Author: Rae Michelle Richards
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PS Vita Impressions
Konami’s most famous mercenary for hire, Solid Snake, has infiltrated the Playstation Vita with the release of the Metal Gear Solid Collection. In a Broken Joysticks first two different editors will be reviewing the game sometime next week. EIC Rae Michelle Langdon will be handling the port of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Executive Editor […]
Clan of Champions Coming To PSN This Summer
NIS America, publisher of some landmark RPGS including the DIsgaea franchise amongst others, announced today that Clan of Champions will be released on the PlayStation Network later this summer. Sadly the game will not be available on the Xbox Live Arcade, as was previously announced. Champions is a multiplayer focused action game with fast based […]
Amazing Spider-Man Stan Lee Trailer
Spider-Man’s creator Stan Lee has appeared in every movie produced by Marvel Studios thus far but he has only appeared as a voice-over in the virtual realm. All of this about to change with the inclusion of the sunglass wearing creative master of a playable in character in The Amazing Spider-Man. if you’ve ever wanted […]
Black Ops 2: Declassified Offical Blurb
Aside from a logo unveiled during Sony’s E3 press conference two weeks we haven’t heard many details surrounding Activision’s upcoming portable version of Call of Duty Black Ops 2. We can’t to try it out on the Vita, as the first person shooter genre isn’t well represented on the platform. From the official blurb it […]
Don’t Expect Starcraft Ghost Anytime Soon
A lot has happened in the past decade in terms of gaming, we’ve seen the launch and decline of the seventh generation of home consoles as well as Sony entering the portable space with the PSP and following it up with the PlayStation Vita seven years later. Perhaps no project, save Half-Life 3, has been […]
God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition Revealed
Get ready to rip off the heads of your enemies with brutal force with he God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition. This special edition of godly proportions packs in an 8 inch Kratos Statue, steel case, in game- DLC and official soundtrack and is available for pre-order right now! The fact that Collector’s Edition is […]
Microsoft Won’t Have a Presence At TGS or Gamescom 2012
Microsoft will be skipping out on both the Tokyo Games Show and Gamcom in Germnay this year in order to focus on smaller promotional events the hardware manufacturer announced today through Major Nelson’s blog. This leaves Sony as the only big manufacturer left to attend Gamescom, which is the largest public gaming convention in the […]
Babel Rising Launches On Xbox Live Arcade & PlayStation Network
Ever wanted the power to smite an entire civilization? Ubisoft grants us all this power in their latest Xbox Live Arcade / PSN title Babel Rising. The goal in tower of Babel is to prevent the people of Babylon from building the ancient Tower of Babel, and in order to accomplish this players must use […]
Jagged Alliance: Back In Action Announced
The first standalone expansion pack for Jagged Alliance: Back In Action was announced this morning. Jagged Alliance: Crossfire thrusts players into the country of Khanpaa, a peaceful place constantly under siege by mercenary groups. Crossfire is set to offer a mix of RPG, RTS and economic management and a unique fog of war system that […]
Apple Introduces New Retina Display Macbooks
At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Apple announced the latest version of their Macbook Air and Macbook Pro notebooks. Along with new hardware under the hood Apple also includes their impressive Retina displays in some of their new models. The brand new Macbook Air will come in 11 inch and 13 inch flavors […]
Metal Gear Solid Online Uses Up All Its Rations, Being Taken Offline
Konami announced this afternoon that the last big event for Metal Gear Solid Online, the multiplayer portion of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be running for the next 24 hours before the game is taken permanently offline. Since this past April all of MGO’s expansion packs have been free for members […]
Pre-Order Persona 4 Arena And Receive a Free Soundtrack
Persona 4 Arena the Xbox 360 and PS3 fighting game spinoff featuring characters from the Persona series just got a little bit sweeter with the announcement of a new pre-order incentive. By pre-ordering the game for either platform you’ll receive a limited edition CD featuring tracks from the game. Persona & Shin Megami Tensai composer […]
Resistance Burning Skies | Review
When the Resistance franchise launched alongside the PlayStation 3 gamers were excited for the brand IP. Now the fifth game in the franchise comes to the recently launched PlayStation Vita. Can Nihilistic Software’s story of a firefighter thrust into an unfortunate situation show us what the Vita can do? We’ve spent a considerable amount of […]
SEGA Shutting Down Xbox 360 Phantasy Star Servers
The lights will finally go out for SEGA’s Phantasy Star Universe on September 7th, just three short months from now. The Xbox 360 version of the game is actually the last of three released (the game also came out for PS2 and PC) to support online play but that is about to come to an […]
League of Legends EU Accounts Compromised
We are no strangers to Riot Game’s PC MOBA title League of Legends here at Broken Joysticks. It’s disheartening to hear that the games West and Nordic European servers have been compromised and encrypted passwords & email addresses have been placed in the hands of those who would use them for harm. The company says […]