Everything you need to know about Halo 5 multiplayer

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Halo 5 is just 10 days away (review copies are allready out and if you want to see the first part of the campaign its on the web) and 343 are starting to give out massive details on the games multiplayer. New news today includes the games ban policy, a list of medals, the skill matching system and more! First is a question many players have been asking since day 1, what about the ban system? 343 will track the following in a effort to make bans fair and effective Quitting matches Betrayals or team killing Idling (AFK) Intentional suicides

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Steam Features Grey Goo and Chivalry in Free To Play Weekend

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Steam is well-known for doing free to play weekends, often offering entire catalogs for free to users in an attempt to woo them in to buying. For the weekend of October the 16th, Valve has chosen Grey Goo, a tactical macro based RTS game, and Chivalry A first person mêlée combat game. Both of these games also receive a steep discount of 50% should you wish to buy them. Chivalry is a first person mêlée combat game featuring many swords and other medieval weapons. its is bit old having been released in 2012 but still has a healthy community for

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PC Port of Mugen Souls Z Out Next Week, Will Be 40% Off At Launch

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Mugen Souls Z the sequel to Idea Factory International’s 2012 turn based RPG is heading to Windows PC next week thanks to publisher Ghostlight. To celebrate the game’s release Ghostlight will be discounting all of the game’s previously console-only DLC and the game itself by 40% – pricing Mugen Souls Z at $19.99 USD during the week of October 22nd! Mugen Souls Z tells the tale of a universe with seven inter-connected colorful worlds each with their own individual culture and aesthetic. With a ton of customization options, collectibles and levels to gain it seems like there will always be

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Broken Deals: Get Free Assassin’s Creed Syndicate With Samsung SSDs, Monitors

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Samsung is offering a special promotion where the buyer will get a free a copy of upcoming Assassins Creed Syndicate for PC with purchase of several models of Samsung SSDs and monitors. This is good news for anyone who need a new monitor or SSD, as well as for UBIsoft who have a long history of doing promos with graphics card and other computer related peripheral companies. Below is a list of Samsung SSDs and monitors that come with a code to download Syndicate. The game launches on October the 23rd on consoles and October 19th on PC. The deal will

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Star Citizen Exits Closed Alpha

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Star Citizen
Cloud Imperium Games announced today that their much hyped space game Star-Citizen has essentially exited its closed alpha access. The news comes in Chris Roberts’ most recent Letter From the Chairman update, in which he also announced that Star Citizen has surpassed one million backers. “Anyone who has pledged for a Star Citizen Package can now play today without worrying they won’t have access to some portion of the ‘Verse in the future. No Star Marine pass, no Alpha 2.0 pass… no additional payment needed for any module in the works, pre-release,” Roberts wrote. “Going forward, should we need to put out

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Disgaes 5 Now Available In Europe

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nippon Ichi Software has announced that the European delay for Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is finally over as the game has shipped to retail. In this sixth installment in the long running Disgaea franchise players must gather together an entire army to take on the forces of the Void Dark. We reviewed the game last month and had this to say about it: In the end Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is probably the most solid entry in the franchise to date and is easy to recommend for returning players as well as newcomers alike. If you are looking

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Yo-Kai Watch Demo and Canadian Tour Announced

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jason Nason

Yo-kai Watch was a cultural phenomenon in Japan, selling millions of games. The game has spawned a sequel, there is a third 3DS game on the way in 2016, there are spinoff iOS and Android apps, a Just Dance special edition for the Wii U, and there is a spin-off game called Yo-Kai Watch Busters coming for the 3DS. There are also three manga adaptations, a crossover game with Koei Tecmo’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms on the way, and an anime, which just started in North America. That can be seen on Teletoon in Canada.

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Pokemon GO is getting a huge amount of funding from big names

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Google, Nintendo, and the Pokemon Company are reportedly pouring money on to Niantic Labs, the developer of Pokemon GO.  Pokemon go the recently announced AR pokemon game made by the company that made Ingress was launched to incredible fanfare in early September of this year. Initial reports said the PR demo video was too good to be true, but reports coming out of the company now cite Google, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company as each pouring at least 10 million dollars each in to the games development. Initial worries that the game was not to be a core property and

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Gun Game Set To Return in Black Ops 3

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Black Ops III
Call of Duty has always been multiplayer focused, so its no surprise that in the games 11 years there have been a few experiments with game modes. Some modes have been successful, other have not. Gun game was one such mode. Some games had it others didn’t, today Treyarch confirmed that the mode will indeed be in Blackops 3. In a recent interview with EBgames Australia David Vonderhaar, the Game Design Director on Black Ops III’s said “The game does have a Gun Game, there is some one shot stuff going on in Gun Game. But as you would expect from a

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Crunchyroll Now Available on Wii

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Jason Nason

Crunchyroll is now available on the Wii. Crunchyroll is the official destination for the largest lineup of current and classic Anime & Manga. Watch hit shows like Naruto Shippuden, One Piece, and Sword Art Online on all your favorite devices. Watch for free or become a Premium member to watch ad-free with exclusive access to simulcasts—your favorite shows available as soon as 1 hour after they air in Japan.

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Blizzard MOBA Heroes Of The Storm To Get Balance Update

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

We here are Brokenjoysticks love Heros Of The Storm, so every time there is a set of patch notes or a major announcement we tend to get a bit excited.  So when Blizzard community manager Trikslyr lays out upcoming changes on the forum we listen. In their most recent post in response to a thread about MMR Trikslyr  said Blizzard is working on “a couple of bug fixes to help the matchmaker identify players that are closer in skill.” This should result in more evenly balanced matches.” Many players will be unhappy to hear that trisklyer also mentioned that this would increase wait times UP TO 10 MINUTS. No

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Valve open to user feedback on Steam Controller

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Valve is a company known for engaging their users and taking their feedback to heart. So, it comes as no surprise to hear that in a recent statement to PCworld Robin Walker said. “I don’t think this will be the last Steam Controller design ever. We’re just about to hit the point where customers get their hands on it which, to us in the software world, that’s where stuff starts to get really interesting,” Walker said. He didn’t predict what might be done with, but said he expects “it’ll be awesome. It would be the first time our customers didn’t improve

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Halo 5 available for pre-order and Pre-load

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Halo 5 Guardians is now available for pre-load on Xbox One. Along with this annoucment comes the inevitable side announcmet that the game is huge (60GB) and the warnning that there will be a day one patch (no size on this one yet).  This early pre-load is available for everyone who bought digital copies of the game (sorry physical copy lovers, and legendary edition buyers, you are going to have to wait). Pre-loading works with both the standard edition and the Digital Deluxe edition – though neither will allow access to the game until 12:01 EDT on the 27th. Those who

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Stella Glow Demo Coming to 3DS on October 27th

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Jason Nason

With the release of Stella Glow set for November, Atlus has announced that they will release a demo for the game. The demo will give gamers a taste of the game’s combat, voice acting, cutscenes and soundtrack. The down side is that unlike some other demos this one won’t allow you to save your progress into the full version of the game. But at least you’ll get to try before you buy, which is becoming a great trend. The demo will feature the entire prologue of the game as a playable demo. The demo will be available in the Nintendo

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