Category: Archive
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Release Date Confirmed
The fourth entry in the Sly Cooper series has been given a release date with Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time hitting shelves February 5 2013 and March 27, 2013 in Europe.
Get in the Holiday Spirit with a Skyrim Giveaway!
Around the Broken Joysticks offices, it’s beginning to look a lot like SKYRIM-mas! Bethesda were kind enough to send us a Steam code for the retail release of Skyrim, in addition to an extra Xbox 360 DLC code for the Dragonborn DLC, which we’re currently playing through for review purposes. So we figured we’d take […]
Ruffian Reveals Streets of Rage Reboot Concept
As we play video games in the current age of reboots, revisions and remasters, developers are always looking to revive vintage franchises that may have been lost in the annals of time for both hardened fans who can wax poetic of the classics, and the new generation of potential fans. Now, one such franchise that […]
Final Nintendo Power Issue Cover Revealed
After twenty-four years of insightful first-hand information about your favorite Nintendo games, and the countless previews, reviews, tips and tricks from the sources, Nintendo Power has finally come to an end. The final issue’s cover made its way to the Internet (the very entity that undoubtedly defeat Nintendo Power but alas) via Twitter, and it’s […]
Nintendo Requests Not To Turn Off Your Wii U While Updating
You’ve probably seen in any number of games, or even on your PC not to turn it off while updating or saving. Nintendo is reminding users however due to the lengthy initial update for the Wii U. They “highly recommend that any Wii U owner does not stop the system update while in progress.” Updating […]
Microsoft Details Their Black Friday Sale
Like so many other retailers, Black Friday is a time to get really good deals. Xbox Live is no exception as Microsoft has announced their lineup for Black Friday. There are some really good arcade titles, some Windows Phone games, Avatar stuff, and game add-ons. So check out everything below! Games on Demand Left 4 […]
Rara.com Streaming Music Service – Mini Review
You can listen to Halo 4’s soundtrack on Rara.com so this is counts as video game news. This service was something I never knew I wanted. Recently, Microsoft launched their Xbox Music service and I decided to give that a go. Playing tons of albums I wanted on my Xbox seemed great, so I gave […]
Wii U Does Not Support Achievements
Thinking of signing up and start raking up achievements? Not so fast there. Nintendo does not currently support a universe achievement feature in the Wii U. Jeremiah Slaczka, the creative director and co-founder of the studio 5TH Cell posted on the popular video game forum NeoGAF earlier this week. In the post, he makes mention […]
Retailers Recieving Arkham City Armored Edition Soon
In a press release issued today, Warner Bros. announced that the Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition is shipping to retailers today in preparation for launch with the Wii-U system on November 18th. Those unfamiliar with Nintendo will scratch their heads at the Sunday release date, however, that is simply how Nintendo rolls as it pertains […]
New Trailer for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for WiiU
Sega of America released the brand-new trailer for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, this time specifically dedicated to the WiiU version. While at first glance this game seems to look on par with the current generation consoles’ version, Sumo Digital has made it quite clear to utilize the WiiU Gamepad as much as possible. There […]
The Witch and the Hundred Knights Summoning in 2013
While our review for Mugen Souls is right around the corner and we’re going to have quite a focus on NISA soon, I wanted to mention an upcoming title of theirs. The Witch and the Hundred Knights is a Nippon Ichi Software developed game with more wonderful artwork by Takehito Harada!
Three Main Characters Star In GTA V
It’s been rumoured that GTA V would feature more than one main character, and today Game Informer’s December issue launched digitally. You can see the full cover and pick up a subscription here on Game Informer’s website. Read on for more details!
New Skyrim DLC – Dragonborn
Just a quick post to get this new trailer in front of your faces! Straight from Bethesda comes this trailer for Dragonborn, the next DLC package for Skyrim. I’ll not sully up the post with extraneous words here; straight to the video! [youtube id=”UTOLSL7-D_I” width=”600″ height=”338″] This DLC package comes out on December 4th, and […]
Combine Pumpkin Carving and Tetris, Get Pumpktris
Nathan Pryor posted something pretty remarkable on youtube. A pumpkin carved with 128 squares for LED’s, which users can control a fully playable version of Tetris on by moving the stem on top which serves as the joystick. Check it out here:
Closure of Broken Joysticks Forums
Our forums will be riding off into the sunset tomorrow… Here’s the announcement: Phase out of Community Forums Effective November 1st the BrokenJoysticks community forums will no longer be active. We appreciate everyone who took the time to sign up and enjoy during this two month trial run. As a staff we learned quite a […]