Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
If you’re not suffering from overspending during the Steam Summer Sale this year, Valve has another weekly batch of weekend saving. Alan Wake, Alan Wake American Nightmare, and Sniper Elite V2 are on sale until the new daily sale goes up on Monday.
As of 1pm EST, Supreme Commander was added as Saturdays daily sale as well, going for only $3.74 USD at 75% off. For more details on the weekend sales games and pricing, read more.
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Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
While Connor is busy with the Templars on consoles, the first female assassin, Aveline de Grandpré will be continuing the battle in 18th century New Orleans on Sony’s PS Vita. Liberation allows players to experience a full-featured Assassin’s Creed game on a handheld device. Ubisoft promises a true experience including combat, free-roaming navigation and a rich story full of intrigue and twists.
Aveline is fighting for freedom in a city on the brink of a rebellion as the Spanish Empire imposes its new rule. The video below shows a couple examples of the touch pad uses in the game that is set to be released this Halloween, October 31.
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Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
After premiering at E3 this year, Kartuga has made lots of progress on both gameplay and visuals. Still in alpha stage the action MMOG is a big-budget browser game, developed by Hamburg’s Ticking Bomb Games. Featuring several role playing game elements Kartuga is a pirate themed adventure allowing players to choose one of three customizable ship classes to sail through a series of quests and missions.
The game is set to launch early in 2013. You can check out the games official site and pre-register for the upcoming closed beta now at http://www.kartuga.com The site also features more screens and a features list. Take a look at the high seas action below in the games latest trailer.
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Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack launched earlier this year for the PS Vita and now has made it’s way to Steam this week! To celebrate creator DrinkBox Studios currently has the game on sale for $7.19 via Valves digital download service. Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer follow up to Tales from Space: About a Blob.
The Steam for PC version of Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack features:
* Updated mini-game bonus levels crafted specifically for PC
* Support for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows and/or Keyboard-and-mouse controls
* New ultra-glorious high resolution art
* A wide range of environments: everything from a frat house to a metropolis
* Growth throughout levels that provides players with a constantly changing perspective on the in-game world
* Challenging puzzles mixed into the mayhem
* New hidden references and bad jokes
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Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
Frozenbyte is expanding Trine 2 with an all new campaign featuring six unique levels, new skills that are also useable in the base game, and all the general improvements and tweaks will be available to all players. Trine 2 features platform puzzler action allowing you to swap instantly between three different characters.
“Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an expansion that we wanted to cultivate with a lot of time, effort and love,” said Lauri Hyvärinen, Frozenbyte CEO, and continued: “We feel this expansion is our best work to date. If you have a chance, come visit us at gamescom to see for yourself!”
Trine 2: Goblin Menace will debut on Steam in the fall 2012. Trine 2: Goblin Menace will also be included in Trine 2: Director’s Cut for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system, coming later this year. More information, including additional platforms, release date and pricing, will be announced later.
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Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
Expendables 2 just hit theatres and to coincide with that release the video game is on XBLA, PSN and PC now too! Available for 1200MSP on XBLA or $14.99 for the PSN or PC version, the game features four playable characters from the movies roster. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) are available for four player co-op. Featuring twin stick combat and vehicular combat sequences too.
Our own Eric Bastelak wasn’t too impressed with the game unfortunately in his review however for hardcore fans of the franchise you may want to check it out just for the story. The video game ends off where The Expendables 2 movie begins. The video game focuses on an adventure to rescue an extremely valuable, kidnapped billionaire.
I’m loving the return of classic action movies and it’s great to see a series with so many big names brought together like this! I’ll definitely be checking out the movie soon, and I’m sure at some point I’ll be giving the demo to The Expendables 2 videogame a whirl too.
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Persona 4 Golden is coming exclusively to the PS Vita this Fall. Atlus has announced a pre-order bonus skin for your Vita! Manufactured in Japan by Dezaegg, this Vita skin is the same one made available to Japanese fans, including the original title for the game, Persona 4: The Golden.
Included are eight exclusive matching wallpapers as well, each featuring a main character from P4G. The game is a remastered version of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 released for the PS2. Mixing social simulation and dungeon exploring the Golden version features a new character, more voice acting and animated cut scenes. P4G also adds a new wireless feature allowing players to call on others for support when their party members are close to dying.
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Announced at Gamescom 2012, free to play title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online has entered open beta! You can start playing today by signing up at: www.ghostrecononline.com
Ubisoft has in game events and updates planned to support the third person shooter. GRO gives players the option to choose between three different classes of Ghost (Assault, Specialist or Recon). Featuring a leveling system you’ll be able to unlock new equipment and skils as you rise through the ranks. Players can use either in-game points or real currency to purchase and equip their Ghosts with weapons, gear and other boosts.
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Featuring more than 40 tracks from a variety of genres Ubisoft revealed the full song list recently to Just Dance 4! Planned for release on October 9th for Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3, the game is also set to be a launch title for the Wii-U.
The Wii-U version adds an up to 5-player gamplay with an exlusive Puppet Master Mode. This mode allows one player with the Wii-U GamePad to switch dance routines on the four other players in real-time. It allows the operator to create choreographies and choose playlists for the other players. The operator also has the ability to write on screen live dedications and take pictures and videos to share online.
Wii-U also includes three exclusive new tracks:
* The Girly Team – “Ain’t No Other Man”
* Cher Lloyd ft. Astro – “Want U Back”
* Jessie J – “Domino”
Read more for the full track list!
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Released on August 15th, Team Fortress 2 now has a co-op mode allowing players to take on waves of robots! With at least one new map and new achievements, the added mode features robots based on the games classes. At the end of each wave you’ll be able to upgrade your character’s abilities and weapons.
Team Fortress 2 is Valves hit classic that is now even free to play on Steam! Released in 2007 it still holds true to being a fan favourite. I’ve seen lots of cosplayers giving the different classes a go, lets see how many of the robotic versions make the convention scene now!
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
I’ve seen lots of posts comparing Rock Band Blitz to the classic Amplitude, and if that turns out to be an accurate representation of the game I’m very much okay with that! Being released on August 28th on PSN and the next day for XBLA it looks like a fun addition to the series for $14.99 and 1200MSP respectively. Not only do you get the full set list shown below if you read more, but the included songs also play on Rockband 3 at no additional charge with full instrument support!
The following songs were just recently announced:
* Foo Fighters – “These Days”
* Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
* Maroon 5 – “Moves Like Jagger”
* Queen – “Death on Two Legs”
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away”
* Soundgarden – “Spoonman”
For the full track list, read more.
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Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Neo Geo is making a return this December in the form of a portable with pre-loaded titles that can also be connected to a TV. The system itself comes with 20 games which is appropriate for the Neo Geo’s 20th anniversary celebration, a joystick gamepad, handheld device, and a ‘Neo Geo X Station’ to charge the handheld and connect it to TV’s or monitors via HDMI or A/V out hookups.
The system is set to be released on December 6th and retail for $199.99 USD. Neo Geo X Gold is scheduled for a worldwide release. For more details and info on included games, read more.
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Posted on August 14, 2012 by Les Major
Twitch TV hosted a ShootMania competition finale at this years E3. If you missed it check out the highlights below from Ubisoft’s youtube channel. ShootMania Storm comes to us from Nadeo, the developer of TrackMania. If you’re a fan of competitive multiplayer FPS games this one should definitely be worth checking out. Much like TrackMania it seems like ShootMania will feature lots of creative options for it’s fans.
ShootMania will include mapping and scripting tools as well as Machinima sharing and editing tools. For more information on ShootMania Storm, you can check out the official site: http://www.shootmania.com/
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Posted on August 14, 2012 by Les Major
It seems like just yesterday I was expressing my excitement over AC3’s naval warfare and today we already have a new trailer for the seafaring combat!
As Connor, you’ll lead your crew through rough waters and into battle against enemy ships. This interests me most of all being a fan of Skies of Arcadia which while AC3 isn’t an RPG, the naval combat tactics of coming alongside your enemy and releasing a barrage of cannon fire ring true. Playing out this kind of engagement sounds fantastic and set in the American Revolution AC3 is shaping up to be an amazing sequel.
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The above trailer contains mature content. Broken Joysticks is not responsible for moderating the content of said trailers, as we use third party video solutions.
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Posted on August 14, 2012 by Les Major
This past weekend the Play! Pokémon season wrapped up in Waikoloa, Hawaii at the 2012 Pokémon World Championships. Six champions rose to be the worlds best Pokémon trading card game and video game players. Hundreds of players from 30 countries were in attendance. Each player began almost a year ago competing in the Play! Pokémon season sanctioned by The Pokémon Company International.
For full details on results and what was rewarded for their dedication, check after the break for full details!
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