Category: News
Broken Deals: Target offering $350 PS4 With $50 Gift Card and Uncharted Collection or Last of Us
(Editors note: Broken deals is a new segment where the writers and editors of Brokenjoysticks try to bring you our audience the best deals on gaming stuff) This morning brings a great deal from our friends at Target: The newest PS4 price drop plus a 50$ gift card and a free game. This comes at […]
Sunrise will Dub Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Release Gundam Build Fighters in US
Sunrise has announced several things today at their NYCC panel today in NewYork. Major announcements included a full dub of the newest Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, as well as a release on physical media for several series: Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam Build Fighters Try, and Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy. Neither of these series have had […]
New Street Fighter V Media & Announcement: Laura
CapCom unveiled a brand new character for their upcoming fighting game Street Fighter V at the Brazil Games Show. Laura Matsuda joins the frays the fray with her Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu style. Her story-line features sees her wanting to find a protégé and spread her unique fighting style throughout the world. So how does she fight? […]
Tekken 7 World Championship Qualifiers Coming To Europe
Did you know that Tekken 7 is getting its own World Championship tournament? The European qualifying rounds will be happening during Paris Games Week on October 29th! The top 16 players from the qualifying rounds will battle it out for the 3 spots – who will move on to the finals in Japan this December. […]
Xbox Live is Free!!!! (for this weekend only)(and only on the 360)
Microsoft has always been pretty firm in their mission with Xbox Live, Create the best content, curate it well, and charge a small fee for that. This however creates a barrier to entry that (At least on the Xbox 360) it seems Microsoft is working to remove. This weekend only, Xbox 360 owners will be […]
Bungie Weekly Update Promises Shot Gun Nerf
The latest Bungie weekly update (full text here) has a few major news items. First the game is officailly being patched to 2.0.1, which Bungie promises will bring with it more legendaries and easier ways to acquire them. This begins with the quest to unlock the elusive Sleeper Simulant. which started this week and had many players […]
SEGA Releases Retro 3DS Theme
If you are like me and grew up playing Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 on the original SEGA Genesis than you might welcome the news that SEGA has released a brand new 3DS home screen theme centered around their classic 16-bit console. Both the Genesis and Game Gear themes are complete with the timeless “SEGGGGA!” […]
Bobs Burgers has been renewed for another season by Fox
Fox announced yesterday that they have renewed Bob’s Burgers through seasons seven and eight. The much loved show is one of Foxes more racy cartoons, and along with Family Guy and the Simpsons has a history of tackling difficult social issues and framing them in humor. David Madden, Fox’s president of entertainment, said in a press release […]
LT Morales Helps Patch Up Heroes of The Storm In New Game Update
Lt. Morales the recognizable Terran medic from the StarCraft series joins Heroes of the Storm with the release of the latest patch. For those of you who have played StarCraft or its 2010 sequel will instantly recognize her. During development she was simply known as “The Medic” before being given a more formal name. Her […]
Nintendo Launching Splatoon & Mario Kart 8 Bundle In Europe
Nintendo Europe has unveiled a brand new retail bundle for their latest console which includes a black 32GB Wii U, a digital copy of Splatoon and a pre-installed copy of last year’s surprise hit Mario Kart 8. According to their official press release the Marrio Kart + Splatoon Premium Bundle will see a limited release […]
New Call of Duty Black Ops Three Trailer Shows Cybercore abilities.
No Cybercore is not yet another genre of electronic music its actually the latest game mechanic to be shown off by the Treyarc for their new Call Of Duty game. The trailer is a bit short at just 1:45 but it demonstrates much. The Cybercore abilities appear to be geared towards the campaign and or […]
Far Cry is Back, and this time we are going way back, the first trailer for the new Far Cry is out now!
UBISoft has officially announced that the next Far Cry game, and its going to be in the Stone Age. The first trailer is cryptic but clearly features a mammoth (one live and one dead) and a series of stone age tools, as well as a bow and arrows. Beyond that I personally expect that the […]
What Rae’s Been Playing This Week [10.07.2015]
This week has been pretty huge for games and it’s only Tuesday evening here on the west coast. I’ve got two reviews in progress – Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax and RockBand 4- both of which I will be digging into over the weekend for coverage sometime next week. Rather than focus on the near-future let’s […]
SEGA Unleashes Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
SEGA has brought over Ecole Software’s anime dream team fighting mashup Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax to North America for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. The basic concept of this game can be boiled down to “what if we took a bunch of memorable or popular anime characters and allowed them to battle it out!” […]