Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo confirmed today that the Wii Fit franchise is coming to Wii U.
Wii Fit U will feature new ways to burn calories via new mini games, as well as the ability to upload data from a “Fit Meter”. The game can be fully played on the Wii U Gamepad, allowing for exercising to continue.
My body is ready.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Warner Bros. and 5th Cell announced the development of Scribblenauts Universe today, available on Wii U.
The game plays like you’d expect a Scribblenauts game to, only in high-resolution. However, the world is more connected and available to explore this time around — and now features a new multiplayer mode.
The story will finally reveal to gamers what’s behind Maxwell’s magical notebook.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo and Warner Bros. just announced Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, exclusively for Wii U.
The game will feature enhanced gameplay with the Wii U Gamepad, and fully playable Batman and Catwoman.
New to the game is BAT mode, which is accessed via the Gamepad and will allow players to play the game in a whole new way. You’re able to use the Gamepad to spray walls with explosives, throw batarangs, as well as many other gadgets
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo confirmed development of Pikmin 3 today, showing off the game for the first time.
The game features full HD graphics and looks to star new forms of pikmin as they try to build bridges and other objects to help survive.
With Wii U Motion control, you’re able to aim specifically at where to aim Pikmin. You’re able to use the Wii U Gamepad to see a map at all times, as well as use it to place Pikmin around the environment.
You will be able to play the game solely on the Gamepad, too, playing the game in a more RTS style. In addition to that, there are now 4 leaders that can be placed around the maps.
According to Shigeru Miyamoto, it’s a new version of the game enhanced with the controls and high-resolution graphics offered by Wii U.
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Sony wrapped up it’s E3 press conference this evening by showing off the first in-game demo of Naughty Dog’s upcoming title The Last of Us.
The demo featured the two main characters going through a high-budget destroyed hotel that was inhabited by enemies and included a ton of cringe-inducing gameplay elements, as both of the main characters helped each other survive by throwing bricks, stabbing enemies, and finally, introducing an enemy’s face to the barrel of a shotgun.
The game appears to be very survival based, as the lead character’s health bar often took large hits from single shots. A crafting element was revealed when a Molotov was created from various elements in the main character’s backpack.
The game’s dark tone has no influence on the world, which is bright and full of multiple colors similar to the Uncharted series — but don’t confuse the two, as The Last of Us looks to be a significant jump in play style when compared to Naughty Dog’s previous titles.
Color us interested — we can’t wait to learn more about The Last of Us, and we’ll be sure to share anything we learn with you as it becomes available.Read More
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
Sony announced today that Wonderbook will head to the PS3. The Wonderbook is a physical book that will be able to be used with the Playstation eye. The Wonderbook will be working with developers and storybook games. Moonbot Studios will be heading up developers to work on the book.
Diggs Nightcrawler was also announced for the Wonderbook.
Books of Spells has also been announced for the Wonderbook by JK Rowling. The book will also work in tandem with Pottermore, the website that focuses on Harry Potter lore. A demo was shown for Book of Spells, in the demo, there were two people kneeling down using their book. Using the Playstation Move, the user will be able to create spells by using the Move as wander; the Move will hover over the book to work with the Move.
Using the book, a dragon pops out of the book and on to the TV screen. A big fire erupts from the Dragon’s mouth. You can put the fire out by using your hands. The next demo shows the Playstation Book as a player. Words are shown from above the book to following along with the story. You can then learn spells by using the Move to make gestures. When you learn the spell, you can learn a new gesture to cast it whenever you wish. Using the gesture, you can fight against the dragon that was causing havoc before.
Also explain, you can also take tests that will put your knowledge to the test.
Be able to control stories using the PS Camera Wonderbook
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Ubisoft announced during Sony’s E3 press conference that the game will ship with a full-length 4 player cooperative campaign. In addition, the game will ship with a map editor for it’s multiplayer mode.
Sony confirmed that the PS3 version of the game will come with exclusive DLC.
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
Assassins Creed III: Liberation is coming to the Playstation Vita. You take the role of a female assassin in the same era of Assassins Creed III. Liberation will contain the world format and will be feature near sight functionality. Additionally, the there will be new ways to unlock things in the Vita and PS3, some of the things to unlock using the Cross Play functionality will be:
More so, you will be able to buy a Crystal White PS Vita along with Assassins Creed III: Liberation.
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Sony has announced that PSN plus members will be able to download AAA games like Infamous 2, Saints Row 2 and Little Big Planet 2 starting TOMORROW. These retail games are just the first of a series that Sony promises to roll out throughout the remainder of the year, with a total of 12 hitting this month alone!
They also stressed that the price of PSN Plus will not be changing. Existing and new members can enjoy the benefits of PSN Plus for as little as $5 a month with the purchase of the yearly subscription.
In addition, Playstation Vita will also be getting PS1 Classics. The first to come to the Vita will be Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VII!
If Sony announces any further changes to PSN plus we’ll bring them to you by updating this news post
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford
At Sony’s E3 Press Briefing this evening, Sony confirmed that a Vita version of Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale is in development and will ship alongside the PS3 version. In addition to that, cross-platform play and cross-platform saving between the two versions was announced.
Characters shown off at the show include Kratos, Sweet Tooth, Fat Princess, Sly Cooper, Helghast and Parappa The Rapper. New footage was demoed live, featuring a point-gathering gametype with a dynamic changing level that featured elements from God of War.
Two new characters announced for E3 are Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series and Big Daddy from Bioshock.
Stay tuned to Broken Joysticks as we’ll bring you more from Sony’s E3 press conference as announcements come.Read More
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
Beyond: Two Souls was announced today at Sony’s E3 Press Briefing. It was mentioned that a character name Jodie Holmes who is searching for herself and you will see her progressions. Played by Academy Award winner, Ellen Page, he will bring the character to life. All gameplay footage shown is in real time.
The game starts in a police station office. The facial animations are reminincent of LA Noire with the technology called MotionScan. Jodie is completely mute at this point as the officer is questions here. All of a sudden, a coffee cup on the table is shown shaking. What makes it interesting is the acting. All of a sudden, the coffee cup goes flying and the cop stunned; he then leaves the office. The facial animations are amazing and the MotionScan technology is quite amazing here.
We are then shown a SWAT team storming the police station. The cop is questioned to show them where she is; animations flow lovely and the the lights shine with a mystical glow a about them. After the SWAT leader looks in, the demo ends.
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
During the opening pre-roll shown to hype up the audience at Sony’s press conference we spotted a new piece of move hardware during the opening seconds. What appears to be a move steering wheel peripheral was spot on screen for a few seconds. This accessory seems to be similar to that Wii steering wheel Nintendo offered with Mario Kart 7.
This comes just a few hours after we reported that Sony would show off some kind of new hardware at the event. It’s unknown at this time whether or not the PlayStation move we’ll is the only hardware Sony will show.
As soon as we have more information / screenshots or other media we will share them with you.
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
Update: Check out the teaser trailer and gameplay after the jump!
During the Ubisoft E3 Press Briefing, a trailer for a brand new game was shown. The trailer that was shown was a information centric. The trailer that was shown was named ctOS and it takes the open world game to a whole new level. Jonathon Morin, creative director at Ubisoft said that the city was your weapon.Read More
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
In their E-Sports segment, Ubisoft unveiled Shootmania. Their next game in the ‘mania series. Two teams were pit against each other in Elite mode, which was still in Alpha stage.
In this game, you are pitted in a maze-like arena, the game is like a Team Deathmatch style. The game is in first person view when you’re playing. Once all players are eliminated and then the rounds ends. The pace of the match is fast, you have a massive long jump that will take you to almost the middle of the map. When playing in teams, you are Team Red and Team Blue. In this game, each team had rockets to take out each other in about one shot.
You also could capture bases in the game and once a base is captured the game is over. A pretty fast paced game that will sure bring the Trackmania fans happy!
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Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett
A trailer shown at Ubisoft’s E3 Press Briefing shown off today gave us a glimpse of what we could expect to see during our playtime. Featuring a badass killing spree by the main protagonist, you will also run into George Washington, who was shown during the trailer.
Also shown was footage of the gameplay. You are Conner as he is sprinting along the cliffs of New England. You then take control of Conner and start to run off of trees, eventually, you will start to hunt wildlife. A wolf comes by and “greets” you by attacking you. You are then tasked to evade a pack of wolves eventually taken another one of the out. The snow on the ground sounds natural as you walk across it coming to a camp full of wounded.Read More
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