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Microsoft and Zynga? More and more evidence that it might be a thing

July 8, 2013

Not long ago I wrote an opinion piece about how Microsoft’s track record of having execs leave the company to bring their new employers into the Microsoft fold painted an intriguing picture for the potential of Zynga – Ex Xbox head, Don Mattrick’s new gig – and Microsoft becoming a…

preview-star-conflict-pc

July 8, 2013

MMO/PC/Star Conflict

Star Conflict is a free-to-play MMO space-flight game. Players are divided into three factions; the Empire, the Federation, and the Jericho. The factions mostly serve to differentiate player gameplay styles by doling out faction-specific player boosts and to give context to the game’s main player vs. player (PvP) battles in…

NISA announces two ultra-niche games for 2014 release

July 8, 2013

Dangan Ronpa/Demon Gaze/News/NISA

Nippon Ichi America (otherwise known as NISA) has always been the one that we could rely on to localise niche JRPGs to western markets – the recent release of Time and Eternity is a perfect example. So it’s not a surprise that the team is bringing across two very… unique…

Review: Colin McRae Rally (iPad)

July 7, 2013

Apple/Codemasters/Colin McRae Rally/iPad/iPhone/Racing/Reviews

While we’re still ripping up the tracks in GRID 2 on our consoles, Codemasters has surprisingly brought the much beloved Colin McRae series back to drift all over our iOS devices. Built upon the Colin McRae Rally 2.0 version that was found on the original PlayStation, this upgraded version of…

The weekly discussion: Do you Let’s Play (or watch them)?

July 6, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

Let’s Plays are becoming more and more popular over on that YouTube site thing. For whatever reason there’s something quite entertaining about watching another player play through your favourite game. For other people, Let’s Plays are a useful resource in working out how to get through a tough boss for…

Friday 10’s: The best moments of Metal Gear Solid (Spoilers alert!)

July 5, 2013

Friday 10s/Metal Gear Solids/Top 10

Everyone 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…

review-cover-orange-2-iphone

July 5, 2013

Apple/Cover Orange/Cover Orange 2/FDG Games/iOS/physics puzzler/Reviews

Cover Orange 2 tasks players with covering oranges to protect them from a raincloud wearing a viking helmet. No really. As odd as FDG’s Cover Orange sequel is, it’s also an engaging and addictive puzzle game that you may find yourself pouring much of your free time into. Okay, first,…

Review: Blood Knights (PS3)

July 4, 2013

action RPG/Blood Knights/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/PS3/review/Reviews/Sony

It took me all of five minutes to realise I was not going to enjoy my time with Blood Knights. In that first five minutes I was led through a tutorial dungeon which, in most games, introduces the characters and sets up the narrative by introducing a conflict. But at…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap 7/5/13

July 4, 2013

Divinity: Dragon Commander/Man of Steel/MoMA/Prince of Persia/Saints Row IV/SDCC/the walking dead

This week on BG- news about the upcoming San Diego Comic Con was free flowing as the mega-show rapidly approaches, we took a peek at MoMA in NYC’s seriously upgraded gaming collection and released the floodgates of insanity with our hands on preview of Saints Row IV. The SDCC is…

Microsoft (possibly) hires woman as new Xbox head; morons call it a PR stunt

July 4, 2013

Julie Larson-Green/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox 360/Xbox 360

Given the sudden resignation of Don Mattrick earlier this week from Microsoft’s Xbox business we all knew that the gaming giant would soon name a replacement. That replacement could well be Julie Larson-Green. That’s right, a woman. And in a move that will probably surprise no one, let’s have a…

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