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Great Holiday Giveaway Day 4: Crusader Kings 2

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Our Great Holiday Giveaway continues with your chance to win one of three copies of Crusader Kings 2, courtesy of Paradox Interactive, the game’s publisher! This game features a storyline spanning over 400 years of medieval European history! In order to secure the future of your dynasty you must not online recruit forces but also protect religious interests as well. You’ll have to not only deal with political intrigue but also the military might of other empires. To win one of these 3 codes simply @BrokenJoysticks on twitter, like us on Facebook (and message us) or email contests@brokenjoysticks.net. We’ll choose three winners like we

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Holiday Giveaway Day 3: Naval War Arctic Circle

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Yesterday was a well deserved day of rest for our staff but we are ready to hit the high seas with a brand new giveaway. Today we are giving away 3 copies of Naval War Arctic Circle for Windows PC. Get ready to watch the waves pass you by, as you attempt to dodge an oncoming missile. In Naval War Arctic Circle where players control both Naval and Air forces in one of two campaigns – either Nato or Russian forces. Battles aren’t just close quarters either, as large scale aerial battles can take the form of long range missile

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Great Holiday Giveaway Day 3: Tripwire Complete Pack

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Our holiday giveaways continue and since it is Christmas morning (at least in most of the world as of this writing) we’ve decided to giveaway three Tripware Complete Bundles for Windows PC through Steam. These packs valued at $29.99 include four different games – Dwarves, The Ball, Red Orchestra 2 and Killing Floor with all DLC. To win one of these 3 codes simply @BrokenJoysticks on twitter, like us on Facebook (and message us) or email contests@brokenjoysticks.net. We’ll choose three winners like we have the past few days. Merry Christmas from all of us here @ BrokenJoysticks.net Note: * These codes were provided

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Chief Operating Officer for Capcom Europe Calls It Quits

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

David Reeves, Chief Operating Officer for Capcom Europe has stepped down from the Japanese publisher to further other opportunities, according to Game Informer. Reeves joined Capcom in March 2010 and his position would have him working closely with the European executive branch of the company. During his time at the company Capcom released Super Street Fighter IV,  Street Fighter x Tekken, Marvel Vs Capcom 3 among other games. He released a statement to MCV which you can check out after the jump!

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Blizzard Teases WoW Patch 5.2 In Holiday Message

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

World of Warcraft players have been enjoying Mists of Pandaria since its launch his past fall and have been waiting for the next batch of new content. Blizzard has now teased about patch 5.2 in their annual holiday message to players. Actually, message is probably not accurate because it is more of a teaser image. Along with the image Blizzard announced that 5.2 will go live on the Public Test Realm in early January before becoming widely available to all players. Players expect that 5.2 will bring a new raid centered around The Thunder King as well as a lifting

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Great Holiday Giveaway Day One: Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Our massive holiday giveaway is not only starting EARLY but we’re expanding it. We’ve got almost 50 codes to give away, over $500* worth of free games for you, our readers and we’re going to start things off right, with a little bit of a mystery. Each week day from now until January 10th we are going to be giving away one digital game (usually through steam) to our lucky readers who either read our facebook page, @brokenjoysticsks on twitter or send an email to contests @brokenjoysticks.net. Today’s giveaway is… *drumroll* 3 copies of The Testament of Sherlock Holmes for

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Blizzard Lays Down The Ban Hammer On Bots

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

There is nothing more frustrating than trying to find your perfect set of gear in a game like Diablo III only to find that either the people you are playing with have snagged it or the marketplace is flooded dozens of them thanks to bots. For serious players it can take away the meaning of rare drops and in the worst case scenarios it can bring the game to its knees by overloading the servers. Blizzard revealed today that they have banned a few thousand accounts for hacking, boting among other offenses. Since this is a game with an economy

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Steam Winter Sale Begins, Wallets Cry and Gamers Save

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The time of year to empty our wallets into Valves coffers has come once again. The end of December may be synonymous with various holidays but for PC gamers there’s also the annual Steam Holiday Sale. The festivities kicked into gear earlier today and there seems to be a little bit of everything available with the promise of more to come! Several of the big titles from this fall are discounted 30 – 50% including Scribblenaughts Unlimited, Borderlands 2 and Hitman Absolution. Check out the full list of games available after the jump or head on over the Seam store

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The Great Broken Joysticks Holiday Giveaway Contest

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The holidays are a great time to be a gamer, as a child you get to wait for your favorite game with anticipation, hoping that it is wrapped under the tree. As an adult you either get to be selfish and play Assassin’s Creed III for two straight days or ya know visit family. We here at Broken Joysticks might not be knee deep in games due to the annual slowdown but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to give you something. That is why we are launching the first Broken Joysticks Great Holiday Give Away. During the next two

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Valve Releases Steam Client for Linux

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

It is no secret that Valve has been working on a version its Steam client for Linux for sometime. This afternoon the closed beta for the new version of the client became available to the entire world. If you are a fan of open source software or free operating systems then you now have a new option for your gaming enjoyment. Just don’t expect the strong library that Windows and Mac users enjoy currently. As of this writing there are 39 games available including Team Fortress 2, Killing Floor, The Book of Unfinished Tales and Aminesia The Dark Descent.

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League of Legends On Watch After Heroes of Newerth Hack

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Fans of the MOBA genre and the creators of their favorite games are on watch after Heroes of Newerth was hacked this afternoon. Originally appearing on Reddit, a user by the name of Ryan_HTP posted about the hack with a twitter link as supposed truth. Apparently he made off with the usernames and passwords for the games accounts. According to Ryan he’s also planning to attack competing game, League of Legends, a later time just to enrage its fan base. Surely this will put Riot Games on watch for potential security breaches but can one person bring down an entire

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Rise of The Hutt Cartel Expands The Old Republic

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bioware and Electronic Arts have got a lot of press for the recently released free to play version of the Old Republic. Players in a galaxy far far away can expand their experience for a mere $20, or $10 if they’re a paying monthly subscriber. That doesn’t sound like such a bad deal, whether The Rise of the Hutt Cartel can bring the level of content players expect from a full expansion is unknown Bioware has revealed some details surrounding the add-on. Rise of the Hutt Cartel brings high level players five new levels to experience with the new level

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New Assassin’s Creed III Patch Is Live

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Joshua Rust

I won’t lie, Assassin’s Creed III is amazing and buggy. Those two words don’t normally mesh and in order to take the buggy part out of the equation, Ubisoft has released a patch that fixes a bunch of stuff today! Single Player Global Fixes – Couriers will now appear more often in Boston and New York – Fixed a bug where consumables would not be restored properly after playing a naval mission – Fixed a bug where multiple copies of heralds or paper boys could be spawned at the same spot – Fixed a bug where printer shops icons could

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Metro: The Last Light Limited Edition Detailed

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Metro: The Last Light is poised for a March 2013 release and if you haven’t went to pre-order this game yet, you might be more entitled to do so now. As of today, THQ has announced that all pre-orders will automatically be upgraded to the Limited Edition of Metro: The Last Light. What does this limited edition include you may ask? Well, it will include a harder difficulty mode known as “Ranger Mode”. For those familiar with the first game, Ranger Mode is insanely hard – one hit by a bullet will kill you. Not only that, you don’t have

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