Fan Made Remake Of Descent In The Works

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Les Major

Modder MadMaxBLD definitely deserves kudos for beginning work on bringing back a great game of yesteryear, Descent. This is a series that I would love to see a return of, and Max’s mod/remake is a beautiful example of why. Even with what seems like the original enemies as place holders (or as a nice homage, I’m fine with either really) the concept looks just as mesmerizing again now as seeing the original was back in the day. This is definitely a mod I’d love to play. Read on for a youtube video sample.

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Painkiller Hell & Damnation Available Now

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Les Major

The HD remake of Painkiller is available now on Steam! Included during Steam’s Halloween Sale you can get the preorder bonus ‘Cemetery Halloween Edition DLC’ that features the first level of the game, decorated for Halloween with special enemies and an accievement to unlock. The remake is from Nordic Games and features all of the original content from Painkiller and Battle Out Of Hell. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3, the game still sticks to it’s original formula of no auto-healing while resting however. For more on this title check out the features trailer that Joshua Rust posted just over

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Borderlands Legends Comes Out Of The Vault Today

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Les Major

Launching today on Apples iTunes APP store, you can pick up a quite impressive looking overhead shooter. Borderlands Legends. The game seems to focus on in game cash to buy new weapons instead of gathering loot, but does include leveling up and skill tree goodness. Starring the playable characters from the original Borderlands, gamers play through randomized missions which should hopefully keep replayability up. The iPhone sized version of the game is $4.99, while the iPad edition will cost you $6.99.

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Shake Up Your Imagination With This Gameglobe Trailer

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Les Major

If you’re like me, you enjoy making your own game content. It’s not always complex though, sometimes it’s just level creating fun. Take a look at what Bigpoint is working on and sign up for a free account on Gameglobe.com Basically Gameglobe sounds like a level creator with freedom to play other gamers content, as well as share your own. It looks really impressive for a game running in a browser and with good community support should be a fun time!

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Puppeteer Celebrates with Hallowee Ville Trailer

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Les Major

Sony’s Japan Studio released a new trailer today for Puppeteer featuring some awesome Halloween fun for the holidays. Puppeteer was announced back in August and features a boy who was carried off by the Moon Bear King into Castle Gristlestein where he’s transformed into a puppet. He escapes and ventures off to retrieve his disembodied head. As seen in the trailer here, the scissors seem to be his main defense and a way to interact with the environment. The trailer focuses on Hallowee Ville which is just part of the Moon Realm the story takes place in. The Art Director

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MechWarrior Online Sets Sight On Open Beta

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Piranha Games’ free to play take on the MechWarrior franchise entered open beta yesterday. Announced by publisher Infinite Game Publishing, anyone can register on the Mechwarrior Online site and begin downloading the client right away. Free mech based combat? Sign us up! MechWarrior being a free to play game means of course that certain features, weapons and mechs are locked for paying members only. Founders also get additional XP, $50 of in game currency and the founders’ exclusive Jenner mech. The beta was expected to begin a little earlier, and IGP has released a statement apologizing for the brief delay.

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Grand Theft Auto V Releases Spring 2013

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Rockstar Games has confirmed today thatGrand Theft Auto V will release in the Spring of next year – 2013! Pre-orders are not available at your local game store yet, but you should be able to start pre-ordering starting November 5th, 2012. Grand Theft Auto V will be set in a modern day southern California (San Andreas…) that promises to take you “from the tops of the mountains to the depths of the ocean.” No exact date, obviously, has been narrowed down yet – but when it does you can be sure we will be here to inform you on any

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Disney Buys Lucas Film, Promises Star Wars VII

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Les Major

In news that will no doubt flow over into video games, and makes one wonder what in the world future Kingdom Hearts games will include now that Disney has both Marvel titles and Lucas Arts titles, Disney has purchased Lucas Film. News has it to the tune of $4.05 Billion. This is very surprising news including that Disney plans to release Star Wars episode VII by 2015. I’m actually skeptical about all of this still since it seems very surreal. News media is quoting George Lucas as saying, “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a

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Nightmare In North Point DLC Released Today

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Les Major

Want some supernatural horror action in your Sleeping Dogs for Halloween? United Front Games has you covered with their latest DLC pack. Surprisingly for how much fun it looks like, see the trailer here, this add-on is only $4.99. I’ll definitely be giving it a go so I’ll be sure to post my impressions later. If you’ve gotten no where in the game and you’ve just been driving around, spoilers ahead. Here is the info about the DLC from Steam.

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Closure of Broken Joysticks Forums

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Our forums will be riding off into the sunset tomorrow… Here’s the announcement: Phase out of Community Forums Effective November 1st the BrokenJoysticks community forums will no longer be active. We appreciate everyone who took the time to sign up and enjoy during this two month trial run. As a staff we learned quite a bit about what goes into fostering and maintaining a successful community. We feel that at this time the amount of moderation required to keep the forums clean of spam outweighs the benefit. To those dedicated few who have stayed with us, don’t fret. We will

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Dragon’s Dogma | Review

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Jason Fayta

Editor’s note:  Storms are raging on the east coast of Canada and the United States right now. Here’s a review from our very own Jason Fayta as he looks back on this past spring’s Dragon’s Dogma. Our original content schedule should be back on track soon! Version tested: PlayStation 3 Capcom, famed developer and publisher that has brought gamers such franchises as Resident Evil and Street Fighter, enters the action role-playing genre on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Dragon’s Dogma, a successful foray into fantasy open-world role-playing games. Taking inspiration from Skyrim, Dark Souls, and Capcom’s own offerings, Monster Hunter and

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Mario Kart 7, Star Fox and Zelda OOT Added To JPN 3DS E-Shop

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo’s latest update to the Japanese E-Shop almost reads like a best of list for any 3DS newcomer. If you’ve got spare change to burn, a Japanese 3DS and a large memory card then you my friend are in for one hell of a gaming experience. According to this very Japanese web page – what appears to be a list of 3DS E Shop release dates – Nintendo is poised to add The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 7 and Mario 3D Land to the roster of downloadable titles available in their native Japan. Here’s the

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