October 30, 2012

MechWarrior Online Sets Sight On Open Beta

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Piranha Games’ free to play take on the MechWarrior franchise entered open beta yesterday. Announced by publisher Infinite Game Publishing, anyone can register on the Mechwarrior Online site and begin downloading the client right away. Free mech based combat? Sign us up!

MechWarrior being a free to play game means of course that certain features, weapons and mechs are locked for paying members only. Founders also get additional XP, $50 of in game currency and the founders’ exclusive Jenner mech.

The beta was expected to begin a little earlier, and IGP has released a statement apologizing for the brief delay. Read it after the jump, or ya know sign up for the game and start blasting stuff away!

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Grand Theft Auto V Releases Spring 2013

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Rockstar Games has confirmed today thatGrand Theft Auto V will release in the Spring of next year – 2013! Pre-orders are not available at your local game store yet, but you should be able to start pre-ordering starting November 5th, 2012.

Grand Theft Auto V will be set in a modern day southern California (San Andreas…) that promises to take you “from the tops of the mountains to the depths of the ocean.”

No exact date, obviously, has been narrowed down yet – but when it does you can be sure we will be here to inform you on any and everything GTA V.

What are some new additions you all would like to see added to this next installment of the GTA series?

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Disney Buys Lucas Film, Promises Star Wars VII

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Les Major

In news that will no doubt flow over into video games, and makes one wonder what in the world future Kingdom Hearts games will include now that Disney has both Marvel titles and Lucas Arts titles, Disney has purchased Lucas Film. News has it to the tune of $4.05 Billion.

This is very surprising news including that Disney plans to release Star Wars episode VII by 2015. I’m actually skeptical about all of this still since it seems very surreal.

News media is quoting George Lucas as saying, “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.”

What do you think?

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Nightmare In North Point DLC Released Today

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Les Major

Want some supernatural horror action in your Sleeping Dogs for Halloween? United Front Games has you covered with their latest DLC pack. Surprisingly for how much fun it looks like, see the trailer here, this add-on is only $4.99. I’ll definitely be giving it a go so I’ll be sure to post my impressions later.

If you’ve gotten no where in the game and you’ve just been driving around, spoilers ahead. Here is the info about the DLC from Steam.Read More

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Closure of Broken Joysticks Forums

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Our forums will be riding off into the sunset tomorrow… Here’s the announcement:

Phase out of Community Forums
Effective November 1st the BrokenJoysticks community forums will no longer be active. We appreciate everyone who took the time to sign up and enjoy during this two month trial run. As a staff we learned quite a bit about what goes into fostering and maintaining a successful community. We feel that at this time the amount of moderation required to keep the forums clean of spam outweighs the benefit.

To those dedicated few who have stayed with us, don’t fret. We will be working on a solution to the problem with a better, upgraded message board to launch sometime in 2013. We want to make sure that the Broken Joysticks forums are easy to use, well maintained and not full of Chinese advertisements.

We will keep them archived and hopefully when it is time to roll out the new forums sometime next year as many accounts and messages will be archived there.
Thanks again!

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Dragon’s Dogma | Review

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jason Fayta

Editor’s note:  Storms are raging on the east coast of Canada and the United States right now. Here’s a review from our very own Jason Fayta as he looks back on this past spring’s Dragon’s Dogma. Our original content schedule should be back on track soon!

Version tested: PlayStation 3

Capcom, famed developer and publisher that has brought gamers such franchises as Resident Evil and Street Fighter, enters the action role-playing genre on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Dragon’s Dogma, a successful foray into fantasy open-world role-playing games.

Taking inspiration from Skyrim, Dark Souls, and Capcom’s own offerings, Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry, Dragon’s Dogma stands out by being derivative of several games and in turn becomes uniquely its own title and hopefully it’ll be the start of a new series.Read More

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Mario Kart 7, Star Fox and Zelda OOT Added To JPN 3DS E-Shop

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo’s latest update to the Japanese E-Shop almost reads like a best of list for any 3DS newcomer. If you’ve got spare change to burn, a Japanese 3DS and a large memory card then you my friend are in for one hell of a gaming experience.

According to this very Japanese web page – what appears to be a list of 3DS E Shop release dates – Nintendo is poised to add The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 7 and Mario 3D Land to the roster of downloadable titles available in their native Japan.

Here’s the full breakdown (all games releasing digitally November 1 supposedly)

Mario Kart 7 priced at 4,300 YEN
Super Mario 3D Land priced at 4,300 YEN
Ocarina of Time priced at 4,300 YEN

If we get any news about these possibly coming stateside we will let you know. If you can read it – check out Nintendo’s official 3DS Eshop page.

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