The DSi Is Coming In Two New Colors

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Seung Lee

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Personally, I’m not sure why this is necessary, but the DSi is receiving two new colors: matte red and matte blue. A tweet from Nintendo of America states that these new colored handhelds could be in the stores “as early as this week.” Take my advice and opt to buy a 3DS instead. Check out the DSi at http://www.nintendo.com/ds/. Source: Joystiq  

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The Book of Unwritten Tales: Review

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Matthew Regier

In the humble year of 2009 a little known German company, King Art, went forth on the great task of breathing fresh air into what has otherwise been a stale and stagnated genre of fantasy adventure. The journey was long, dark, and difficult. Undergoing deep research on  the tropes that brought stagnation into the genre itself. This time however, it the adventure genre is as refreshing as can possibly be. The Book of Unwritten Tales is a stimulating look at the fantasy adventure genre that gives the player a great story which is thick with parody that will give any

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The Walking Dead Ep. 1&2 Free For PS Plus August 7

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Seung Lee

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Summer is quickly coming to a close, so why not make the most out of it with some free games? If you loved watching and/or reading The Walking Dead, it’ll be worth your time to try the prequel to the TV series out. Starting August 7, PlayStation Plus members will be able to play episodes 1 and 2 of The Walking Dead for free. It’s not as if the games are bad either. If you like point-and-click adventure games, you owe it to yourself to play the two episodes. You can check out our review on the first episode here,

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Shogun 2 – Saints and Heroes Elite Unit Pack Now Available

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

SEGA’s Japanese themed real time strategy title, Total War: Shogun 2, just got a booster shot with the release of nine brand new units. These aren’t any regular units either, they are legendary heroes of battle who have been hardened by countless battles and reveled in the defeats of many of their enemies. These new units include the club wielding Tadakatsu’s Tetsubo Warriors, the spears of Shizugatake and Hanzo’s Shadows, an elite group of Ninja. All nine of these units are playable in the Single and Multiplayer portions of Total War: Shogun 2. We’ve embedded the official trailer from SEGA

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Con Bravo: Gaming Tournament & Free Play Impressions

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

During the last weekend we at Broken Joysticks got the opportunity to visit Con bravo down in the Hamilton Ontario area as our readership is already aware – and let me give a shout out saying it was one of the best con experiences that we have ever covered. Meeting the Special Guests, the con goers themselves, and the staff was nothing short of epic amounts of fun – and we’ve made a note to put this down as one of our favoured cons for the future. While the big coverage will be coming out as the week goes on,

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Indie Gala Seven Begins

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Indie Gala has just launched its seventh “pay what you want” game bundle. If you purchase a copy of this bundle, you can choose how to split up your money between the developers, two charities, and Indie Gala. The charities you may donate to in this bundle are the Italian Red Cross (to help in efforts in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy that suffered from a series of earthquakes in May) and AbleGamers, which works to help make video games more accessible for disabled people. They’ve got a couple of great games in this bundle (each of which will

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Fall of Cybertron Optimus G1 Pack Trailer

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

If you’ve been a fan of Transformers since its inception, in the 1980s, then you might be interested  in the latest pre-order bonus for Fall of Cybertron. By pre-ordering the game at Gamestop/EB Games in either Canada or the United States you’ll gain access to the G1 Retro Pack. The Pack includes a classic generation 1 skin for Optimus Prime and G1 inspired scoped pistol and G1 inspired blaster cannon. Check out a brand new thirty second trailer featuring Optimus in his classic digs mowing down his enemies in truck form! . Fall of Cybertron will be released on August

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Dust 514 Final Code Giveaway

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

We are back with one more Dust 514 Beta Key, just like the last time it’s first come, first played. You’ll have to enter this code on a North America PlayStation Network account to gain access to this weekend’s closed Beta for CCP’s upcoming free to play shooter. Please Note: The below PSN code will only give you access to this weekend’s DUST 514 beta, and is subject to CCP’s Terms of Service and Non Disclosure Agreement, as this code gains you access to a closed beta. PSN Code: F89Q-C7N4-Q799

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Blockbuster Cast Announced For 007 Legends

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activations next James Bond title, 007 Legends, looks to  be bringing its A game with the announcement of a celebrity roster of contributors. Naturally you’ve got Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007, James Bond. Joining him are Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax and Richard Kiel as the steel teethed Jaws. To top the whole thing off the game’s narrative is being written by veteran bond scribe Richard Kiel who penned The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day and GoldenEye. 007 Legends certainly has enough talent behind it to make it stand out from some of the other bond

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Resonance Review

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Seung Lee

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I’m indifferent, actually, towards point-and-click adventure games and visual novels. But, if it has a great story, likable characters, and lots of humor, I’ll at least try it. That being said, Resonance has to be one of the best point-and-click games I’ve ever played. It ranks up there with the Ace Attorney series (my favorite video game series), Monkey Island series, and Sam & Max series. Resonance has you playing as four main characters: Tolstoy “Ed” Eddings, Anna Castellanos, Raymond Abbot, and Officer Winston Bennet. Ed is a mathematician who works for a physicist named Dr. Javier Morales. He struggles

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Dust 514 Beta Weekend Code Giveaway #1

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Have you wanted to join in the fun in CCP’s cross platform/cross-game MMOFPS Dust 514? We’ve got two Beta keys to give away and the first of which is at the bottom of this article! Please Note: The below PSN code will only give you access to this weekend’s DUST 514 beta, and is subject to CCP’s Terms of Service and Non Disclosure Agreement, as this code gains you access to a closed beta. PSN Code: TAH4-L5NL-2M3H Update: We accidentally pushed this live a little too early. Sorry about that, as soon as PSN comes back up, we suppose the

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Escape the Boyle Mansion In New Interactive Dishonored Trailer

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bethesda has released a brand new 2 interactive minute trailer for upcoming first person assassination game, Dishonored. In this interactive trailer you can choose between three different escapes, “Long Jump”, “Sleep Tight” or “Chain Possession”. If you’ve wanted to see someone take down multiple guards in slowmotion with a crossbow and then hide out, this is the trailer for you! Dishonored will be released on October 9th in North America for Xbox 360 and PS3. [youtube id=”BJFLCmehPss” width=”600″ height=”350″]

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Virtua Fighter V: Final Showdown Tutorial Videos

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Virtua Fighter V: Final Showdown is a certainly an impressive game, given it’s $15 price point. We loved it  so much when we reviewed it last month, we gave it an 8.0 calling it “a great fighter with a lot of depth and complexity, but is still simple enough in its execution that a novice player will easily be able to pick up the game and learn very quickly.” If you still haven’t quite grasped the basics of the game SEGA has released two brand new tutorial videos. One for Lei-Fei and Aoi & another featuring El Blaze and Eileen.

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