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February 17, 2014

Capcom/Deep Down/female characters/News/Weird News

News by Matt S. An interesting bit of news has popped up about the PS4’s upcoming free-to-play game from Capcom, Deep Down; while you’ll be able to create a customised character, he’s going to have to be a dude. Capcom’s excusing this move by claiming that for story reasons players…

Review: Ys: Memories of Celceta (Vita)

February 16, 2014

Falcom/JRPG/Nippon Ichi Software/NISA/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/Sony/Ys/Ys: Memories of Celeta

Review by Matt S. Some months after Memories of Celceta released in the US, NISA has taken on the publishing responsibilities for the game in Europe and Australia. A game of this standard, were it in any other genre, would have been a notable release on the PlayStation Vita. However,…

Gone Home is a game; to say otherwise is to misunderstand what a game is

February 16, 2014

Gone Home/non game/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. For some reason the debate over whether Gone Home is a game or not is the debate that just won’t die. Every couple of weeks I see the debate flare up on Twitter and the like, and I’m constantly baffled. And now on Steam using the…

Friday 10s; the ten finest RPGs you can get on your PlayStation 3

February 14, 2014

Atelier Meruru/Dragon Age/Friday 10s/JRPG/Ni No Kuni/Nier/Opinion/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/RPG/Skyrim/Sony/The Guided Fate Paradox/Top 10

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 2-14-14

February 14, 2014

Borderlands 2/Broforce/Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2/Nintendo

Happy Valentine’s Day gamers! You won’t find any chocolates in this edition of the News Wrap, but you will find the latest on yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, the debut trailer for parody-platformer BroForce, the official word on Borderlands 2 on the PS Vita and some of the latest videos for Lords…

Neverland staff return for upcoming 3DS title, Forbidden Magna

February 14, 2014

3DS/Forbidden Magna/Marvelous AQL/Neverland/News/Nintendo/Rune Factory 4

News by Clark A. It’s well-documented now that long-time Japanese developer, Neverland, went bankrupt late last year. This was despite finding unprecedented sales success with its swan song, Rune Factory 4, which managed to become the fastest-selling title in the series and one of the fastest for the company overall.…

Stick it to the Man coming to Wii U

February 14, 2014

News/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Ripstone/Stick It To The Man

News by Matt S. Publisher, Ripstone, seems pretty happy with the Wii U. After releasing Knytt Underground onto the console, it’s got Pure Chess on the way soon, and it has just announced that its oddball adventure game, Stick it to the Man, is also on the way. We reviewed…

Review: Retro City Rampage: DX (3DS)

February 14, 2014

3DS Review/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Retro/Retro City Rampage: DX/Reviews/Vblank Entertainment Inc.

Review by Nick H. Retro City Rampage and its amusing take on open-world action games has been around on a few platforms now, but this remastered version of the 8-bit throwback experience for the Nintendo 3DS is the best version to date. Chris was a huge fan of the Vita…

Last chance! Go in the draw to win yourself a copy of Ys: Memories of Celceta

February 13, 2014

Competition/contest/contests

Ys: Memories of Celceta is due to be released in Europe and Australia very shortly on the PlayStation Vita, and to celebrate that fact, the publisher of the game, NISA, has kindly given us three copies of the game to give to our readers, anywhere in the world. There are…

Try telling me that Darkest Dungeon does not look incredible

February 13, 2014

Darkest Dungeon/Gothic/Indie/kickstarter/Roguelike/RPG

News by Matt S. I thought I would briefly mention yet another spectacular-looking Kickstarter, because I suspect Darkest Dungeon is going to scratch a certain itch that a lot of gamers have. What we have here is a gothic horror-fantasy hybrid RPG that promises to be hard… and hardcore. Think…

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