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Broken Joysticks & Hurricane Sandy

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Live on the East Coast? Yeah, so do we. Unfortunately, that means we’re about ready to be hit by one of the biggest storms of the century. With this on all of our minds, news production will be slowing down a bit in order for the staff to prepare for the worst. The storm itself will be hitting the Mid-Atlantic region by the end of the day Monday into Tuesday. For now, we are going to be limiting our news posting in hopes that we can all ride out the storm safely with our family and friends. If you live

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Dunwall City Trials DLC Announced For Dishonored

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Joshua Rust

The first of three planned DLC for the well received Dishonored is titled ‘Dunwall City Trials’. The Dunwall City Trials has been give a tentative release date of December with no exact date to pin it down to and will be priced at 400 MSP (or $4.99). The Dunwall City Trials will offer: “ten distinct trials await challengers,” says the blurb, “including an arena battle against waves of enemy AI, a gravity-defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock. ” “Dunwall City Trials also features a whole new set of achievements and trophies as well as a global online

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How To Use Xenia Emulator

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jeff Wade

This is a sponsored post Have you ever been wondering if it’s possible to play the Xbox games on your PC? Well, guess what – you actually can! The thing is, you need to install an emulator to do that. If you are not quite sure about what an emulator is, where to get it for free (because who wants to pay for entertainment?) and how to use it, then you would be ecstatic about the fact that we have prepared a whole step-by-step that will answer all the questions you might have floating around in your head! Shall we

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Persona 4 Golden Full Trailer!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Jesse Lord

PS Vita and RPG fans, rejoice!  Your JRPG specialists at Atlus have you covered for an RPG experience set in the Persona universe touting over 100 hours of gameplay!  That’s an impressive feat.  I am trying to think of the last time that I spent 100+ hours on a game (save for messing around in the GTA games after I’d completed the storyline missions).  In any event, they sent us an awesome trailer for Persona 4 Golden and I can’t wait to share it with you.  So here goes! [youtube id=”Se_9kmFSbeg” width=”600″ height=”338″] Persona 4 Golden comes out in November

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Astro Gaming Announces 2013 Refresh

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Jason Bassett

If you’re a pro gamer then you know about the Astro Gaming brand. The headphones that include some of the best sound quality a gamer can ask for. Not to mention, it has a slew of different customizable options that will make Sackboy wet his sack. Astro Gaming has announced brand new refreshes of their latest headphones and mix amps: ASTRO Gaming A40 Headset and MixAmp Pro! Some of the new features include: New Quick Disconnect Cabling System:  Updated version of the ASTRO Quick Disconnect system, offering the same flexibility of using multiple cable types and lengths, but now plugging

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Mugen Souls Is Shipping Out To Retailers

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Les Major

It seems like there may have been a slow down with Canadian orders since both EBGames.ca and Amazon.ca still list Mugen Souls as unavailable or on pre-order, but the latest NIS game is finding its way into the hands of gamers! We’ve heard news of a production issue that slowed down the process but thankfully it looks like everything is cleared up now. Some reviews havn’t been sparkling for the game, however if you’re a hardcore NIS fan like myself I’m sure you’ll hardly notice as you grind through the game and enjoy it’s storyline. I still have yet to

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Hearts of Iron 3: Their Finest Hour Contest

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Monty, Broken Joysticks’ official wargaming bulldog, has just secured some copies of the latest HOI 3 expansion, Their Finest Hour, to giveaway to our readers. I understand that his meticulous planning allowed him to succeed in an amphibious landing near Stockholm where, after a visit to the Vasa, he liberated some Steam codes from Paradox Interactive. We have 7 steam codes for Their Finest Hour and 5 steam codes for The Hearts of Iron 3 Collection (which includes the base game and expansions needed to play the game). Monty also scored two copies of Crusader Kings 2. This sounds like

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Street Fighter X Tekken Version 2013 Update

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Announced during New York Comi-Con, Ono announced that Street Fighter X Tekken is receiving a balanced update like Super Street Fighter 4 AE before it, in the form of Street Fighter x Tekken Version 2013. Just like the SSF4 AE 2012 update, Street Figher X Tekken Version 2013 will be a free upgrade as well. Other than character balancing, the system is getting a few tweaks to improve the overall gameplay as the game has earned the ire from many players and it’s a reason many tournaments are slowly dropping the game from its schedule. For character balances, so far

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Lots Involved in Mugen Souls Character Customization

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Les Major

NIS games have always given gamers tons of characters to choose from, and even more recent games like ClaDun x2 and Legasista have included the ability to draw what you like for your character. Mugen Souls takes that creativity in another direction, allowing gamers to choose from tons of costume pieces with more for each job class. There’s even more to buy at the “Mugen Exchange” in game. Click for the trailer!

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On-Disc DLC In RE6?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Most of you are probably thinking in your head “I knew it was too good to be true” but hold off on that thought for a moment.  Modders were mining the date on the Resident Evil 6 disc (since when is mining now the trend for new games?) and found a code on the disc for a No Hope difficulty setting along with other taunts, costumes and melee attacks for the controllable characters. 

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Release Date For The Unfinished Swan Is Announced

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

To refesh your memory, The Unfinished Swan was an indie game which was briefly mentioned in a few different game conferences from developers Giant Sparrow. You control a boy named Monroe in a entirely white space environment and he is chasing after a swan that escaped a painting his missing mom left him. Equipped with a paint gun, he can use it to paint the world black to reveal the geometry of the world to navigate.

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