Category: News
Rage Against The Machine Rebel Their Way To Rockband Store
Politically charged Rock legends Rage against the Machine head to the Rock Band Store this week for both the Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation Network. Three tracks are now available for each version, included in the Rage Against the Machine pack are “Killing in the name of” from RATM’s self-titled 1992 album and “Sleep Now In […]
Good Old Games Adds Two Classic Stealth Titles
We’re no strangers to Good Old Games here at BrokenJoysticks. Not only do we use them for some of our PC centric reviews but also some of the codes given away work on their service. It is safe to say that GOG gets our seal of approval. The DRM free digital distribution platform recently added […]
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble In New Pinball FX Table
Zen Studios, the pinball wizards behind the excellent Pinball FX 2, have revealed Earth’s Mightiest pinball table themed after Marvel’s Avengers. Just in time for the movie of the same name this table features custom balls for each of the five avengers – Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Captian America. The Marvel Avenger […]
Bird Mania 3D and Amobattle Come To 3DS/DSI Eshops
Nintendo has revealed the latest downloadable games for the 3DS and DSIware services. On the Nintendo 3DS you can snag Bird Mania 3D, and on DSiware you can score the cell shaded titled Amoebattle. We’ve got the descriptions for both games below: Nintendo eShop Bird Mania 3D – Bird Mania 3D is a skill-based action game […]
Batman Arkham City 50% Off On Steam This Weekend
Quick, to the batmobile! This weekend’s deal on Steam is particularly tempting for all us comic fans out there. Until Monday May 7th Batman Arkham City has been discounted on steam to an absolutely mind blowing $14.99! For that price you’d have to be as mad as the joker not to pick up Arkham City […]
EA Admits to Poor Origin Communication
Origin, Electronic Art’s digital distribution platform that has been around for just over a year now has turned to its user base to help get some corners smoothed out. EA, admitting they could have done a better job in “communicating what’s available” is hoping to improve this by asking its 9.3 million registered users for […]
Ghost Recon Future Soldier Goes Gold
Ghost Recon Future Soldier the long in development six entry in the Ghost Recon franchise has gone gold according to Ubisoft. This third person shooter imagines a near-future world where next generation soldiers make use of technologies like active camo, special camouflage that decreases the subjects visibility to the enemy. Other improvements to the series […]
Facebook IPO Could Make Them A Major Player In The Gaming World
All eyes are on Facebook’s impending initial public offering, with rumblings of the company’s stock being open to the public in a little as two weeks. The world of business and the world of gaming very rarely collide with positive results, and the few times business stories have appeared on our front page we were […]
Check Out MechWarrior Online’s Long Range Devastator
A new mech from Pirhana Game’s upcoming MechWarrior Online has been revealed. The Catapult mech uses long range missiles in order to obliterate its targets. When paired with a spotter the Catapult can devastate opponents who aren’t within visible range. Rounding out the Catapult’s offense package are a series of four laser cannons and freaking […]
Nintendo To Support Digital Downloads
Starting in August Nintendo will begin releasing its first party titles, and possibly allowing third party titles in both physical and digital releases simultaneously. This new digital distribution service is going to affect both the 3DS and the Wii U when it launches later this year. This new digital distribution service isn’t just going to […]
Skyrim’s First DLC – Dawnguard – Arrives This Summer
One of 2011’s finest games, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will receive its first dose of downloadable content with the release of Dawnguard this summer Bethesda has announced. In a similar fashion to Activision’s Call of Duty DLC the Xbox 360 version of Dawnguard will be a timed exclusive. This means that PC and PS3 […]
Reveal Trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Activision just revealed the first trailer for Treyarch’s upcoming title Call of Duty: Black Ops II, along with a release date of November 13th, 2012. The trailer marks a turn for the series — the game appears to take place in 2025 and is heavy in technological warfare. Cyberpunk-themed CoD with horses to prevent the […]
Konami Set To Deploy Solid Snake Onto Vita This June
Solid Snake will be deployed on the PlayStation Vita for the first time with the release of the Metal Gear Solid Collection this June Konami has announced. The Vita version of the collection will include the re-mastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 that were released on the Xbox 360 […]
Shadowrun Returns (With Almost Two Million Dollars)
The Kickstarter project for Harebrained Schemes’ planned Shadowrun Returns finalized this past weekend, bringing their fundraising total to $1,895,772, though nearly $60,000 of that total was provided on PayPal. With the original project goal of $400,000 reached in 28 hours, Harebrained Schemes continued to provide further incentives for supporters including in-game content, localization options, and […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Set for Nov. 13
Confirming public speculation, Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will be receiving a sequel on November 13, 2012. At the time of this writing Callofduty.com‘s UK page has sparse info, such as the preview still of a currently unplayable trailer on YouTube, and only a small amount of promotional copy promising that Call of Duty: […]