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Skyrim’s 1.7 Patch Is Finally Coming To Consoles This Week

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Seung Lee

It’s August 8 as I write this article. Why is this little fact important? Well, the latest title update for Bethesda’s Skyrim is version 1.7, and it’s going to be hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 tomorrow. Specifically, 360 Skyrim players from all across the world can expect the patch tomorrow. For the PS3 version, the patch will only be hitting the states on the 9th. The European version of 1.7 will be out the following week.

What exactly does 1.7 do? That’s a good question; it fixes a number of glitches such as general memory and stability optimizations. That’s not all, the 360 version will receive fixes for Spanish, German, French, and Italian shouts. Check out the Twitter announcement regarding patch 1.7 here.

P.S. Still don’t have any info on the PS3 release date for Dawnguard. It’s coming though, don’t worry.

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Here’s Some New Details About Scourge: Outbreak

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Seung Lee

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If you don’t know what exactly Scourge: Outbreak is, I don’t blame you. I had no clue that it existed until I read an article about it. Scourge: Outbreak is a third-person shooter from a development team called Tragnarion Studios, and it’s being released on the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac. The release date for it hasn’t been announced yet, but lead game designer Omar Salleh has unveiled some new screenshots and details on co-op today. Salleh’s blog post at the European PlayStation blog site revealed that his team’s upcoming game should be out in the next few months. He also went on to talk about being excited to see how players will enjoy the co-op mode.

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That’s A Lot Of Levels For LittleBigPlanet

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Seung Lee

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Media Molecule, the team behind LittleBigPlanet, has revealed today that seven million levels (and still going strong!) have been created across all of the games for the franchise. It hasn’t been too long since the very first LBP was released on the PS3 in ’08. Now, I’m not going to say each of these seven million levels are amazing, or worth your time to play, but you can’t say that you’re not getting bang for your buck with a LBP game.

Check out Media Molecule’s blog post celebrating the recent accomplishment here, and see the picture detailing it here.

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Medal Of Honor: Warfighter And Linkin Park Team Up

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Seung Lee

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Okay, so maybe it’s not exactly Linkin Park, but Mike Shinoda, the man behind the popular band (and Fort Minor, a hip-hop side project), is composing the music for Electronic Arts’s upcoming game, Medal of Honor: Warfighter. This isn’t the first time that Shinoda has composed for others, however. He was behind The Raid: Redemption‘s soundtrack, which wasn’t too bad, if I do say so myself. EA’s main competitior, Activision, has called on Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails to compose Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s theme song, and he wrote the tracks for the films, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network.

In addition, Danger Close, the developer of Warfighter, and Digital Domain, a special effects studio, collaborated on a music video for Linkin Park’s song, Castle of Glass, from its recent Living Things album. The video will be finished in October, and it’ll mix live action footage with gameplay from the new Medal of Honor.

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See Black Ops II’s Multiplayer In A Few Days

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Seung Lee

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It’s that time of the year again. We’re talking about the thing that many people end up buying Call of Duty games for: multiplayer. The official Call of Duty Twitter account has tweeted that Treyarch’s new futuristic shooter, Black Ops II, will finally reveal some gameplay footage of its multiplayer, on August 7. Expect a ton of speculation on the upcoming teaser, and plenty of hate comments from hardcore Battlefield fans.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is set to release on November 13, 2012, for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. For more info, visit the Call of Duty Twitter account here, and see the game’s official website at http://www.callofduty.com/blackops2/.

 

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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Public Beta Starts This Fall

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Seung Lee

SuperBot Entertainment’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been a hot topic of discussion lately. Just a few days ago, there was a giant leak of information released on the game. Now, we have an official announcement of a public beta starting up this fall. The game is currently in a private stage, but the developers will start sending out more and more codes for the beta as it grows. PlayStation Plus members will be able to access the beta before those without it.

Source: VG24/7

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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, and the second episode here.

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Meet the Mechromancer In Borderlands 2

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Seung Lee

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The fine folks over at Gearbox Software have been diligently working on Borderlands 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year (for me anyway). Thanks to their hard work, Borderlands 2 has just gone into certification for release. Now, while the on-disc content may be finished, that doesn’t mean that the downloadable content isn’t. The Mechromancer class is just one of the many pieces of extra content that players can expect in the future.

I know what you might be thinking right now: “Why are the developers already thinking about DLC? Why can’t they just include this stuff on the disc?” Well, no need to fret, the Mechromancer will be available for download when it’s out, for the low, low cost of absolutely free. Those who pre-order Borderlands 2 will receive the class about 60-90 days after the initial release. When the Mechromancer will be available for those who don’t pre-order the game is still unknown. It’s refreshing to see a company actually be generous enough to give its customers extra content for free when it has no obligation to do so.

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New PlayStation 3 Incoming? Pictures Leak of New PS3

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

A new model of Playstation 3 may be in the works according to Technoblog. Their sleuths found a collection of images and technical details for a brand new model of PS3, Model: CECH-4011C. This new PlayStation 3 would come in three variations according to the filings: 250GB, 500GB.. and 16GB?

No other details, with the exception of the pictures, have been released about this new model PS3. We’ve reached out to Sony for comment regarding this leak, and we hope to hear something back promptly.Read More

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Sorcery | Review

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Eric Bastelak

When Sony first showed us the Play Station Move at E3 2010 there was one demo that caught everyone’s attention: Sorcery. In this demo we saw just what the Move was capable of. It could detect a variety of motions and even angles, all of these could affect the events in the game. Needless to say I was blown away. Basically the Move seemed to offer what Nintendo’s Wii had promised me. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Sorcery unfortunately all news went dark. The game released almost completely under my radar.

The time has come now; the game is in my hands. So what did I think? Sorcery is a game that gave me a very Legend of Zelda type feeling. Now this analogy can give the wrong impression at first; you are not traveling through an expansive world with lots of hidden secrets. Basically if you stapled all of the dungeons in a Legend of Zelda game together that would cover Sorcery’s campaign. The game is linear but not in a bad way, it progresses you steadily through linear levels on a set path but it never seems to get repetitive or boring.Read More

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The Last Of Us Demoed @ E3

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford

Sony wrapped up it’s E3 press conference this evening by showing off the first in-game demo of Naughty Dog’s upcoming title The Last of Us.

The demo featured the two main characters going through a high-budget destroyed hotel that was inhabited by enemies and included a ton of cringe-inducing gameplay elements, as both of the main characters helped each other survive by throwing bricks, stabbing enemies, and finally, introducing an enemy’s face to the barrel of a shotgun.

The game appears to be very survival based, as the lead character’s health bar often took large hits from single shots. A crafting element was revealed when a Molotov was created from various elements in the main character’s backpack.

The game’s dark tone has no influence on the world, which is bright and full of multiple colors similar to the Uncharted series — but don’t confuse the two, as The Last of Us looks to be a significant jump in play style when compared to Naughty Dog’s previous titles.

Color us interested — we can’t wait to learn more about The Last of Us, and we’ll be sure to share anything we learn with you as it becomes available.Read More

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4 Player Co-Op Confirmed for Far Cry 3

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford

Ubisoft announced during Sony’s E3 press conference that the game will ship with a full-length 4 player cooperative campaign. In addition, the game will ship with a map editor for it’s multiplayer mode.

Sony confirmed that the PS3 version of the game will come with exclusive DLC.

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New PS All-Stars Characters, Cross-Play With Vita Announced

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Kirk Williford

At Sony’s E3 Press Briefing this evening, Sony confirmed that a Vita version of Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale is in development and will ship alongside the PS3 version. In addition to that, cross-platform play and cross-platform saving between the two versions was announced.

Characters shown off at the show include Kratos, Sweet Tooth, Fat Princess, Sly Cooper, Helghast and Parappa The Rapper. New footage was demoed live, featuring a point-gathering gametype with a dynamic changing level that featured elements from God of War.

Two new characters announced for E3 are Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series and Big Daddy from Bioshock.

Stay tuned to Broken Joysticks as we’ll bring you more from Sony’s E3 press conference as announcements come.Read More

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Quantum Dreams’ Beyond: Two Souls Announced

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Beyond: Two Souls was announced today at Sony’s E3 Press Briefing. It was mentioned that a character name Jodie Holmes who is searching  for herself and you will see her progressions. Played by Academy Award winner, Ellen Page, he will bring the character to life. All gameplay footage shown is in real time.

The game starts in a police station office. The facial animations are reminincent of LA Noire with the technology called MotionScan. Jodie is completely mute at this point as the officer is questions here. All of a sudden, a coffee cup on the table is shown shaking. What makes it interesting is the acting. All of a sudden, the coffee cup goes flying and the cop stunned; he then leaves the office. The facial animations are amazing and the MotionScan technology is quite amazing here.

We are then shown a SWAT team storming the police station. The cop is questioned to show them where she is; animations flow lovely and the the lights shine with a mystical glow a about them. After the SWAT leader looks in, the demo ends.

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Sony Unviels PlayStation Move Wheel Perpherial

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

During the opening pre-roll shown to hype up the audience at Sony’s press conference we spotted a new piece of move hardware during the opening seconds. What appears to be a move steering wheel peripheral was spot on screen for a few seconds. This accessory seems to be similar to that Wii steering wheel Nintendo offered with Mario Kart 7.

This comes just a few hours after we reported that Sony would show off some kind of new hardware at the event. It’s unknown at this time whether or not the PlayStation move we’ll is the only hardware Sony will show.

As soon as we have more information / screenshots or other media we will share them with you.

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