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Hallelujah! Don Bradman Cricket’s release is nigh!

March 13, 2014

Australia/Big Ant/Cricket/Don Bradman Cricket 14/News/release date/Release Dates

News by Matt S. It’s finally happening! After a complete mess of a production cycle that saw Ashes Cricket ultimately cancelled last year, the other cricket game that was in production, Don Bradman’s Cricket, has finally been given a release date. It hits shelves (perhaps only Australian shelves?) on April…

Review: Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition (PlayStation 4)

March 13, 2014

Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition/dual-stick shooter/PlayStation/PlayStation 4/Reviews/Shooter/Sony/Survival Horror

Review by Shaan J. While I don’t often find myself playing your typical zombie horror often, there’s been an evolution of the genre over the last few years that’s hard to miss, even for a casual such as myself. While the shuffling undead used to serve as moving targets, newer…

11-bit-studios-shifts-perspective-to

March 13, 2014

11 bit studios/announcement/News/This War of Mine/trailer/Trailers

News by Shaan J. While military focused shooters are a dime a dozen these days, Polish developer 11 bit studios are attempting to shift the focus to the civilians, in its newest game, titled ‘This War of Mine’.Rather than focus on the military efforts focused on in most games in…

review-awesomenauts-assemble

March 13, 2014

Abstraction Games/Awesomenauts Assemble!/MOBA/multiplayer only game/platformer/PlayStation/PS4 Review/Reviews/Sony/Sony PlayStation 4

Review by Nick H. Awesomenauts Assemble! takes an almost ‘kitchen sink’ approach to things, tossing in RPG elements, 2D platforming and MOBA principles to create an addicting experience that is both unique but a lot of fun to play. If that sounds like an odd mix of things to put…

Tale of Tales’ upcoming art game, Sunset, stars music from the guy that did Journey

March 13, 2014

Art Game/News/Sunset/Tale of Tales

News by Matt S. Here’s a creative match up made in heaven; the composer behind Journey’s breathtaking soundtrack (Austin Wintory) will be providing the music for Tale of Tales‘ upcoming Sunset. Tale of Tales is, of course, well known for being one of the strongest proponents that game development can…

Review: The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 2 – A House Divided (Xbox 360)

March 12, 2014

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Review by Nick H. By now the formula Telltale Games uses for its The Walking Dead series is familiar territory. More interactive novel than game, the focus on the design is on narrative over action. There are brief action and timing sequences, but they are used to put exclamation points…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap: 3/12/14

March 12, 2014

Abyss Odyssey/Atlus/Frozen Endzone/OnLive/PC

On today’s Wrap; Frozen Endzone comes to Steam Early Access, we go hands on with OnLIve’s CloudLift, Gearbox and Telltale go in-depth on Tales from the Borderlands and Atlus and Ace Team announce Abyss Odyssey. Frozen Endzone hits Steam Early Access Following up on the runaway success that Frozen Synapse…

flappy-boat-flappy-bird-clone-that

March 12, 2014

Australia/Australian Government/Flappy Bird/Flappy Boat/political activism/Tony Abbott

News by Matt S. I’m all for games being used as a outlet for political activism. What better way to make a point than to get the players directly engaging with the material? Of course, if you do make a game that is a work of political activism, then the…

review-da-vincis-art-of-war-ipad

March 12, 2014

Apple/board game/Da Vinci's Art Of War/iOS/iPad/Reviews/Slitherine

Review by Matt S. Among many other things, Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings and sketches include designs for machines that would enhance the power of the military. Advance guns, cannons and even machines that look like tanks appear in his portfolio. Magnifico is a popular board game that takes Da Vinci’s…

you-can-expect-new-atelier-game-to-be

March 12, 2014

Atelier/News

News by Matt S. Atelier Escha has only just released in the west, but GUST’s about to go and blow our minds again. This weekend plays host to an event called Game no Dengeki Kanshasai 2014 & Dengeki Bunko: Haru no Saiten 2014. There, GUST will take to the stage…

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