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Ubisoft Is Suing The Black Eyed Peas For A Million Bucks

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Seung Lee

A million dollars is a ton of money, no matter what type of life you live. That’s probably why Ubisoft is jumping on an opportunity to sue the Black Eyed Peas. BEP Music LLC, a company that owns the Black Eyed Peas trademark, was met with an unpleasant lawsuit for a million dollars yesterday. Ubisoft is accusing BEP of breaching a contract regarding an iOS version of The Black Eyed Peas Experience. Apparently, the contract states that the popular band could approve or disapprove the idea within ten business days of the official request. BEP Music never responded, however, to

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Angry Birds Star Wars Games Announced

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Joshua Rust

It was bound to happen sooner or later. A franchise that knows no bounds, Angry Birds, is expanding its force by teaming up with Star Wars for a crossover. While it has been given a November 8th release date, the platforms aren’t all confirmed at the moment. But we will update you when we know. [youtube id=”lyB6G4Cz9fI” width=”600″ height=”350″] CMO of Rovio, Peter Vesterbacka, had this to say about the crossover: This is the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever done. It’s the best parts of Angry Birds with all new cutting-edge gameplay set in in a galaxy far, far away.

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Metal Gear Social Sneaks Card Battles Onto Your Phone

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Metal Gear is no stranger to add genre mash-ups. Whether it’s Solid Snake appearing in Super Smash Bros Brawl or Hideo Kojima’s digital card game MGS ACID, Snake isn’t confined to one particular gameplay style. This is certainly true of Konami’s latest Metal Gear title, Metal Gear Social, which the company describes as a mobile game sneaking game with a card collecting element. The gameplay in Social is divided into two distinct sections: The first has the player controlling Snake as he sneaks from one side of the map to another, similar to sections in Peace Walker. The other has

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Try 5th Cell’s Run Roo Run For Free On iOS

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Seung Lee

As the game’s title hints at, Run Roo Run has you playing as a hat wearing kangaroo. There are various stages to complete, and you need to jump over every obstacle that they throw out. Even if you don’t sound particularly interested, you should still try the game out, because it’ll be free for the next week on Apple’s App Store, as part of Apple’s Free App of the Week program. Run Roo Run will work on iPhones and iPads. Check out the game’s site here. You can also watch a short gameplay video by reading more.

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Crimson Dragon: Side Story Coming To Windows Phone

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Joshua Rust

When we say “coming to Windows Phone”, we mean it’s coming to Windows Phone next week according to PlayXBLA.com. While the Xbox Live Arcade game Crimson Dragon has yet to receive a release date, the Windows Phone game Crimson Dragon: Side Story will release September 12th – though no pricing has been announced thus far. Features • In Story Mode, take control of Sana and her dragon White Reaver as they are sent on a special mission revolving around the mysterious pandemic called “Crimonscale Disease”. • In Mission Mode, the player faces a variety of situations such as high difficulty stages and

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Persona 4 Now Has A Card Game

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Seung Lee

Atlus’s Persona 4 has had a manga, anime, fighting game, Vita port, and now, it can add a card game to the list. Persona 4: The Card Battle is an aptly named mobile game for the Android, iOS, and other such devices. It’ll feature over 400 cards based on the original PS2 RPG. Unfortunately, the game has no plans to be released anywhere besides Japan, but it (almost) never hurts to hope. If you can read Japanese, feel free to check out the press release here. Persona 4: The Card Battle will be released sometime near the end of September, and

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Is Coming To iOS

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Seung Lee

It seems that The World Ends With You won’t be the only popular DS game to receive an HD-enhanced iOS port. Capcom has announced that the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy on the DS (which was also on the Gameboy Advance, but only in Japan) will be available on the App Store for 5.0 or higher iOS devices. The first two out of five episodes for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney will be free to everyone, but the rest of the episodes and the other two games, Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, will have to be bought separately or

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McPixel explodes onto iOS, $1.99 Today Only

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Jeff Wade

The World Ends With You is not the only port of a cult game with countdowns that hit iPhones today. Also available on Android, the port of the PC oddity McPixel contains dozens of absurd scenarios in short fits of lunacy inspired by Saturday Night Live’s McGrubber skits and Nintendo’s Wario Ware games. In any given moment you’ll defuse bombs in ways ranging from making copies to creating a makeshift Batsignal, with all solutions fitting with the most hilarious of adventure game logic. And you only have 20 seconds to figure it out. Fitting with the game’s requirement for rapid fire decision making, the game is on sale for

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COD: Black Ops Zombies Available On Android Devices

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

If you can’t get enough of Zombie action in the console Call of Duty games then maybe Activision’s latest android app is for you! Call of Duty Zombies let’s  you face off against waves of the undead as you race for more ammo and supplies. The game doesn’t just scare up single player frights either, it supports local multiplayer via wi-fi for up to 4 players. There’s a lot of content including support for the physical buttons of the Xperia Play & Zombies includes the Dead Ops Arcade mode, a 50 level gauntlet style game mini game. Right now Call

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Jest Set Radio Lands On Mobile Devices This Fall

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sega’s is unrelenting when it comes to their push to see Jet Set Radio on every platform conceivable. Originally announced as an HD remake, featuring several of the original tracks from the Dreamcast classic, for the Xbox Live and Playstation Network the game has now been confirmed for mobile phones. For all of you worrying whether or not the game will be a faithful recreation, or will even run on your particular favorite flavor of mobile device shouldn’t be too worried. JSR will be coming to both Android and iOS alongside the other four announced platforms.  Even cooler, in the

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Strikefleet Omega Launching June 21

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Harebrained Schemes‘ mobile spaceship strategy title, Strikefleet Omega, launces on all iOS and Android devices on June 21. The game is free to download, with in-game purchases possible, though Harebrained has given no specific information about what will be available on launch day. “The title is designed with hardcore players in mind, while utilizing the best elements of mobile gaming for an epic space adventure – with nothing less than the fate of humanity at stake.”

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Virtua Tennis Challenge Released For IOS and Android

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Virtua Tennis franchise makes the jump to mobile with the release of Virtua Tennis Challenge on iOS and Android. Virtua Tennis Challenge is now available on both platforms for $4.99 on the App Store & Google Play Store. Virtua Tennis Challenge allows you to square off against 50 professional players each with unique attributes like play style, smashes and lobs. The game  comes jam packed with 18 different courses and a number of different modes including Wifi enabled quick play, training and career mode. It sounds like SEGA has really given mobile users the full Virtua Tennis experience without

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Wolfenstein 3D 20th Anniversary Browser Game!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jesse Lord

Halt, dog! I still remember the very first time that I heard those words when I was at a friend’s house.  He wanted to show me this awesome game called Wolfenstein 3D and I had no idea what I was getting into.  There are few games that really mark the beginning of a movement and set the stage for others to come after them, and Wolfenstein 3D is exactly one such game.  So it is with great pleasure that I can report, via an email from one of my delightful contacts over at Bethesda, that there is a browser-based version

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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

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Facebook IPO Could Make Them A Major Player In The Gaming World

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

All eyes are on Facebook’s impending initial public offering, with rumblings of the company’s stock being open to the public in a little as two weeks. The world of business and the world of gaming very rarely collide with positive results, and the few times business stories have appeared on our front page we were writing about massive layoffs or game cancellations. So what makes the upcoming Facebook IPO worthy of being on gamer’s radar?

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