Batman Arkham City 50% Off On Steam This Weekend

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Quick, to the batmobile! This weekend’s deal on Steam is particularly tempting for all us comic fans out there. Until Monday May 7th Batman Arkham City has been discounted on steam to an absolutely mind blowing $14.99! For that price you’d have to be as mad as the joker not to pick up Arkham City (okay I’ll stop with the lame jokes!). If you missed out on Arkham back when it launched in October now is as good as any time to get in on the detective action, especially with the Harley’s Revenge DLC coming out at the end of

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Company of Heroes 2 Ready To Be Deployed Sometime Next Year

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Long time RTS developer Relic Entertainment is set to unveil the next entry in their World War II franchise Company of Heroes in the next issue of PC Magazine. A user on the popular forum NeoGaf spotted an early copy of the magazine which contains a preview of the upcoming Company of Heroes 2. COH2, due out in 2013, shifts things over to Europe’s eastern front according to the PC Magazine cover story. This of course means that your forces will be battling it out on cold Soviet tundra during battles like Operation Barbarosa, The Battle of Stalingrad and the

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Iron Front – Liberation 1944 Screens Released

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Deep Silver and X1 Software/AWAR just released new screenshots from their upcoming tactical shooter Iron Front – Liberation 1944. The pictures showcase the Red Army, which is appropriate for a game set during the great Soviet summer offensive of 1944. Iron Front comes out on the 25th of this month, in the meantime you can check out the new screens after the jump. If you get a sense of Déjà vu while viewing the wave of screenshots below, it might have something to do with the fact that Iron Front uses the same engine as ARMA 2.

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Mount & Blade Collection Giveaway

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

A little bird told me that Broken Joysticks would publish something Mount & Blade related soon. That sounds like a good excuse to give out copies of the Mount and Blade collection. Unfortunately, this collection doesn’t include the Napoleonic Wars DLC, but it does have Mount & Blade, Mount and Blade: Warband, and Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword. We will hide three codes for the collection in our articles, twitter account, or our steam group. Read on for a trailer and details on how to activate the games via steam.

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Angry Birds Space | Review

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The original Angry Birds has ruled both the iOS and Android digital shops for the past few years. Both versions have been downloaded over 700 million times and the game has spawned two spin-off titles, Angry Birds Rio and the constantly updated Angry Birds Seasons. Rovio mobile is back with a full-fledged sequel to the original. Can the birds boldly go where no avian has gone before?

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Indie Royale’s May Hurray Bundle Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Indie Royale’s latest game bundle is now available. The five games included in this $5 USD bundle are Dungeon Defenders, Containment: The Zombie Puzzler, Data Jammer: FastForward, Brainpipe- A plunge to Unhumanity, and Weird World: Return to Infinite Space. In my humble opinion, Dungeon Defenders, a RPG/Tower Defense hybrid, is worth $5 by itself. The others are just icing on the cake. Additionally, for $7 USD you’ll also receive Starscream/Infinity Shred’s album “Future, Toward the Edge of Tomorrow.”  If you are into that sort of thing.

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New Black Ops 2 Screens Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision have released a few new screenshots for the absolutely refreshing Call of Duty Black Ops 2. These new screenshots show us a destroyed Los Angeles, a really good look at one of the games protagonists and a futuristic tank. Many gamers, myself included, where floored by the debut trailer. The direction the franchise has taken was completely unexpected and has genuinely renewed my interest in the Call of Duty franchise. Check out the three new screenshots after the jump. What do you think about the new direction of Black Ops 2?

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THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE Announced

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Perhaps, it was inevitable…. Bethesda has just announced The Elder Scrolls Online. There wasn’t much information about the game in their press releases (the June issue of Game Informer will reveal more). So far all we know is that ZeniMax Online Studios is developing it for PC and Mac. Also, the game director has some ambitious plans for the game. “We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The

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EA Admits to Poor Origin Communication

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Matthew Regier

Origin, Electronic Art’s digital distribution platform that has been around for just over a year now has turned to its user base to help get some corners smoothed out. EA, admitting they could have done a better job in “communicating what’s available” is hoping to improve this by asking its 9.3 million registered users for some feedback on the issue. Despite the $100 million Origin generated in 2011, and which continues to grow with the addition of new publishing partners, they still want to make Origin more user friendly and is confident that it’s user base will be able to

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Ghost Recon Future Soldier Goes Gold

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Ghost Recon Future Soldier the long in development six entry in the Ghost Recon franchise has gone gold according to Ubisoft. This third person shooter imagines a near-future world where next generation soldiers make use of technologies like active camo, special camouflage that decreases the subjects visibility to the enemy. Other improvements to the series formula include the substitution  of squad micromanagement with the ability to paint targets and have your squad mates engage them. After nearly 3 years in development eager Tom Clancy fans will be able to get their hands on Future Soldier on May 22nd. Check out

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THE TESTAMENT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Gets a Release Date

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Focus Home Interactive has just announced that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes will make its way to the Xbox® 360, PlayStation® 3 and PC sometime in September. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes marks the first console release of Frogwares’ seemingly limitless series of puzzle games staring the the master detective. This time around Sherlock is the main suspect in a series of crimes. He’s one the lam, unable to prove his innocence (at least initially), and must investigate these crimes using what Focus Home Interactive calls a new “deduction” system. I’ve never played these games, so I don’t know what

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Warlock: Master of the Arcane Tutorial Video Released

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just released a video tutorial for Ino-Co‘s upcoming strategy game Warlock: Master of the Arcane. According to Broken Joysticks’ own Eric Bastelak, Warlock is basically Civilization set in the Majesty universe. You can try out Warlock’s recent demo if that sounds appealing to you. In the meantime, we’ve posted the tutorial video below.

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Trine 2 Giveaway

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Yesterday’s Wargame giveaway went off without a hitch, but I found myself wishing that the Cold War had been prevented by the magical merger of NATO and the Warsaw Pact into a common entity. Then the former enemies could work together to solve puzzles in an action platformer that played to their unique strengths. Wait a second…. That sounds like Trine 2! In light of this realization, we at Broken Joysticks humbly declare that today will henceforth be known as “Trine 2 Thursday.” To commemorate this auspicious occasion we will hide three codes for the game in our articles, twitter

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Facebook IPO Could Make Them A Major Player In The Gaming World

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

All eyes are on Facebook’s impending initial public offering, with rumblings of the company’s stock being open to the public in a little as two weeks. The world of business and the world of gaming very rarely collide with positive results, and the few times business stories have appeared on our front page we were writing about massive layoffs or game cancellations. So what makes the upcoming Facebook IPO worthy of being on gamer’s radar?

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Check Out MechWarrior Online’s Long Range Devastator

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

A new mech from Pirhana Game’s upcoming MechWarrior Online has been revealed. The Catapult mech uses long range missiles in order to obliterate its targets. When paired with a spotter the Catapult can devastate opponents who aren’t within visible range. Rounding out the Catapult’s offense package are a series of four laser cannons and freaking JUMP JETS! MechWarrior online has been under development since 2009 and has seem quite a few delays due to supposed legal troubles with Harmony Gold, the owners of the Robotech franchise. If all goes according to schedule MechWarrior Online will release free of charge on

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