Posted on April 21, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
A reminder to all of you Xbox Live Silver members out there that several of the “entertainment apps” on the Xbox 360 are free until Monday April 23. Now you too can watch Netflix, YouTube or Dailymotion without working over at least $4 a month to Microsoft.
Or you know, you could always use the flash enabled browser on a PlayStation 3 and visit most of these sites free of charge. I hear they also have the internet on computers now! Check out a full list of the free apps after the jump.Read More
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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The third entry in the New Super Mario Bros series was announced this evening by Nintendo via streaming conference. Super Mario Bros 2 will be released this August in Japan according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
Alongside the announcement and the reveal of the game’s logo, which you can check out above, a few screenshots are making the rounds/ Interestingly the game seems to be inspired by the classic Super Mario Bros 3 (1990, NES). Elements from that game present in the screens include the P Wing item, which in previous games allow you to skip single stages, and the Power Leaf power up which allows Mario to fly.
Check out the screenshots of the game below after the jump. There is still no solid release date for North America but Nintendo of America’s twitter did make reference to the game being released in August.Read More
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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
A number of choice Halo 4 screenshots have found their way on to the internet thanks to All Games Beta. These new screenshots go beyond the Red Vs Blue multiplayer mode that was revealed earlier this week. We get our first look at the single player campaign through Master Chief’s visor as well as a new look at Chief’s revised armor.
Check out several of the new screenshots and our analysis after the jump.Read More
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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Activision may be set to reveal the next installment in the Call of Duty Franchise early next month. Both Kotaku and IGN report that retailers have received promotional artwork suggesting that the next COD title will be revealed on Wednesday May 2nd 2012. All of the promotional material carry the tagline “05.02.12 Return for Debriefing”.
The last few Call of Duty titles have had spring reveals in recent years. After a massive media leak in early May 2011 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 was revealed on May 23rd 2011. There is certainly a precedent for the Black Ops 2 to be revealed next month.
Check out the supposed promotional materials after the jump.
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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Get ready to treat your mouse hand for carpel tunnel with the announcement that the Diablo II beta will be open for all to play this weekend. Starting today you can download the client and play one act in the campaign, allowing you to level up your chosen class to level 13.
Not only is this open beta great promotion for Diablo III‘s release but also a great opportunity for Blizzard to stress test the servers before the game’s May 15th launch. What are you waiting for? Head on over to Battle.net and download the beta client NOW!
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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
One of Capcom’s most beloved fighting games, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, will make its mobile debut on iOS this summer the publisher announced this morning. Surprisingly the game will release in just under a week’s time, on April 25th.
This portable port of MVC brings the full arcade experience including all 50+ characters and the classic tag-team battle system that has made the Vs. system a fighting fixture. Ever wanted to know who would win between Venom and Megaman or Spider-Man and Captain Commando? Now you can settle those disputes while on the go!
No price for the iOS version of Marvel Vs Capcom 2 was announced at the time of writing.
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Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Racing titles have always been at the core of Codemasters and for those of us who have been involved in this industry for awhile the name brings to mind games like the Colin McRae’s Dirt, GRID or F1 series of games. Of course they don’t publish racing games exclusively but with a renewed focus on the tarmac this is about to change.
After the release of games like The Lord of the Rings Online and several Operation Flashpoint games the publisher has found little success in either the MMO or shooter markets. Despite their best efforts their continued success has come with their fantastic racing titles.Read More
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Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Have you been waiting for the extra maps that Call of Duty Elite premium members have got to enjoy for the past four months? Non premium elite members and the general public can now purchase Content Collection #1 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the PlayStation network for $14.99.
Content Collection #1 includes the maps Liberation, Plaza, Over Qatch and Black Box as well as the Spec Ops missions Negotiator and Black Ice.
Activision will also be hosting a double XP weekend that runs through this Sunday to celebrate the release of Content Collection #1. The additional content was originally released on the Xbox 360 to paying elite members this past January.
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Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Kratos has spent five games defeating the Greek gods and now he’s back for even more blood fueled vengeance in the sixth title in the series, God of War: Ascension. Confirmed by Sony last night, and leaked online by retailers earlier in the day, Ascension will see Kratos return to the PlayStation 3 after his 2010 outing on the Playstation Portable.
Confirmation of the game’s existence isn’t the only blood soaked treat we’ve got to enjoy. A teaser trailer for the game leaked online last night as well. Ascension serves a prequel to the previous three console games. Will Ascension possibly showing a much calmer Kratos? I highly doubt that! Kratos will probably solve his disputes with grotesque violence rather than words.
Check out the trailer after the jump.Read More
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Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Prey 2 has had a rocky few months. First came the news that the game’s developers would not be speaking at the Games Developers Conference this past March followed by rumors that the game had been cancelled. Today Bethesda finally provided an update for all us waiting to hear about the status of Human Head’s next game.Read More
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Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The latest title published by Kalypso Media, Air Conflicts: Secret Wars, has been released on to Xbox Live according to the publisher. If you’re looking to let out your inner pilot you can do so for a mere 1600 Microsoft Points ($15 USD).
Air Conflict is an arcade style flight combat game that spans both World War 1 and World War 2. Boasting seven campaigns, 49 missions, and varying objectives like bombing runs and hit & runs on targets. Air Conflict seems like it would appeal to both military fanatics (I’m looking at you fellow Broken Joysticks Staffer Daniel Shannon!) and casual flight fans.
If this sounds up your alley why not download the trial? It’s free and can be accessed from Xbox.com.
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Posted on April 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
When gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto speaks the entire gaming landscape pauses for a second and listens. With rumors circulating that Super Mario 4 would be announced this year, more than 20 years after the release of Super Mario 3 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, people took notice.
Speaking to Korean website BetaNews the man himself confirmed that the game was under development. Unfortunately outside of those details he offered little else.
“We have Mario team in company, so we are making Super Mario 4. But only I can say is, we just announced that game. More details will be revealed later.”
Perhaps an E3 2012 reveal? Word has been that this will be the big “coming out” party for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U.
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Posted on April 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Following on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Halo 4 would be launching on November 6th Microsoft have announced some brand new details surrounding the games multiplayer mode. These majority of these details come from a GameInformer ViDoc released to promote the latest edition of the magazine. Other supposed details surrounding the multiplayer also leaked out last week.
The multiplayer suite of Halo 4 could offer a radically different experience from previous Halo games depending on how far reaching 343 Industries’ changes are.Read More
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Posted on April 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
After the successful port of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded to the Xbox 360 and PS3 this past fall Activision has announced 007 Legends for release this fall. The publisher is touting Legends as a celebration of the past 50 years of the Bond franchise.
Legends will span six different films concluding with the evens from the latest film, SKYFALL, which is also due out this fall. Activision did not provide specific details surrounding which films will be included in 007 Legends. Hopefully they choose their choices wisely – we’ve already seen games based upon Goldeneye and From Russia With Love from Activision and The World is Not Enough from Electronic Arts during the early parts of the ’00s.Read More
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Posted on April 16, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
One of the next big titles for the PlayStation Vita, Gravity Rush, will be receiving a playable demo two weeks before its June 2012 launch. The demo will hit the PlayStation Network on May 29th in North American and May 30th in Europe.
Gravity Rush tells the tale of Kat, a young girl who gains the ability to defy gravity, allowing her to run along the sides of buildings and float through the air. The game brings a unique approach to both traditional platformers and combat as players must navigate an ever changing landscape and level up Kat’s abilities.
Gravity Rush launched in Japan as “Gravity Daze”, one of the launch titles for the PlayStation Vita. It promises to be one of the more intriguing games the system has to offer.
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