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: […]
Daily Giveaway: Magicka May Day
I hope that you have all survived Walpurgis Night unscathed and are ready for an excellent first of May. In the past, the first of May was May Day, a springtime festival. It’s also International Workers’ Day. This year is different. May 1, 2012 will be remembered (by a few of you) as the day […]
Win a Signed Copy of Gears of War 3
If there is one thing we at Broken Joysticks love besides video games, it’s creativity. Good films, timeless literature, mind boggling abstract paintings, and performance artists covering themselves with live fire ants rarely fails to stimulate our right brains. However, it recently came to our attention that driving Chainsaw Bayonets into the necks of locusts […]
Welcome To Broken Joysticks
First off, welcome to Broken Joysticks. The secretive cabal behind this fine website is unified by a mutual love for videogames. We wish to spread the love as it were, blessing acolytes for their devotion to gaming. The people behind Broken Joysticks are not fresh faced newbies when it comes to the gaming industry. Many […]
SEGA Announces $15,000 Virtua Fighter V Tournament
SEGA has announced that they will be holding a tournament for the upcoming Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown at the 2012 Evo Championships. The game itself won’t be part of the official EVO festivities but the $15,000 pot of prize money will be included as a side tournament at this year’s event. SEGA’s tournament will […]
Wing Commander Retrospective
What can you say about the Wing Commander franchise? Besides the fact that it was one of the first space fighter simulation games ever, oh and in the sea of garbage that was FMV (full motion video) era of gaming, Wing Commander stood out. This was a diamond found amongst all the sewage. High billing […]
The Walking Dead | Review
Telltale games has started up a new episodic game series, and as can always be expected – it’s pretty awesome. A prequel of the story in the hit TV show based on the hit comic book series, it’s The Walking Dead. There are five episodes to the Walking Dead, one will be coming out each […]
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Revealed
Sony has stepped up to bat with their new Sony property fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. What this game is, is essentially taking characters from different Sony licenses and putting them together and having them fight each other, much like the popular Nintendo franchise that came before it. So far there have been six […]
The Great Google Zerg Rush
Google has done it once more and has changed their mega-popular search engine into hours of potential fun. Today when you decide to Google search “zerg rush” on a whim you will be treated to just that. With a horde of tiny letters, the letter O to be exact coming and picking away at the […]
Rayman Legends Boasts Exclusive Wii-U Functionality
First things first. If you haven’t gotten your grubby mitts on Rayman Origins, spectacular game that it is, go do that. Right now. I’ll wait. Done? Great. Ok, so there has been a rumbling that Ubisoft is working on a follow-up to that refreshing platformer, and the news has broken by way of a leaked […]
Max Payne 3 Weaponry Video | 1911
Rockstar have released the beginning of a video series detailing the weaponry of Max Payne 3. This first video showcases Max’s favorite from day one, the 1911 Semi-Automatic Pistol. I’ll let the video speak for itself:
Torchlight II Available for Preorder
Runic Games’ sequel to its successful debut Torchlight is now available for preorder from Steam and Perfect World Entertainment. Priced identically to its predecessor, Torchlight II is $19.99 and includes a free copy of Torchlight for pre-orders made on Steam. No release date has yet been announced.
Black Ops 2 FX Screen Shots Leaked
Reportedly a couple of images were leaked onto the website of Hollywood special effects company Reel EFX. This is the company that is known for some ads you may recognize such as the Old Spice “I’m On A Horse”, and the Matthew Broderick Super Bowl ad for Honda. The pictures that have been leaked, that […]
G4 and Adam Sessler Part Ways
Longtime host of X-Play and Editor and Chief at G4 Media, Adam Sessler, has parted ways with the company according to his spokesperson. Sessler is arguably one of the most recognizable names and faces in the industry. Over his 14 year career with G4 he has hosted two different incarnations of X-Play (originally titled Extended […]
STALKER 2 Developers Give Rise to New MMO
Since the now defunct developer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, GSC Game World has gone under many of the former employees have taken the initiative to form a new company, Vostok Games. This new studio has put themselves hard to work working on their first big release, a free-to-play MMO called Survarium. In which this game will […]