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April 8, 2014

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News by Matt S. VooFoo continues on its quest to get Pure Chess on to every gaming platform known to man with a PlayStation 4 version of the game to land on April 15 in the US, or April 16 for Europeans. Although we had our issues with the recently-released…

Review: Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo 3DS)

April 8, 2014

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Review by Matt S. I love fried chicken. There’s a chicken shop near my current home that I swear to whatever God you worship that it is a compelling reason to remain living in the area, and if I owned land in the area I would use that shop’s existence…

Review: Fez (PlayStation 4)

April 7, 2014

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Review by Shaan J. Fez is the most two-faced game I’ve ever played, throughout all my years of gaming. On the surface, it’s nothing more than an easy-going platformer that does not offer much in the way of traditional challenge thanks to a complete lack of threats or the requirement…

Review: Cut the Rope: Triple Treat (3DS)

April 7, 2014

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Review by Nick H. Cut the Rope: Triple Treat is an interesting puzzle game that most of us have played by now in some form or another. Perhaps the most interesting aspect for some people however, is that this is a full retail version of the game most people can…

Review: Cloudbuilt (PC)

April 7, 2014

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Review by Harvard L. Cloudbuilt had me excited from the very first screenshot. Here’s a platformer inspired by freerunning, set in a picturesque landscape floating in the skies. Freerunning games are a lot of fun to play since they are a fusion of precision and creativity – it combines two…

Tex Murphy Returns To The Small Screen Later This Month

April 7, 2014

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News by Shaan J. Big Finish Games is winding down on Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure; the reboot of the long-running cult-hit FMV adventure series that was brought back to life with a Kickstarter project nearly two years ago. Tesla Effect marks the return of Tex Murphy, a hardboiled…

Review: Don Bradman Cricket 2014 (PlayStation 3)

April 6, 2014

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Review by Matt S. To explain who Don Bradman is for our American and Japanese readers, I’ll talk in terms of sports more familiar in those nations; In basketball, Michael Jordan has the most points per game on average in NBA history, at 30.12. His nearest rival was Wilt Chamberlain…

Friday 10s; the ten retired franchises we’d love to see back

April 4, 2014

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Opinion by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often 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…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap: 4/4/14

April 4, 2014

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Today in the News Wrap; we take a closer look at what’s new in Mario Kart 8, peek at the mobile incarnation of the forthcoming Hellraid, meet the Broken Lords in Endless Legend, and look at a game that’s updating the action/RPG genre with Void Expanse. Mario Kart 8 brings…

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April 4, 2014

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News by Matt S. This is unbelievable, but a very, very welcome surprise; idol games aren’t exactly a well known genre in the west, but NISA has decided to localise and publish an idol game based on the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise in the west. Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (or PP…

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