Fuse is a major change in direction and strategy for its developer, Insomniac, and with every change in direction comes risk. It’s the first time the development team has been exposed to the Xbox 360 platform, and it’s the first major IP that the studio is retaining ownership of. Aside…
Read MoreLet’s chat about Kickstarter this week! Every week there are more, and more interesting projects launched on the crowdfunding platform. There’s too many games that look exciting on Kickstarter to possibly support, but the question we’re talking about this week is; do you support Kickstarter projects? If you have, which…
Read MoreThis action/RPG title from developer Vanillaware is looking very good lately. There is a sort of painted, watercolor appearance to the visuals that really appeals to me. Publisher Atlus is planning to release Dragon’s Crown on both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Vita. Japan gets this game on July 25th,…
Read MoreNintendo’s 3DS scores big in Japan, Saint’s Row IV looks absolutely insane and could Hellraid be Heretic reborn? It’s all in today’s Brutal Gamer News Wrap. The 3DS dominates the Japanese market To say that the Nintendo 3DS had a good week in Japan this past week is probably a…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreI don’t really know how to review VitaBounce, but it’s a very special game. It stands as a testament to what happens when people get on the industrial strength hallucinogens. It is by far the most memorable game in the entire games industry – what I’ve seen to review this…
Read MoreAmerican McGee has been involved in the games industry since Doom II at ID Software. That’s over two decades, making him one of the veterans of the industry. Following his time at that pioneering company McGee had a breakout hit in American McGee’s Alice, a dark and twisted fantasy fairytale;…
Read MoreGris 2 from Codemasters is set to release in North America on May 28th and on May 31st in Europe. Fans of racing games will no doubt be looking forward to the pretty graphics and different cars, but it is the real world locations and the Live Routes system (giving…
Read MoreIt wasn’t too long ago that I had a quick Twitter conversation with a then brand new start-up Indie studio, Ragtag Studios, letting me know about its iOS title, Unstoppable Fist. This simple mobile title not only packed a big punch, but it packed a lot of retro style and…
Read MoreParadox Interactive specialises in strategy games, and it does those very, very well. It would be easy for the studio to find a formula or two that leads to success and milk it for everything it is worth, but quite frequently they do take some calculated chances. Like anything, sometimes…
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