Broken Joysticks & Hurricane Sandy

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Live on the East Coast? Yeah, so do we. Unfortunately, that means we’re about ready to be hit by one of the biggest storms of the century. With this on all of our minds, news production will be slowing down a bit in order for the staff to prepare for the worst. The storm itself will be hitting the Mid-Atlantic region by the end of the day Monday into Tuesday. For now, we are going to be limiting our news posting in hopes that we can all ride out the storm safely with our family and friends. If you live

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Steam’s Halloween Sale Begin Today

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Les Major

You know the cute cartoon mascots, all those fun percentage numbers, and the fact that your wallet is about to take a huge hit. That’s right, it’s Steam sale time again! It seems the featured games section in the sale are highlighted titles and below that is a list of all Halloween sale games through October 31st. Just throwing some titles out there, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is on sale for just $2.49 so if you want some H. P. Lovecraft horror to your Halloween, there’s a starting point. At least one I havn’t played yet anyway. Meanwhile in content

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Hitman: Absolution Video: Dynamic Audio

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Jesse Lord

Just a quick news post to highlight a video sent to my inbox this morning by our contacts at Square Enix.  Called “Dynamic Audio,” this clip emphasizes the work that goes into creating the aural mood in a game like Hitman: Absolution.  I personally find that music in video games is one of the biggest influences on me and my enjoyment of the game.  Couple a touching scene with the right music and you’ve got something that truly pulls on my heart-strings and could even see a tear roll down my cheek.  Get a nice high-beats-per-minute track down in an

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Resident Evil 6 | Review

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

There is no hope left… that is until you take control in the next entry of Capcom’s popular survival horror franchise with Resident Evil 6. The game was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a PC release sometime in 2013.  This review is based on my experiences with the Xbox 360 version of the game. Is Resident Evil 6 worth it, read on if you dare…

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – 10th Anniversary

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Jason Bassett

The glitz and the glamor of the 1980’s are coming back! This time it’s your mobile device that will be getting the fun. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 10th Anniversary has been announced by Rockstar Games and will be available for your iOS and Android mobile phones. It’s has been 10 years since we began to explore the riches and scum of the city of Vice and now players will be able to relive the magic all over again, 10 years later. Rockstar Games has announced that players will be getting a lot of cool treats in addition to the game

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Activision/Terminal Reality Names The Walking Dead ‘Survival Instinct’

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Terminal Reality, known for BloodRayne & Kinect: Star Wars, along with Activision have announced the name to their Walking Dead game cleverly titled: The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. Completely unrelated to the fantastic Telltale Walking Dead game episode series, Survival Instinct is a first person shooter that places you in the role of Daryl Dixon. Who by far is my favorite character in the franchise thus far. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is a prequel to the T.V. series as it takes place before Daryl and his infamous brother Merle make it to Atlanta. This game will focus the brothers

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9 Minutes Of Mass Effect: Paragon Lost Anime Prequel

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Joshua Rust

For fans who love continuum (I’m one of them) Bioware,  FUNimation, T.O Entertainment and Production I.G have partnered together to make an anime based off the ever popular Mass Effect franchise titled Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. So where does this story take place in the Mass Effect world? Here is the official description with all the details: “Mass Effect: Paragon Lost is the prequel to the highly-anticipated Mass Effect 3 and follows the early career of Alliance Marine, James Vega. Vega leads an elite Special Forces squad into battle against a mysterious alien threat known as The Collectors. Stationed at a

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Dunwall City Trials DLC Announced For Dishonored

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Joshua Rust

The first of three planned DLC for the well received Dishonored is titled ‘Dunwall City Trials’. The Dunwall City Trials has been give a tentative release date of December with no exact date to pin it down to and will be priced at 400 MSP (or $4.99). The Dunwall City Trials will offer: “ten distinct trials await challengers,” says the blurb, “including an arena battle against waves of enemy AI, a gravity-defying run of drop assassinations, and a race against the clock. ” “Dunwall City Trials also features a whole new set of achievements and trophies as well as a global online

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown | Review

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Eric Bastelak

XCOM: Enemy Unkown is the resurrection of a once great series. The original XCOM titles were amazing tactical and unforgiving you could lose hours trying to save the world. I’d love to say that Enemy Unknown is the perfect return to form however that would just not be true. This series has been updated sometimes for the better and other times for the worse.

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Windows 8 Marketplace Will Be Selling M-Rated Titles

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jason Bassett

It seems as though there was a slip-up over at the Microsoft legal department. Mature rated games will be finding their way back into the picture in the Windows 8 Marketplace when Windows 8 launches. Currently, under section 6.2 of the Microsoft App Store guidelines sections 6.2 states that apps or games rated PEGI 16, ESRB Mature or a corresponding rating under other ratings systems would not be added to the Windows 8 Marketplace. In video game community this alienated both consumers and developers as both would have to look else where to find games. Games like Dishonored or Bioshock Infinite would most

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Minecraft Topples COD: Modern Warfare 3 For XBL Supremacy

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Xbox Live “most played” charts aren’t usually a site for heated competition between popular games but this week we have a new king in Mojang’s Minecraft. The Xbox Live version of the block building toppled Activision’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 for the most players on Microsoft’s Online service. Certainly MineCraft is no longer the small indie title that it was back in 2009 but it is still amazing to see a game developed by a small team dethrone a juggernaut like COD. Older titles like Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach are still in the top but

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Animal Crossing 3DS Gets English Subtitle, Trailer

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jeff Wade

The housing market might still be in a rough spot, but if you think you can do any better Nintendo’s latest Animal Crossing is set to give you the chance to play out all of your animal related mogul fantasies. Freshly minted as Animal Crossing: New Leaf , the 3DS title places players in the role of the town mayor. Players will decide what buildings and projects to work on for the town and will have the ability to dictate shop hours among other similar corrupt abuses of power.

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How To Use Xenia Emulator

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jeff Wade

This is a sponsored post Have you ever been wondering if it’s possible to play the Xbox games on your PC? Well, guess what – you actually can! The thing is, you need to install an emulator to do that. If you are not quite sure about what an emulator is, where to get it for free (because who wants to pay for entertainment?) and how to use it, then you would be ecstatic about the fact that we have prepared a whole step-by-step that will answer all the questions you might have floating around in your head! Shall we

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Double Your (Primal) Carnage!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Jesse Lord

We’ve been giving Primal Carnage Beta codes out on the site, on Facebook and on Twitter this week, and today is no exception!  We’re actually going to offer two codes today.  So get with the dino-killing! WA65E-TWGHB-XRJ4N RWZEG-Z4X6A-YQD7Y First-come, first-served!  Let us know how you’re enjoying the game once you get some hands-on time with it.

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Tales of Xillia Launches In Japan Next Week

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Tales of Xillia 2, Namco Bandai’s next game ( also first direct sequel  in sometime ) in the long running Tales of  series is almost ready for release in Japan. Xillia 2 will be released on November 1st, just one week from now the company has announced via webcast. Pre-ordering the game gives you exclusive goodies including a novel that bridges the storylines of both games, costume DLC (which Namco will probably release as paid DLC later in the year) and a PlayStation 3 theme. According to Namco development of Xillia 2 took place simultaneously with the first game, as

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