May 3, 2012 | Broken Joysticks

Indie Royale’s May Hurray Bundle Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Indie Royale’s latest game bundle is now available. The five games included in this $5 USD bundle are Dungeon Defenders, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammer: FastForward, Brainpipe- A plunge to Unhumanity, and Weird World: Return to Infinite Space. In my humble opinion, Dungeon Defenders, a RPG/Tower Defense hybrid, is worth $5 by itself. The others are just icing on the cake.

Additionally, for $7 USD you’ll also receive Starscream/Infinity Shred’s album “Future, Toward the Edge of Tomorrow.” If you are into that sort of thing.

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New Black Ops 2 Screens Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision have released a few new screenshots for the absolutely refreshing Call of Duty Black Ops 2. These new screenshots show us a destroyed Los Angeles, a really good look at one of the games protagonists and a futuristic tank.

Many gamers, myself included, where floored by the debut trailer. The direction the franchise has taken was completely unexpected and has genuinely renewed my interest in the Call of Duty franchise.

Check out the three new screenshots after the jump. What do you think about the new direction of Black Ops 2?Read More

THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE Announced

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Perhaps, it was inevitable…. Bethesda has just announced The Elder Scrolls Online. There wasn’t much information about the game in their press releases (the June issue of Game Informer will reveal more). So far all we know is that ZeniMax Online Studios is developing it for PC and Mac. Also, the game director has some ambitious plans for the game.

“We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls franchise.”

Seems like Mr. Firor plans to shoot for the moon. Will he wind up like Icarus, plunging from the heavens as a result of his hubris? Or, will he be responsible for the best MMO ever made? What are your thoughts?

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EA Admits to Poor Origin Communication

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Matthew Regier

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 some feedback on the issue.

Despite the $100 million Origin generated in 2011, and which continues to grow with the addition of new publishing partners, they still want to make Origin more user friendly and is confident that it’s user base will be able to express their concerns so that they may be able to make the platform more streamlined.

Continuing The Origin Conversation currently has 900 comments with many users hoping for a more streamline front page, less hassle with accounts and DRM, as well as little requests such as an overlay clock are common requests. EA will be hosting a live Q&A session with product manager Mike Lewis and creative director Robert Kissinger, in which they intend to address as many of these problems as possible. This session will be held on May 8^th at 10:00AM PDT.

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Ghost Recon Future Soldier Goes Gold

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

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 formula include the substitution of squad micromanagement with the ability to paint targets and have your squad mates engage them. After nearly 3 years in development eager Tom Clancy fans will be able to get their hands on Future Soldier on May 22nd.

Check out the full press release after the jump.Read More

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THE TESTAMENT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Gets a Release Date

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Focus Home Interactive has just announced that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes will make its way to the Xbox® 360, PlayStation® 3 and PC sometime in September. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes marks the first console release of Frogwares’ seemingly limitless series of puzzle games staring the the master detective.

This time around Sherlock is the main suspect in a series of crimes. He’s one the lam, unable to prove his innocence (at least initially), and must investigate these crimes using what Focus Home Interactive calls a new “deduction” system. I’ve never played these games, so I don’t know what exactly this deduction system entails. However, I do know that you’ll get to interrogate people (a favorite pastime of mine) and can chose which leads to follow up on and which to ignore.

Since Sherlock was able to take on Cthulhu once, so I doubt Scotland Yard will cause him too much trouble.

You can see new pictures from the game after the jump.

Warlock: Master of the Arcane Tutorial Video Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just released a video tutorial for Ino-Co‘s upcoming strategy game Warlock: Master of the Arcane. According to Broken Joysticks’ own Eric Bastelak, Warlock is basically Civilization set in the Majesty universe. You can try out Warlock’s recent demo if that sounds appealing to you. In the meantime, we’ve posted the tutorial video below.

Trine 2 Giveaway

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Yesterday’s Wargame giveaway went off without a hitch, but I found myself wishing that the Cold War had been prevented by the magical merger of NATO and the Warsaw Pact into a common entity. Then the former enemies could work together to solve puzzles in an action platformer that played to their unique strengths. Wait a second…. That sounds like Trine 2!

In light of this realization, we at Broken Joysticks humbly declare that today will henceforth be known as “Trine 2 Thursday.” To commemorate this auspicious occasion we will hide three codes for the game in our articles, twitter account, or our steam group. Read on for a trailer and details on how to activate the game.