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Mass Effect Trilogy Bundle Announced

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Shepard’s trilogy is being bundled in the Mass Effect Trilogy Bundle. This news marks the first time Mass Effect 1 will be released on the PlayStation 3.  The release of the bundle will coincide with N7 Day, November 7th where Bioware will be planning events in-game, online and in live events, as a worldwide celebration of the Mass Effect Franchise.

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Darksiders 2: Argul’s Tomb Review

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Joshua Rust

When it comes to downloadable content, especially without achievements (yes, I’m an addict), I am cautious when buying certain ones. I like DLC that expands upon a game’s story or content. Unless you pre-ordered the Limited Edition of Darksiders 2, you didn’t get the redeemable code for Argul’s Tomb. Fear not! We are here to offer up our opinion so that can you can make the decision yourself as to whether it’s worth your time and/or money to purchase this expansion. So read on!

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Gearbox Investigating Badass Tokens Glitch in Borderlands 2

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

For those who are unfamiliar with Badass Tokens, they are a part of a new system called the Badass Rank which replaces the gun proficiency of the first game. For completing a certain number of in-game challenge will award you the tokens which you can spend on stat upgrades. It was brought to gearbox’s attention in their forums that some players are experiencing a glitch that resets their Badass Token collection. When the glitch occurs, the tracker shows the challenge completed but they are unable to earn that token back. Not only that but the upgrades that were purchased with the

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TGS: Tales of Xillia 2 Gameplay Footage

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Les Major

Namco Bandai Games released some new gameplay footage of their next game in the “Tales of” series at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday. Tales of Xillia 2 is the direct sequel to Tales of Xillia and the eighteenth game in the series. Tales of Xillia 2 is set in a world named Elenpios, which currently remains in harmony with Liese Maxia. However, due to the two world’s differences in culture and terms of opinion, they also remain in opposition. Elenpios is a highly technological world where the residents live in prosperity.

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CFL Game in the Works but Won’t Be Released

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Les Major

According to a recent report by Kotaku, and later picked up by Yahoo! Sports, a game based on the Canadian Football League is not only in the works but could be released anytime. Electronic Arts however has no intention of releasing the game. According to the report in June of 2012 “some developers built a working CFL game internally, with uniforms and helmets skinned using NCAA Football’s TeamBuilder tools.”

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Prototype 2 Review (PC)

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jason Bassett

When the original Prototype came out a few years ago, it brought one of the most bloodiest games out on gaming platforms to date. The game was featured around a guy named Alex Mercer and was a researcher for project Blacklight. When he found out the bad things that were happening with his research, he decides to go out on his own to try to stop the threat. However, things go wrong and now he’s a walking mutant bent on destroying the the corporation and government that made him this way.

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TGS: New Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Screens

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Les Major

Our friends over at Capcom have released some shiny new screenshots for their upcoming game Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Nintendo 3DS and I have to say the look stunning. I’ll just share one of the photos below for you to see and you can click over to the Capcom Unity Blog to see the rest of them. If this is what can be expected of the game when it’s released in North America in March of next year then colour me super excited!

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Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Heading To Vita

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Did you realize Arc System Works had another fighting franchise? Many new players were probably introduced to them through Blazblue and its various sequels but their last generation darling, Guilty Gear, is about to make a resurgence in a huge way. Announced at the Tokyo Gameshow was a port of the upcoming Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R for the PlayStation Vita. As Joystiq points out, Accent Core Plus R, shouldn’t be confused with the HD port of the original Accent Core Plus, which is scheduled to hit XBLA/PSN in Japan sometime next month. This next Arcade iteration is

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Permanent Bans being Issued for Fifa 13 Ultimate Team Exploits

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Fifa 13 released September 25th but already EA has their ban hammers in sight on some players. Apparently there are users who have been exploiting the FIFA 13 Ultimate Team web app, and was taken offline for maintenance to sort out the issues before bringing it back up and running. The exploit had  people gaining illegitimate access to restricted packs of football player cards such as Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona in their packs and then selling them for profit.

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Jet Set Radio HD: Review

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Matthew Regier

Sega has brought back a blast from the past with a new shiny gloss. It’s time dust off those roller skates and tune in back into Jet Set Radio HD. After 12 long years this fan favorite Dreamcast title is back. Fresh onto the virtual shelves of PSN, Xbox Live Arcade, and PC, Jet Set Radio a hip, colourful experience about tagging the streets and pulling off tricks on roller skates while do so. During its initial release, Jet Set Radio was showered with praise for its unique overall design, catchy and upbeat soundtrack and winner of E3’s “Best Console

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Grand Theft Auto III PSN Date Revealed?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

After a long wait, Grand Theft Auto III will finally hit the Playstation Store after months of delay due to issues surrounding certain tracks of the game’s soundtrack. However the news is coming from Sony Hong Kong’s website and they have it listed for September 25th. This source could be trusted as in the past the Hong Kong PS Store has matched release dates with the US and EU. Rockstar has not officially confirmed the date for the release however. While we await the release of GTA V, why not kick it old school? 

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Hidden DLC Found For Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Before you start panicking, remember Capcom isn’t the ones who make Tekken Tag Tournament. It was discovered that on top of the forty nine characters on the disc and four free DLC characters for pre-ordering, there was an additional six characters found by players who were mining on the game’s data code.  Those six characters are Slim Bob; the skinny version of Bob who was shown in his Tekken 6 ending, Sebastian; Emilie de Rochefort (Lili)’s butler who follows her around, Miharu Hirano; classmate of Ling Xiaoyu and Jin Kazama who appeared as an alternate skin for Xiaoyu in Tekken 4,

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Open Resident Evil 6 Demo 9/18

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

With Resident Evil 6 so close to release, many of us want to play the game already. Those who had purchased Dragon’s Dogma got early access to the demo. But what if you’re one of those people who didn’t want to buy a game just for a demo? Luckily, Capcom is going to release an open demo in a few weeks.

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