Final Fantasy XIV Patch 3.1 Release Date, Producer Q&A and Trailer

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Square Enix’s first huge update for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavansward, patch 3.1, arrives on November 10th the publisher has announced. Alongside the announcement of the release date Square also provided a Q & A during the most recent Letter From The Producer Live and a very informative 7 minute trailer giving players a rundown of everything that will be included in 3.1! Patch 3.1 As Goes Light So Goes Darkness brings with it a lot of brand new content. The story threads left hanging after the completion of FFXIV: Heavansward will be continued in the new main story quests,  New

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Happy Halloween: Destiny Gets More Microtransactions

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

An update this morning has added more ways to spend money in  Destiny. For 200 silvers players can buy Treasures of the Lost Chests which can contain small randomized items such as legendary masks and  Jackolytes. One dollar is equivelant to 100 silver coins. In addition to the chests, emotes can also be bought with prices ranging from 300 to 700 silver coins. 

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YouTube Red Blocking Certain Gaming Videos in the United States

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

Last week YouTube announced the premiere of YouTube Red. This service allows content creators to gate off some of their videos behind a subscription fee. It seems however that as with every major change YouTube seems to make, there have been some issues. Certain gaming companies have not yet agreed to the terms for YouTube Red and as a result of this footage of certain games is getting blocked for US viewers.

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New Rock Band 4 DLC Takes Us Back To The 80s

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Harmonix’s latest batch of downloadable content for the recently released Rock Band 4 transports players back in time to the 1980s.  First there is Depeche Mode’s 1985 track “People are people”, also to be added will be INXS’ “What you need” and finally rounding out this weeks’ new offerings is Naked Eye’s “There’s always something to remind me”. Each track will be priced at $1.99 USD and will be available on The Rock Band store later this week when the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace are updated with new content. I’m a huge music game fan but ill be

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Wii U Emulator Cemu V 1.01 Update Brings Faster Game Loading

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Wii U Emulator Cemu Update Brings Faster Game Loading A few weeks ago the world’s first Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu hit the scene and now the program’s developer has released version 1.01 which brings with it enhanced loading times and graphical improvements. If you are expecting to play the latest Nintendo releases on your PC with Cemu you might be a little disappointed. However, the emulator does support encrypted disc images which means that testers have got games like Mario Kart 8 and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD to load up until their “press start” screens.

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Watch The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Launch Trailer

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo has released a very stylized launch trailer for the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes via their YouTube channel. This very brief trailer will give you an overview of some of the bosses in the game as well as some of the team mechanics that are vital to solving the game’s many puzzles. We got the chance to play the limited demo version of the game a few weeks back and wrote a pretty exhaustive preview of the games multiplayer. The full game was released this past Friday, October 23rd, and currently holds a 75 on

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Disputed Call Dominates ARK: Survival Evolved Tournament Finals

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

E-Sports coverage is predominately skewed towards larger titles like League of Legends, DOTA 2 and to a lesser extent Heroes of the Storm but these three aren’t the only competitive game in town. Ark: Survival Evolved instinct game’s breakaway Steam hit held a competitive Survival of the Fittest competition yesterday with the winning tribes taking away cash and prizes. This event wasn’t without some controversy, however, with the Ark devs detailing a rather controversial referee call.

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Convention Report: Experiencing The Weirdness of IndieCade 2015

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

Writing and Photos By: Renee Gittins  IndieCade is weird. So often “weird” is seen as a negative term, but weird is celebrated here. The games and activities showcase that the abnormal is often fun. In the Los Angeles heat, indie developers, gamers, parents and children enjoy the fun, thought-provoking and silly experiences. IndieCade celebrates innovation and it shows in every part of the festival. The three day festival is for gamers, developers and the general public alike. It showcases indie games from across the globe in 12 different innovation award categories. Here you’ll find games like no other in the

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The Problem with Life Is Strange’s Ending

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

*Sighs deeply* You know, this wasn’t the article I wanted to write. It really wasn’t. Let me get this out of the way: I love Life Is Strange. I love the empathy it shows in giving even most of its villains depth and meaning. I love how most of the time it manages to tap into that inexperience, that imperfection, that unbridled optimism that makes the best kind of teen fiction. I love Max and Chloe’s tender, confused, multi-faceted relationship with each other; and all those things that I love are in here. In fact, some of the best moments

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Halo 5: Live Phaeton VTL Trailer

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Microsoft has released a very brief teaser trailer for their upcoming Halo 5: LIVE YouTube event. The Phaeton VTL trailer is done in the style of a smoothly edited car advertisement – with the announcer proclaiming that the Phaeton “flies and s**t”, honestly it’s pretty funny. Halo 5: LIVE is a six hour long YouTube event leading up to the midnight general release of Halo 5: Guardians. Microsoft is promising a roundtable discussion between the writers of Halo 5 and actor Nathan Fillion (who voices Buck in Guardians and Halo 3: ODST). They’ll also be showing the world premiere of

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Collect Some Bottle Caps With Real World Fallout 4 Beer

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

You can ensure your survival during a real world nuclear apocalypse not by reserving a spot in a Vaul-Tec vault but by stashing away some bottle caps from a case of official Fallout 4 beer. Bethesda Softworks is partnering with UK brewer Carlsberg UK to offer European Fallout 4 fans the chance to order a case of 12 bottles through Amazon UK, which will ship on November 5th Currently priced at 29.99 Great British Pounds (approximately $60 CDN) the Fallout 4 official beer ships in twelve 330ML bottles. According to the product listing the Fallout beet has been brewed “using

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Destinys new Oryx Raid Gets a Hard Mode

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Destiny’s raids have always been hard. The first one took an expert team of 4 players over a week to figure out and complete. So it comes as no suprise that even harder, longer, and tougher raids are a major attraction to the destiny community. Today the hardest yet becomes available at 10AM. This challenge is no joke, Destiny’s lead designer recommends that players taking on the raid have at least a light level of 300. Gavin Irby, lead designer said “This time, we followed a subtractive approach by building the mechanics early on. For a long time, we play-tested

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Destiny Patch 2.0.2 Detailed

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Details have emerged on the next major Destiny update. On the weekly Bungie blog both the date, and content are detailed.  Design lead Lars Bakken tells tell players: “Last week, it was clear to us that you were frustrated by the Iron Banner reward drops, and rightly so! It turns out that, when we started digging into the issue, we uncovered a nasty bug that affected how Legendary drops happen throughout the Crucible, including Iron Banner. We’re working hard to ensure that the next Iron Banner will work as intended, and be even better than before. These changes will make your entire

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Doom Closed Alpha Details, Recommended Specs & Trailer Revealed

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Fans looking for their next fix of id Software’s upcoming Doom reboot might not have to wait long provided that they purchased or pre-ordered Wolfenstein: The New Order last year.  Id Software and publisher Bethesda have announced a closed alpha set to take place tomorrow through the end of this weekend. In terms of scope the closed alpha will be quite limited – featuring only one mode (6 vs 6 team deathmatch) and one map called Heatwave. Also don’t expect any extended live-streams or huge let’s plays of this newly announced alpha test as id Software has made it very

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October 22nd Nintendo Download

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jason Nason

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – Investigate a series of suspicious disappearances while surviving the haunted woods atop the mysterious Mt. Hikami. The Wii U GamePad controller is now your Camera Obscura, which is used to defend against lethal ghosts. Download this free-to-start game and play most of the prologue and first two terrifying chapters for free. To continue playing, purchase the full game upgrade in the Nintendo eShop. Find it under downloadable content. Click here to watch the extremely spoopy trailer for the game. Just Dance 2016 – The newest game in the popular franchise features two ways

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