Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS Vita) | Review

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the most celebrated in all of gaming, spanning multiple console generations and iterations. Konami returns to the world that Hideo Kojima built with a port of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 for the PlayStation Vita. Does this port of last year’s HD Collection hold up on a handheld? Find out in our first multi-editor review.

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A War of Roses Behind The Scenes Dev Diary

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Paradox Interactive’s latest title War of the Roses, an  online historical action title has a brand new developer diary staring Senior producer Gordon Van Dyke and lead designer Mårten Stormdaas they travel the English countryside scouting out real life locations that influenced the development of the game. The game’s multiplayer mode allows players to customize their loadouts and classes featuring swords, shields but also  early flintlock weapons and crossbows. A War of Roses takes a bit of liberty with its recreation of English Civil War combat by adding flourishes and finishing moves that give the player sense of drama. Check

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Broken Joysticks Summer Upgrades

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

We don’t like things to get stale here at Broken Joysticks and that’s why we’ve rolled out a series of upgrades that allow you, the reader, to share with us what you’re playing and comment on articles in new and exciting ways. These are just the first of a few planned upgrades that will make the site more accessible and enjoyable, that we will be rolling out in the future.

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Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile Announced

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile. This expansion pack for Serious Sam 3: BFE is set for a PC release in October. Croteam’s Davor Hunski claims that the expansion “tells more of Sam’s story and cranks up the insanity.” Having played through some of it, I’m surprised to learn that Serious Sam 3 had a story (other than “go kill these monsters”). According to the press release, the expansion will feature three new campaign missions set around the Temple of Isis on the real life Egyptian island of Philae. Devolver Digital’s Fork Parker

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Act Fast if you’d like a cheap copy of Legend of Grimrock

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

If you are interested in picking up a cheap copy of the newfangled dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock, then you should head on over to Good Old Games. You can pick it up on sale for $7.49 USD until July 11 at 5:59 AM EDT. That’s a pretty good deal for a critically acclaimed game that just came out in April. Unfortunately, you’ll have to act with extreme alacrity if you want to get in on this.  Have any of you played it? What are your thoughts? Is a $7.49 DRM free copy a steal that will intrigue even the

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Panzer Corps’ First Standalone Expansion Inbound

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Slitherine and Matrix Games have announced the first standalone expansion for their turn-based wargame Panzer Corps, entitled Panzer Corps: Afrika Corps. As the name suggests, this expansion will put you in control of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Deutsches Afrikakorps as you attempt to push Britain out of the Middle East. Particularly successful players will even have an opportunity to advance into British India. Grognards will get a chance to outshine the Desert Fox once the expansion is released on the 31st of this month. In addition to this new expansion, the original Panzer Crops is now on sale for 33% off.

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Walking Dead FPS Announced By Activision

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision will be publishing a first person shooter based upon AMC’s The Walking Dead television show the publisher announced today. The game is due out in 2013 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC and should not be confused with TellTale Game’s series of adventure games based upon the Walking Dead graphic novels. The Walking Dead for Xbox 360 will be developed by Terminal Reality, the developer behind Kinect Star Wars, Turning Point Fall of Liberty  and The Ghostbusters Videogame.  The Walking Dead TV series builds a surreal amount of tension and atmosphere and the game is set

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Phantasy Star Online 2 Launches In North America Next Year

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

SEGA’s Phantasy Star Online 2 launched in Japan over the July 4th holiday and the amount of buzz in the western gaming press has been more than impressive. SEGA of America confirmed this morning through press release that PSO 2 will be published in North America on Windows PC sometime in 2013. PSO2  features 3 different classes for players to choose from – magic users, to ranged combat and hand to hand melees. The maps in Phantasy Star Online 2 will also be randomly generated, which is quite different from the original as that game only featured 4 maps with

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Check Out Six Minutes of Halo 4 Multiplayer

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Rooster Teeth Expo was held this past weekend and it wouldn’t be an RT event without something Halo. 343 industries brought along the latest Halo 4 multiplayer build and several matches where showcased at RTX 2012. Two different videos where uploaded from the expo including a 6 minute segment on the map Longbow and an 11 minute Q&A after the match. Shown in the first video is a mode new to Halo 4, infinity slayer, where each team tries to rack up a preset amount of points. Each video features different weapons including classics assault rifle, battle rifle and

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Nintendo Download UK Edition – 09.7.12

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

It’s Monday and that can only mean one thing for our friend across the Atlantic, time for new releases on the Nintendo E-Shop and 3DS shop. Headlining this week’s release are Sparkle Snapshots from Nintendo, a 3DS application that lets you customize your photos and share them wirelessly.  For 200 DSi points you could also snag “99Seconds” – an 8 bit game that involves the manipulation of time. If you’re not looking for full games on the go why not snag the Hyper Arcade edition of Konai’s Frogger for Wii or the first downloadable songs for Square Enix’s  THEATRHYTHM. Check

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Phantasy Star Online 2 Now Live, Here’s How You Can Sign Up

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Phantasy Star Online 2, Sega’s decade long water torture  sequel to one of the most addicting console action RPGs has finally launched in its native Japan. Over independence day Sega flipped the switch on the final build of PSO2 and even if you don’t speak Japanese or can’t read Kanji you too can join in on the fun with a little bit of technical wizardry and patience.

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Final Penny Arcade Episode 3 Steam Key Up For Grabs

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

It’s time for our last Penny Arcade Episode 3 code give away. This time we’re not pulling any punches, no removed letters or numbers just a good old fashioned first come first served contest. Those who are quick on the draw will be able to claim this code. Why not spend your weekend with Gabe & Tycho? Steam Key: W4NAG-GIBDX-22VM8

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PlayStation All-Stars Set For October Release

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sony’s take on the “mascot brawler” sub-genre, first popularized by Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros series, PlayStation All-Stars, will release in the United States and Canada on October 23rd, 2012 for PS3 and Playstation Vita the company confirmed this afternoon via the Playstation Blog. In addition to the release date information they also announced a series of pre-order exclusive costumes for Nathan Drake, Sly Cooper and the gang. No other information surrounding the costumes, like which retailers will have them (presumably they will be split up amongst Best Buy/Gamestop and Futureshop) or if they will available after release was made available.

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Persona 4 Arena Character Move Videos

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Atlus have released a series of short one minute tutorial videos for upcoming fighter Persona 4: Arena. These videos showcase some basic moves for each character -you’ve got your charged, heavy and air attacks naturally, but they also showcase some of the crazy combos that are capable as you build up your meter. You’re not going to become an expert with a mere minute of instruction but if you want to see each characters persona in action, and get a taste of their fighting style, these videos are for you.

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Penny Arcade Episode 3 Giveaway

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Psssst… did you know we reviewed Penny Arcade on the Precipice of Darkness: Episode 3? We enjoyed it so much we’re giving away two copies of the game today through our news articles. The first steam code for the game is below, at the end of the article. The second code will be hidden in another article later today. This contest is a little different from the previous ones, that ran last month. To prevent bots from copying/claiming the code we’ve removed two numbers (1 – 9) in the code sequence. If you fill in the right numbers you too

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