Markus Lai

Editor-in Chief at Broken Fuse VG Blog. Former chef turned Civil Engineer/Thermal Imaging tech. Can be found outdoors canoeing/biking, doing photography or playing video games in his free time. Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/verius

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Samsung vs. Apple Infringement Case

So after what seems like forever, Apple has pretty much won all of the patent infringements that they claim Samsung has done. Samsung claims they have come up with ideas, but Apple says contrary. Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/24/samsung-vs-apple-infringement-case/

Nintendo Power Going Out Of Print

‘Tis a sad day indeed . Nintendo has confirmed that the long running Nintendo Power magazine is going out of print! Future Publishing will be transferring their staff from this project to other projects. It’s definitely sad that such a storied magazine is shutting down. The last issue should be a bittersweet one and should be picked up for sure. What are your favourite memories of this magazine?

 

(Source: Ars Technica)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/22/nintendo-power-going-out-of-print/

Hyrule Historia available outside Japan!

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Well it’s finally here! Hyrule Historian is available outside of Japan now! Amazon is now selling it in North America, Europe and Australia. Nintendo has partnered with Dark Horse Books for the release of Hyrule Historian across North America with concept art, full history of Hyrule and the chronology of the games.

Hyrule Historia will ship on January 29, 2013.

(Source: Nintendo Insider)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/18/hyrule-historia-available-outside-japan/

Avengers 2 Release Date Confirmed!

The Avengers 2 release date has been confirmed! You can officially start spazzing out now! Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/16/avengers-2-release-date-confirmed/

Star Wars: The Old Republic shifting to Free-To-Play

Less than a year into it’s release, Star Wars: The Old Republic is shifting from a subscription based game to a free to play model. SWTOR started strong with 1.7 million subscribers and has dropped below one million, although according to EA, it’s still well over 500,000. Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/15/star-wars-the-old-republic-shifting-to-free-to-play/

A Winner Is You! Summer Giveaway Winner!

20120803-132023.jpg So we have a winner for the MLB The Show 2012 summer giveaway! Continue reading

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Youtube Tuesday: Fistful Of Rupees

This is a three part mini-series mashup of Zelda and the Western movies style. This is one really nicely done mashup and I’d definitely recommend watching all three of these Youtube videos!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/08/14/youtube-tuesday-fistful-of-rupees/

Youtube Tuesday: Batman & Spiderman on the TTC

You don’t see this too often, but this made my day 1000x better while duking it out in the heat and humidity of Asia, even though this Spidey is a bit douchey!

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/07/31/youtube-tuesday-batmand-spiderman-on-the-ttc/

Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Available October 7

The highly anticipated sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 will be making it’s way over to North America on October 7. I’m hoping this will be a good enough of a game to tide fans over to a 3DS iteration of the main RPG line of this game.

(Source: Pokémon Black & White Page)

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/07/27/pokemon-black-2-white-2-available-october-7/

New Ways To Buy 3DS Games

3DS games for the most part have had the need to either be bought as a physical cartridge or as a full on DLC title. Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.brokenfuse.com/2012/07/25/new-ways-to-buy-3ds-games/