May 4, 2012 | Broken Joysticks

Riot Games Raising Cash for Kids

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Andrew Minott

From now until May 18th, League of Legends makers Riot Games is donating the entirety of the purchase price of the champion Jax and his Jaximus skin to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as marking both of those items at a 50% discount. Riot said they were inspired to make this move after partnering with the Foundation to provide a trip and tour of their offices for Joe, a young man with a rare bone cancer. ” We were excited to meet him, and were blown away by his courage and positive attitude,” said Riot’s Brandon Beck.

Photos from Joe’s trip after the jump!Read More

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Rage Against The Machine Rebel Their Way To Rockband Store

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

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 The Fire” and “Bombtrack” from 1999’s The Battle of Los Angeles. Each track also has an optional PRO Guitar add-on should you own that peripheral.

Personally, The Battle of Los Angeles is one of my favorite albums by RATM. I still listen to it every so often and even though it is over a decade the mix of Rap & Tom Morello’s excellent guitar work sound great even into the 2010s, through in the Orwellian inspired lyrics and you have a dystopian winner of a record.

Each track is priced at $0.99 USD (80 Microsoft points) or $5.50 (440 MSP) for the three song pack

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Good Old Games Adds Two Classic Stealth Titles

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

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 two classic stealth games with Thief Deadly Shadows and the original Splintercell to their library. On the modern front GOG added the indie RTS Anomaly: Warzone Earth which originally appeared on Ipad, Android and IOS back in 2010.

You can get your grabby little hands on any three of these games over at the official GOG site for $9.99 USD/CDN.

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Marvel’s Avengers Assemble In New Pinball FX Table

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

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 table will be available as downloadable content for the PS Vita, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Pinball FX2.

We hope to provide some impressions of the new table as soon as it releases on the PlayStation Network. Until then check out the first trailer for the table as well as screenshots after the jump.

Bird Mania 3D and Amobattle Come To 3DS/DSI Eshops

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

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:

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Bird Mania 3D – Bird Mania 3D is a skill-based action game in which you steer a little birdie on his way to Africa. Fly, dash, soar, glide and collect all bonuses in your pursuit of a delightful vacation. (For Nintendo 3DS)

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Amoebattle – A mysterious infection threatens the microscopic world and its inhabitants. It’s up to you and your group of loveable single-celled creatures to stop the infection from spreading. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi)

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Batman Arkham City 50% Off On Steam This Weekend

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Quick, to the batmobile! This weekend’s deal on Steam is particularly tempting for all us comic fans out there. Until Monday May 7^th 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 (okay I’ll stop with the lame jokes!). If you missed out on Arkham back when it launched in October now is as good as any time to get in on the detective action, especially with the Harley’s Revenge DLC coming out at the end of the month.

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Company of Heroes 2 Ready To Be Deployed Sometime Next Year

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Long time RTS developer Relic Entertainment is set to unveil the next entry in their World War II franchise Company of Heroes in the next issue of PC Magazine. A user on the popular forum NeoGaf spotted an early copy of the magazine which contains a preview of the upcoming Company of Heroes 2.

COH2, due out in 2013, shifts things over to Europe’s eastern front according to the PC Magazine cover story. This of course means that your forces will be battling it out on cold Soviet tundra during battles like Operation Barbarosa, The Battle of Stalingrad and the battle at Kursk.

The original Company of Hereos was released in 2006, meaning that we are long overdue for a sequel. Check out the first promotional artwork from the game thanks to a screengrab of the latest PC Magazine cover after the jump.Read More

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Iron Front – Liberation 1944 Screens Released

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Deep Silver and X1 Software/AWAR just released new screenshots from their upcoming tactical shooter Iron Front – Liberation 1944. The pictures showcase the Red Army, which is appropriate for a game set during the great Soviet summer offensive of 1944. Iron Front comes out on the 25th of this month, in the meantime you can check out the new screens after the jump.

If you get a sense of Déjà vu while viewing the wave of screenshots below, it might have something to do with the fact that Iron Front uses the same engine as ARMA 2.

Mount & Blade Collection Giveaway

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

A little bird told me that Broken Joysticks would publish something Mount & Blade related soon. That sounds like a good excuse to give out copies of the Mount and Blade collection. Unfortunately, this collection doesn’t include the Napoleonic Wars DLC, but it does have Mount & Blade, Mount and Blade: Warband, and Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. We will hide three codes for the collection in our articles, twitter account, or our steam group. Read on for a trailer and details on how to activate the games via steam.

Angry Birds Space | Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The original Angry Birds has ruled both the iOS and Android digital shops for the past few years. Both versions have been downloaded over 700 million times and the game has spawned two spin-off titles, Angry Birds Rio and the constantly updated Angry Birds Seasons. Rovio mobile is back with a full-fledged sequel to the original. Can the birds boldly go where no avian has gone before?Read More

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