Second Dimension: The Warrior’s Code Interview


Posted on March 26, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

The fighting game community (FGC) has grown from holding local events at smaller venues to occupying ballrooms at four-star establishments with talent from all across the globe attending. Major sponsors such as Capcom, Namco Bandai, and others are responsible for the development of some of the world’s most famous franchises in gaming, and are showcased at a central tournament featuring the top fighting talent from across the world. With major prize pools, fighting games are now reaching a platform that can be compared to traditional eSports.

Every week, I’ll be posting interviews I’ve had the pleasure of conducting with members of the fighting game community. The interviews will touch upon their history in the FGC, where they got their start, and what they’d like to see from video games in general.

This weeks guest is a man who has been catching my attention as of late in tournaments: Tayson Defas a.k.a. GU Tayson.Read More


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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk | Review


Posted on March 25, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Tecmo Koei is probably best known for its innovative and creative item crafting based series Atelier, developed by Gust, which is one of the more respected series in the JRPG genre. Whereas other JRPGs have usually focused on straight-forward “save the world” stories, and many other games skewing darker and darker in the modern gaming world, it is nice to know that a developer can still put out something nice and fluffy, while nonetheless, still be engaging and entertaining.Read More


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Second Dimension: The Warrior’s Code Interview


Posted on March 21, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

The fighting game community (FGC) has grown from holding local events at smaller venues to occupying ballrooms at four-star establishments with talent from all across the globe attending. Major sponsors such as Capcom, Namco Bandai, and others are responsible for the development of some of the world’s most famous franchises in gaming, and are showcased at a central tournament featuring the top fighting talent from across the world. With major prize pools, fighting games are now reaching a platform that can be compared to traditional eSports.

Every week, I’ll be posting interviews I’ve had the pleasure of conducting with members of the fighting game community. The interviews will touch upon their history in the FGC, where they got their start, and what they’d like to see from video games in general.

This weeks guest is a man I admire and look up to currently in the FGC: Brian Garcia a.k.a. MH | AlukardNY.Read More


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Injustice: Gods Among Us Season Pass Information


Posted on March 21, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

More information from NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros Interactive Games as they have announced a Season Pass for Injustice: Gods Among Us. The season pass like the one for Mortal Kombat before it, will be to purchase four future DLC characters for the price of three. Added along with the characters, the season pass will contain a bonus skin pack based on the Flashpoint storyline for Aquaman, Deathstroke and Wonder Woman. The season pass is priced for $14.99 and 1200 Microsoft points respectively and will be available on April 16th. No word yet for the Wii-U version of the game but once there is information we will update the story. Below you can see the press release and a photo of for the season pass announcement.Read More


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Black Adam Officially Announced As A Playable Fighter


Posted on March 20, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Last article I had wrote about the many different ways that Black Adam has been outed as a potential fighter. Toys, magazine references as well as showcased on the character select screen for the game. Today the official Injustice: Gods Among Us facebook page confirmed his inclusion as a playable fighter for the game. So far there’s no reference to how he’ll play except in one screenshot he is shooting lightning from his hands. He might potentially play like Shazam with minor tweaks here and there. Until we get more info, enjoy the screenshots of Black Adam below.Read More


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Injustice: Gods Among Us New Character Reveals


Posted on March 15, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

This week, Ed Boon revealed two more characters for Injustice: Gods Among Us: Raven and Doomsday. Doomsday of course, whether or not you read comics is famous as being the man who killed Superman during the Death of Superman storyline. Raven on the other hand isn’t known to many who don’t follow comics unless they watched the Teen Titans cartoon which she is a member of the team. Read More


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Injustice Battle Arena Quarter Final Match Results


Posted on March 15, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

As the battle arena tournament reaches the next level, voting on some of these characters are becoming harder for most die hard DC comic fans. Fans got to vote the outcome of the four quarter final matches between Batman vs Wonder Woman, Flash vs the Joker, Aquaman vs Green Lantern and Superman vs Green Arrow. I won’t spoil who wins each but there is a surprise outcome many probably didn’t expect. Some interesting things can be found in the video like what seems to be Themyscira and a new intro for Superman when using his alternate attire. All four videos can be seen below with the matches for the semi finals posted below.Read More


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Second Dimension: The Warrior’s Code Interview


Posted on March 11, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

The fighting game community (FGC) has grown from holding local events at smaller venues to occupying ballrooms at four-star establishments with talent from all across the globe attending. Major sponsors such as Capcom, Namco Bandai, and others are responsible for the development of some of the world’s most famous franchises in gaming, and a central tournament featuring the top fighting talent from across the world. With major prize pools, fighting games are now reaching a platform that can be compared to traditional eSports.Read More


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Sleeping Dogs: Year of the Snake DLC Out Next Week


Posted on March 8, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Announced today by Square Enix, the last of the DLC for their game Sleeping Dogs titled Year of the Snake will be released next week across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The DLC starts you immediately after the events of the main game with main character Wei Shen being placed back on the Hong Kong Police Department and tasked with redeeming himself.Read More


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Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler Release Date Announced


Posted on March 4, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Announced today via the PS Blog, Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler will be released in May 2013. You may have remembered this game being announced during Gamescom 2012. This game is being developed by Moonbot Studios with help from their creative partner, William Joyce. William Joyce is an author, illustrator and filmmaker and has had a hand works such as Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Meet the Robinsons and Rise of the Guardians.Read More


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New Characters Join The Battle Royale


Posted on February 27, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

It was announced today by Lead Game Designer from Sony Santa Monica Seth Killian, during his visit to the IGN offices that the next DLC for PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale has been decided and dated. Isaac Clarke, the main character of the Dead Space series and Zeus, from the God of War series. Along with those two is a stage which is a hybrid of MediEvil and The Unfinished Swan. No price has been announced for this pack but the date was set for March 19, 2013. Below is a video preview for the two characters and the stage along with a second video where Seth Killian himself breaks down the two characters in a lengthy video. While SuperBot aren’t in control of the game anymore, it shows Sony is still continuing support with the Santa Monica studio in charge.Read More


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Hawkgirl And Sinestro Confirmed For Injustice: Gods Among Us


Posted on February 25, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

 

Today, the Injustice Battle Arena website has posted the next series of fights which at the same reveal two playable characters who have been rumored to be in the game in previous trailers: Sinestro of the Sinestro Corp and Hawkgirl. Each character will be facing off against already revealed characters, Superman for Sinestro and Green Arrow for Hawkgirl. These fights are the last in the Injustice Battle Arena tournament with next week going into the quarter finals of the tournament. With these two characters, the playable roster has risen to 19 characters. Below you can find the announcement of the final bracket (Superman vs Sinestro and Hawkgirl vs Green Arrow) along with the bio cards for the newly announced characters. Remember to vote here as voting each week for the possible winners will enter you into a sweepstakes. Injustice: Gods Among us will be released April 16 across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.Read More


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Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time | Review


Posted on February 25, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

Version tested: PlayStation 3

The Sly Cooper series was one of the more iconic franchises for the PlayStation 2. These interesting games (Sly Cooper and Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves) were centered around stealth mechanics and had you play as a good-hearted thief named Sly who lived in a world full of anthropomorphic animals. The series was fun and had a lot going for it. However, unlike other popular PlayStation 2 franchises, such as Ratchet & Clank, Sly and his merry band of thieves have been notably absent from this generation of consoles. Read More


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Injustice Battle Arena Week 1 Results And Shazam Confirmation


Posted on February 11, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

We mentioned last week about the Injustice Battle Arena site where fans get to vote who would win in a battle. The first week battles are over (Batman vs Bane and Wonder Woman vs Harley Quinn). The next week battles have been confirmed and Shazam, who was leaked a few week back has been confirmed as a playable character as he is matched up in the second week taking on The Flash. With Billy Batson’s inclusion this completes the list of characters from DC who were in Mortal Kombat vs DC (minus Darkseid). Also for week two The Joker will be squaring off against Lex Luther. You can vote at the official site here and being one of the first to cast your vote usually nets you a free item so take advantage. Below you can find the result videos of week 1 as well as the week 2 announcement which shows Shazam as a playable fighter. Injustice: Gods Among us is out April 16th.Read More


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