http://www.broken-pixels.com Gaming News For The Dork In All Of Us Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:52:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/gta-iv-dlc-confirmed-for-fall/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/gta-iv-dlc-confirmed-for-fall/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:48:33 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=628 After all of the speculation concerning the GTA IV Xbox 360 downloadable content, an official Microsoft announcement of the release date has been made. The first bit of the exclusive DLC should be coming this Fall, but neither the price nor the content of the update has been revealed. Source: VideoGamer.com ]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/gta-iv-dlc-confirmed-for-fall/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/google-to-buy-valve/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/google-to-buy-valve/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:06:40 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=618 A recent post on the Inquirer has stated that “well placed sources” are reporting that Google is in the market to buy Valve and that the deal could go down any minute. Many believe Google’s interest in Valve is not so much for their amazing games, but for their content distribution system, Steam. Valve’s Steam [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/17/google-to-buy-valve/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/gta-iv-pc-requirements-revealed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/gta-iv-pc-requirements-revealed/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:50:51 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=613 The years hottest game is coming to PC this holiday season. While many thought that in order to shoot hookers with Niko on PC was going to require a rig from NASA, the released recommended requirements aren’t too steep. OS: Windows XP SP2 Processor:  Dual Core Processor (Intel Pentium D or better) RAM:  2GB Hard Drive:  18GB Free Space Video Card:  [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/gta-iv-pc-requirements-revealed/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/guitar-hero-world-tour-tracklist-revealed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/guitar-hero-world-tour-tracklist-revealed/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:37:04 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=600 Activision has released a press release revealing the entire tack listing for the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour. The list covers a wide variety of time periods with older hits like “Hot For Teacher” by Van Halen all the way up to more recent tracks by the Linkin Park and Tokio Hotel. All of the [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/guitar-hero-world-tour-tracklist-revealed/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/burnout-bikes-coming-september-18/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/burnout-bikes-coming-september-18/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:28:51 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=593 Tons of people still log onto Burnout Paradise daily. It’s because on top of Burnout being an excellent game, Criterion has continuously released FREE content for the game that adds hours of enjoyment to the original release. The last update came with a bunch of new challeneges and a few new cars. The new update [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/14/burnout-bikes-coming-september-18/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/good-old-games-beta-launch/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/good-old-games-beta-launch/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:55:05 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=530 Most PC gamers rely on Valve’s Steam service for all of their digital distribution needs. Other companies have tried to compete with Valve with their own services including EA’s download service and Stardock’s recently released Impulse service, but none have met the acclaim of Valve’s effort. Another team has stepped up to the plate, but [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/good-old-games-beta-launch/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/left-4-dead-demo-coming-for-pc360/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/left-4-dead-demo-coming-for-pc360/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:38:19 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=523 Gabe Newell has revealed that Valve’s latest Source powered shooter, Left 4 Dead, should be getting a demo for the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. An exact release date for the demo was not revealed, but it is known that the demo will feature the first part of one of the four [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/left-4-dead-demo-coming-for-pc360/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/resistance-2-beta-lottery-sign-ups-open/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/resistance-2-beta-lottery-sign-ups-open/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:08 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=519 Insomniac has now opened up their beta applications to win a chance to get into the Resistance 2 beta. All you have to do is log in with your PSN ID, answer a few questions, and pray to the Resistance gods that you get chosen. You can also bypass the game of chance and get [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/10/resistance-2-beta-lottery-sign-ups-open/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/new-xbox-experience-launch-sept-25-rumor/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/new-xbox-experience-launch-sept-25-rumor/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:00:35 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=505 A forum poster over at VGChartz has posted a huge rumor in regard to the “New Xbox Experience” that Microsoft has been talking about since E3. The proclaimed “insider” tells that Microsoft is planning a huge, five-hour televised release starting September 25 at 7PM EST leading to the initial launch of the new Xbox experience [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/new-xbox-experience-launch-sept-25-rumor/feed/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/first-castle-crashers-dlc-info-released/ http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/first-castle-crashers-dlc-info-released/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:00:18 +0000 Christian http://www.broken-pixels.com/?p=503 While many of us are still waiting on a patch to fix the online issues in Castle Crashers, Behemoth has been hard at work on some new DLC for the Xbox Live Arcade hit. They announced on their developers blog that some new content including two new characters, the King and the Necromancer, and a [...]]]> http://www.broken-pixels.com/2008/09/08/first-castle-crashers-dlc-info-released/feed/