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May Hurray Bundle Giveaway

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

We were wondering about what to give away today. The Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (today known as Sony) was founded on the seventh of May 7th 1946. Over 500 years prior to that auspicious occasion, Joan of Arc took an arrow to the shoulder. Instead of whining about it, Joan continued adventuring. In fact, she patched herself up and got back into the fight that very evening. Her forces would lift the siege of Orléans the following morning. We considered giving out games somewhat related to those events. However, Broken Joysticks won’t allow the distant past to dictate our actions

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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

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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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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 7th 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

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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.

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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.

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Indie Royale’s May Hurray Bundle Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Indie Royale’s latest game bundle is now available. The five games included in this $5 USD bundle are Dungeon Defenders, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammer: FastForward, Brainpipe- A plunge to Unhumanity, and Weird World: Return to Infinite Space. In my humble opinion, Dungeon Defenders, a RPG/Tower Defense hybrid, is worth $5 by itself. The others are just icing on the cake. Additionally, for $7 USD you’ll also receive Starscream/Infinity Shred’s album “Future, Toward the Edge of Tomorrow.”  If you are into that sort of thing.

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THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE Announced

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Perhaps, it was inevitable…. Bethesda has just announced The Elder Scrolls Online. There wasn’t much information about the game in their press releases (the June issue of Game Informer will reveal more). So far all we know is that ZeniMax Online Studios is developing it for PC and Mac. Also, the game director has some ambitious plans for the game. “We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The

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THE TESTAMENT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Gets a Release Date

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Focus Home Interactive has just announced that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes will make its way to the Xbox® 360, PlayStation® 3 and PC sometime in September. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes marks the first console release of Frogwares’ seemingly limitless series of puzzle games staring the the master detective. This time around Sherlock is the main suspect in a series of crimes. He’s one the lam, unable to prove his innocence (at least initially), and must investigate these crimes using what Focus Home Interactive calls a new “deduction” system. I’ve never played these games, so I don’t know what

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Warlock: Master of the Arcane Tutorial Video Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just released a video tutorial for Ino-Co‘s upcoming strategy game Warlock: Master of the Arcane. According to Broken Joysticks’ own Eric Bastelak, Warlock is basically Civilization set in the Majesty universe. You can try out Warlock’s recent demo if that sounds appealing to you. In the meantime, we’ve posted the tutorial video below.

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Trine 2 Giveaway

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Yesterday’s Wargame giveaway went off without a hitch, but I found myself wishing that the Cold War had been prevented by the magical merger of NATO and the Warsaw Pact into a common entity. Then the former enemies could work together to solve puzzles in an action platformer that played to their unique strengths. Wait a second…. That sounds like Trine 2! In light of this realization, we at Broken Joysticks humbly declare that today will henceforth be known as “Trine 2 Thursday.” To commemorate this auspicious occasion we will hide three codes for the game in our articles, twitter

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Check Out MechWarrior Online’s Long Range Devastator

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

A new mech from Pirhana Game’s upcoming MechWarrior Online has been revealed. The Catapult mech uses long range missiles in order to obliterate its targets. When paired with a spotter the Catapult can devastate opponents who aren’t within visible range. Rounding out the Catapult’s offense package are a series of four laser cannons and freaking JUMP JETS! MechWarrior online has been under development since 2009 and has seem quite a few delays due to supposed legal troubles with Harmony Gold, the owners of the Robotech franchise. If all goes according to schedule MechWarrior Online will release free of charge on

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Blizzard Signs Deal for Korean E-Sports

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Blizzard Entertainment has signed a deal with KeSPA (Korean e-Sports Association), Ongamenet, and GomTV to facilitate and expand Starcraft II in professional e-sports play in Korea. This is being seen as a triumph for the e-sports community, both in Korea and worldwide, following over two years of debate and misgivings following Blizzard’s announcements regarding Starcraft II‘s lack of LAN capability and their assertion of control over professional competitions for the game.

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New Port Royal 3 Trailer Released

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Kalypso Media has released a brand new walkthrough for their upcoming Caribbean trading simulator Port Royal 3.  The six minute long video introduces you to the basics of the Port Royal franchise including the game’s controls, how to send out your trading convoy and of course nautical battles. Port Royal 3 offers players the ability to pursue life as either a wealthy commodes trader or as a ruthless pirate plundering the stocks of the computer controlled traders around the game’s map. For fans of the economic simulation genre are surely going to eat up Port Royal 3. Check out the

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Max Payne 3 | Preview

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Jesse Lord

A couple of weeks ago, I was given an opportunity to head up to New York City to hang out with some friends from Rockstar Games as well as some other website guys that I’ve had a chance to get to know over the years at similar such events.  The purpose of this trip specifically was Max Payne 3.  The event culminated on Saturday evening, where we were taken to a building that on the inside was made to look like an abandoned warehouse in which a gunfight had recently taken place.  There were spent bullet casings littered throughout the

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