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Brutal Gamer News Wrap: Grand Theft Auto V edition

September 18, 2013

Grand Theft Auto V/GTA5/PS3/Rockstar Games/Xbox 360

As if you didn’t know, one of the biggest games of the year (if not the current console generation) is now out in the wild and playing on more than a few Xbox 360’s and PS3’s around the globe. We’ve got some cheats to help you through the massive campaign,…

segas-not-just-acquiring-atlus-its

September 18, 2013

acquisition/Atlus/Financial results/Sega

Oh look. I was right. Nintendo was never going to acquire Atlus. That was a silly rumour perpetuated by one dude with a poorly-informed opinion putting digital pen to digital paper. (In fairness, I didn’t quite guess which company would make the acquisition either, but I was on the right…

Review: Puppeteer (PS3)

September 18, 2013

Art Game/platformer/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Puppeteer/puzzle platformer/Reviews/Sony

Review by Matt S. I am really worried that many of the people that will play Puppeteer will not realise just how incredible it truly is. A simultaneous homage and parody to the kind of “high art” theatre that has driven opera, ballet and the like for hundreds of years…

the-sobering-reminder-that-not-all

September 17, 2013

bad news/Financial results/Fuel Overdose

– Article by Andrew M. Nintendo and Sony love indies, we’re told. Developers such as Jonathan Blow the folks at Image & Form enjoy wild success on consoles, and we love to report on these heroes who are living our their creative dreams somewhat free of the constraints of commercial…

Digging into Deep Down

September 17, 2013

Capcom/Deep Down/PS4/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 4

One of the titles during E3 that most piqued my interest was the brief peek at Deep Down by Capcom. The game had a D-D name, rather similar to Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma, which made me wonder if maybe this would be a related title. Visually, it feels like it has…

an-encore-to-theatrhythm-coming-up

September 17, 2013

Nintendo 3DS/Square Enix/Theatrhythm/Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

Theatrhythm was a surprise hit by Square Enix when it released on the Nintendo 3DS. Not that Final Fantasy or its widely adored music did not have some pull, but the title was seen as ‘odd’ by quite a few people when it first released. Thankfully, that does appear to…

Lightning Returns – Trailer, images and returning characters

September 17, 2013

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII/Release Information/screenshots/trailer

Most of the characters shown so far for Lightning Returns have been those from the first Final Fantasy XIII, such as Snow (though he was briefly in the follow-up). Here we have a variety of screenshots, but in a few of them Caius and Yeul can be spied from XIII-2.…

Review: Supermarket Management HD 2 (iPad)

September 17, 2013

Apple/casual games/G5 Games/iOS/iPad/Reviews/simulation/Supermarket Management HD 2

Review by Andrew M. The time management sub-genre with casual games is so bulging with titles that when you get to Supermarket Management 2, you get the overwhelming feeling that you’ve been there before. Being a sequel, you have. Taking a lot of inspiration from Diner Dash and the other…

Review: Diablo 3 (PS3)

September 17, 2013

action RPG/Activision Blizzard/Blizzard/Diablo 3/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/RPG

– Review by Matt S. Ah Diablo. The game that spawned an entire genre. There’s just something about going clickaclicka clickaclikca clickclick that speaks to a very primal reason why we play games. That simple and predictably repetitive activity becomes compulsive once players figure out that by doing it, they’re…

gta-v-is-released-gets-rightfully

September 17, 2013

GTA V/misogyny/Opinion/sexism

– Article by Matt S. It’s almost predictable now. Big budget game gets released, draws some criticism by a critic (wow, critics being critical! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?), and BAM! Because someone dared to say something mean about their favourite game, a bunch of entitled and less-than-rational people…

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