind The Scenes Dev Diary
Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Paradox Interactive’s latest title War of the Roses, an online historical action title has a brand new developer diary staring Senior producer Gordon Van Dyke and lead designer Mårten Stormdaas they travel the English countryside scouting out real life locations that influenced the development of the game.
The game’s multiplayer mode allows players to customize their loadouts and classes featuring swords, shields but also early flintlock weapons and crossbows. A War of Roses takes a bit of liberty with its recreation of English Civil War combat by adding flourishes and finishing moves that give the player sense of drama.
Check out the latest developer diary after the jump and we’ll have more on A War of Roses as it becomes available.Read More
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Broken Joysticks Summer Upgrades
Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
We don’t like things to get stale here at Broken Joysticks and that’s why we’ve rolled out a series of upgrades that allow you, the reader, to share with us what you’re playing and comment on articles in new and exciting ways. These are just the first of a few planned upgrades that will make the site more accessible and enjoyable, that we will be rolling out in the future.Read More
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Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile Announced
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile. This expansion pack for Serious Sam 3: BFE is set for a PC release in October. Croteam’s Davor Hunski claims that the expansion “tells more of Sam’s story and cranks up the insanity.” Having played through some of it, I’m surprised to learn that Serious Sam 3 had a story (other than “go kill these monsters”).
According to the press release, the expansion will feature three new campaign missions set around the Temple of Isis on the real life Egyptian island of Philae. Devolver Digital’s Fork Parker posed the question as to whether Philae had any nude beaches, adding that “the only thing better than fast-paced, over-the-top action is a perfect pair of digital flesh melons.” Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be the case in real life. However, reality doesn’t feature hordes of screaming headless guys running around with bombs grafted on their hands, either. So, the developers shouldn’t feel constrained by anything remotely resembling reality.
If you are interested, you may read the full press release below.
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Act Fast if you’d like a cheap copy of Legend of Grimrock
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
If you are interested in picking up a cheap copy of the newfangled dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock, then you should head on over to Good Old Games. You can pick it up on sale for $7.49 USD until July 11 at 5:59 AM EDT. That’s a pretty good deal for a critically acclaimed game that just came out in April. Unfortunately, you’ll have to act with extreme alacrity if you want to get in on this.
Have any of you played it? What are your thoughts? Is a $7.49 DRM free copy a steal that will intrigue even the most jaded rouges and thieves?
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Panzer Corps’ First Standalone Expansion Inbound
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Slitherine and Matrix Games have announced the first standalone expansion for their turn-based wargame Panzer Corps, entitled Panzer Corps: Afrika Corps. As the name suggests, this expansion will put you in control of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrikakorps as you attempt to push Britain out of the Middle East. Particularly successful players will even have an opportunity to advance into British India. Grognards will get a chance to outshine the Desert Fox once the expansion is released on the 31st of this month.
In addition to this new expansion, the original Panzer Crops is now on sale for 33% off. The sale lasts until the 15th, so people interested in conquering hexes for the Reich may want to look into the sale. You may read my review of the original Panzer Corps here and check out some of Afrika Corps’ features after the jump.Read More
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Walking Dead FPS Announced By Activision
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Activision will be publishing a first person shooter based upon AMC’s The Walking Dead television show the publisher announced today. The game is due out in 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC and should not be confused with TellTale Game’s series of adventure games based upon the Walking Dead graphic novels.
The Walking Dead for Xbox 360 will be developed by Terminal Reality, the developer behind Kinect Star Wars, Turning Point Fall of Liberty and The Ghostbusters Videogame. The Walking Dead TV series builds a surreal amount of tension and atmosphere and the game is set to recreate this by throwing hordes of the undead who rely on sight, smell and other reflexes in order to hunt player characters.
Activision will have a booth at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con (Booth #5344) where fans can pre-order the game, take part in a photo-op and potentially grab a promotional ‘walker ears’ necklace.
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Phantasy Star Online 2 Launches In North America Next Year
Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
SEGA’s Phantasy Star Online 2 launched in Japan over the July 4th holiday and the amount of buzz in the western gaming press has been more than impressive. SEGA of America confirmed this morning through press release that PSO 2 will be published in North America on Windows PC sometime in 2013.
PSO2 features 3 different classes for players to choose from – magic users, to ranged combat and hand to hand melees. The maps in Phantasy Star Online 2 will also be randomly generated, which is quite different from the original as that game only featured 4 maps with two variations each.
SEGA launched a small teaser site for the game. On the site you can check out brief bios for each of three clases & races as well as a pretty good primer if you missed the original game 12 years ago. The site is set to offer wallpapers and videos, but none where available at the time of writing.Read More
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Check Out Six Minutes of Halo 4 Multiplayer
Posted on July 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The Rooster Teeth Expo was held this past weekend and it wouldn’t be an RT event without something Halo. 343 industries brought along the latest Halo 4 multiplayer build and several matches where showcased at RTX 2012.
Two different videos where uploaded from the expo including a 6 minute segment on the map Longbow and an 11 minute Q&A after the match. Shown in the first video is a mode new to Halo 4, infinity slayer, where each team tries to rack up a preset amount of points. Each video features different weapons including classics assault rifle, battle rifle and DMR. Some new weapons including the Sticky Projectile launcher, which acts similar to a weapon that appeared in Halo: Reach.
Are you looking forward to Halo 4? Let us know in the comments section below. We can’t wait to see more of Halo 4, as its November release date approaches.
Check out both videos after the jump.Read More
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Nintendo Download UK Edition – 09.7.12
Posted on July 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
It’s Monday and that can only mean one thing for our friend across the Atlantic, time for new releases on the Nintendo E-Shop and 3DS shop. Headlining this week’s release are Sparkle Snapshots from Nintendo, a 3DS application that lets you customize your photos and share them wirelessly. For 200 DSi points you could also snag “99Seconds” – an 8 bit game that involves the manipulation of time.
If you’re not looking for full games on the go why not snag the Hyper Arcade edition of Konai’s Frogger for Wii or the first downloadable songs for Square Enix’s THEATRHYTHM.
Check out the full descriptions and price listings after the jump.Read More
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Phantasy Star Online 2 Now Live, Here’s How You Can Sign Up
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Phantasy Star Online 2, Sega’s decade long water torture sequel to one of the most addicting console action RPGs has finally launched in its native Japan. Over independence day Sega flipped the switch on the final build of PSO2 and even if you don’t speak Japanese or can’t read Kanji you too can join in on the fun with a little bit of technical wizardry and patience.Read More
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Final Penny Arcade Episode 3 Steam Key Up For Grabs
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
It’s time for our last Penny Arcade Episode 3 code give away. This time we’re not pulling any punches, no removed letters or numbers just a good old fashioned first come first served contest. Those who are quick on the draw will be able to claim this code.
Why not spend your weekend with Gabe & Tycho?
Steam Key: W4NAG-GIBDX-22VM8
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PlayStation All-Stars Set For October Release
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Sony’s take on the “mascot brawler” sub-genre, first popularized by Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros series, PlayStation All-Stars, will release in the United States and Canada on October 23rd, 2012 for PS3 and Playstation Vita the company confirmed this afternoon via the Playstation Blog.
In addition to the release date information they also announced a series of pre-order exclusive costumes for Nathan Drake, Sly Cooper and the gang. No other information surrounding the costumes, like which retailers will have them (presumably they will be split up amongst Best Buy/Gamestop and Futureshop) or if they will available after release was made available.Read More
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Persona 4 Arena Character Move Videos
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Atlus have released a series of short one minute tutorial videos for upcoming fighter Persona 4: Arena. These videos showcase some basic moves for each character -you’ve got your charged, heavy and air attacks naturally, but they also showcase some of the crazy combos that are capable as you build up your meter.
You’re not going to become an expert with a mere minute of instruction but if you want to see each characters persona in action, and get a taste of their fighting style, these videos are for you.Read More
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Penny Arcade Episode 3 Giveaway
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Psssst… did you know we reviewed Penny Arcade on the Precipice of Darkness: Episode 3? We enjoyed it so much we’re giving away two copies of the game today through our news articles. The first steam code for the game is below, at the end of the article. The second code will be hidden in another article later today.
This contest is a little different from the previous ones, that ran last month. To prevent bots from copying/claiming the code we’ve removed two numbers (1 – 9) in the code sequence. If you fill in the right numbers you too can play Penny Arcade Episode 3.
Steam Code: 3?HDD-G?QG9-QDFXY
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