Author: Broken Joysticks
The Marksmen Have Arrived! lets take a look at Graves! With Hoodie Joy
League of Legends preseason for season 6 has hit, and it’s a doozy. We’ve got some heavy hitting changes, and one of the heaviest hitters is Graves. Graves has always had trouble finding his niche to fit, but now it’s even harder. Because he can go everywhere. Graves is overpowered. You can argue people just haven’t […]
Life is Strange Getting Physical Release In January
Square Enix has announced that Life is Strange will be getting a physical, Limited Edition release. It will debut for PS4 and Xbox One on the 19th of January, with Europe also recieving a version for pc. It comes with a 32-page artbook, the soundtrack, and a director’s commentary.
Friday the 13th Game Manages To Reach Kickstarter Goal
With only a few days left on the clock, the Friday the 13th project by relatively new studio Gun Media has managed to inch past its 700.000 dollar goal on kickstarter. The game, which will be a multiplayer focused title pitting one player controlling Jason against seven camp counsellors, is set to be released in […]
Pre-Orders Open for Samsung’s $100 VR Headset
Samsung has just made their $100 VR Headset available for pre-order at Best Buy. The device only works in combination with a variety of Samsung devices, the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 and S6 Edge, and comes pre-loaded with a bunch of 3D movie trailers and “360° videos”. A lot of sites have […]
Nintendo Direct to be on November 12
A new Nintendo Direct is going to be held on the 12th at 2 PM PST, only two days from now. The link is already up and can be found here. Nintendo is still very much Nintendo and hasn’t really told us what is going to be included in the conference, but I think it’s […]
Bob Ross to Become a Permanent Part of Twitch.TV
After bringing in 5.6 million unique viewers, with a peak viewer count of over 183.000 watching at the same time, it is fair to say the experiment of putting up Bob Ross on Twitch was a resounding success. As a result of the near universal positive feedback, Twitch will now regularly stream an entire season […]
LoL Preseason Breakdown, Everything you need to know
League of Legends preseason is coming up, and that means everything is about to change. We have a lot of official information from their site and unofficial information from the PBE. Most champions with Mana as a resource are getting new mana pool sizes and scaling to adjust for mana pots being removed, and several […]
We Know The Devil
We Know the Devil? Well, let’s start off with some warnings. This game hurts. It might not for you, but it hurt for me. You’ll probably look at one of the characters and before they even talk about themselves, think something about them. It’s very short, and plays in your browser. It’s a VN, more […]
Torment: Tides of Numenera Switches Project Lead, Now set for 2016 release
In an update on kickstarter, developer inXile has announced its spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment will be releasing somewhere in 2016, moving the date back from its original Q4 2015 release window. It has also been announced that project manager Kevin Saunders will be leaving the studio. He will be replaced by Wasteland 2 lead […]
New Character “Dark Mewtwo” Revealed for Pokken Tournament
During a Japanese livestream of Pokken last night, the new character “Dark Mewtwo” was revealed for the upcoming pokemon fighting spin-off Pokken Tournament, which is being developed by Namco-Bandai.
Just What The Hell Are They Yelling About: An Introduction to Hearthstone
Earlier this week the Hearthstone World Championship officially started. Even though it was only the round of 16, viewer count peaked at over 100K, briefly becoming the most viewed game on Twitch. The Hearthstone competitive scene is big, and it’s a pretty cool place. I’ve enjoyed following competitive Hearthstone ever since its beta, and I […]
Happy Halloween: Destiny Gets More Microtransactions
An update this morning has added more ways to spend money in Destiny. For 200 silvers players can buy Treasures of the Lost Chests which can contain small randomized items such as legendary masks and Jackolytes. One dollar is equivelant to 100 silver coins. In addition to the chests, emotes can also be bought with prices ranging from […]
YouTube Red Blocking Certain Gaming Videos in the United States
Last week YouTube announced the premiere of YouTube Red. This service allows content creators to gate off some of their videos behind a subscription fee. It seems however that as with every major change YouTube seems to make, there have been some issues. Certain gaming companies have not yet agreed to the terms for YouTube Red […]
Convention Report: Experiencing The Weirdness of IndieCade 2015
Writing and Photos By: Renee Gittins IndieCade is weird. So often “weird” is seen as a negative term, but weird is celebrated here. The games and activities showcase that the abnormal is often fun. In the Los Angeles heat, indie developers, gamers, parents and children enjoy the fun, thought-provoking and silly experiences. IndieCade celebrates innovation […]
The Problem with Life Is Strange’s Ending
*Sighs deeply* You know, this wasn’t the article I wanted to write. It really wasn’t. Let me get this out of the way: I love Life Is Strange. I love the empathy it shows in giving even most of its villains depth and meaning. I love how most of the time it manages to tap […]