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Brutal Gamer News Wrap 5/30/13

May 30, 2013

Brutal Gamer News Wrap/PS Vita/PS4/Xbox One

Xbox One and PS4 news and rumor continues to dominate the news as gamers chomp at the bit for fresh info leading into E3. So wait- is the Xbox One going to support Indie games or not? It’s funny how secretive Microsoft is being heading into the 2013 E3 show.…

Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS)

May 30, 2013

Donkey Kong/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/platformer/Retro Studios/Reviews

For some reason I missed the original Wii release of Donkey Kong Country Returns. I’m not sure if it just released at a really busy point in time, of it I was broke, or if it was some other reason, but despite loving Rare’s Super Nintendo trilogy, I skipped the…

Review: Sonic the Hedgehog (iPad)

May 30, 2013

Apple/iPad/Reviews/Sega/Sonic/Sonic the Hedgehog

The original Sonic the Hedgehog was released for the Sega Mega Drive over 20 years ago. Considering it has been released more than 20 times since then though, you likely already knew that. Presumably in an effort to compete against the likes of Nintendo and Namco for most re-releases of…

Remote Play back in a big way with the PS4/Vita combo

May 29, 2013

PS Vita/PS4/Remote Play

That PS Vita is gonna be getting a lot of use… Eurogamer is reporting today that what started out as a sourced ‘rumor’ earlier this morning is now fact; that being that almost all PS4 games will indeed be playable on the PS Vita handheld through the wonders of Remote…

Review: Resident Evil Revelations HD (Wii U)

May 29, 2013

action/Capcom/Horror/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Resident Evil Revelations/Reviews

I don’t think this will be news to anyone who has read my reviews of Resident Evil before (hint, hint), I’m a big fan of the series. Resident Evil: Revelations was originally released on the Nintendo 3DS last year and now it’s back and ready to scare once more. The…

The people that flagged Anita Sarkeesian’s video off YouTube are the enemy of gaming

May 29, 2013

Anita Sarkeesian/Opinion/YouTube

Over at Kotaku there’s a story that didn’t really surprise me, but certainly disappointed me. A group of people that seem to think that the only discussions about games that should be allowed are ones that they personally agree with flagged an Anita Sarkeesian YouTube video to the point where…

review-jacob-jones-and-bigfoot-mystery

May 29, 2013

Jacob Jones/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Puzzle Game

I have a very high tolerance for games that others call clones. I see differences in PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale that set it apart from Smash Brothers games, for instance. There’s even the occasional Gameloft game that I can enjoy despite them inevitably being clones of PC and console…

what-did-we-learn-from-curiosity

May 29, 2013

Curiosity/Godus/Molyneux/Opinion/Peter Molyneux

Peter Molyneux’s experiment, Curiosity, is over. An 18 year-old from the UK has won the game and a great prize that goes with it – the ability to play God in Molyneux’s next game, Godus, which is shaping up to be just as experimental as Curiosity thanks to this feature.…

Kickstarter profile: Son of Nor by Still-Alive Studios

May 28, 2013

co-op/Indie/Interview/Interviews/kickstarter/Son of Nor/Still-Alive Studios

It’s no secret that Kickstarter has been finding itself an increasing amount of recognition within the games media as of recent. Why is this, you might wonder? It’s simple: it’s a platform where any aspiring ideas person can directly “sell” to the community. Whether this effort proves successful for them…

Review: Tetris Blitz (iPhone)

May 28, 2013

Apple/casual games/Free-to-play/iPhone/Reviews/Tetris Blitz

Tetris Blitz is everything that is wrong with freemium gaming boiled down into one exploitative little game that bears the Tetris name, but contains none of the Tetris gameplay. Here is a game that has taken a formula so addictive and perfect that nothing needed to be done to it…

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