Sunday Review: The Brutal Gamer Archive for the week of 4/21/14

More WonderCon and C2E2 (currently still ongoing in Chicago) coverage highlighted a week where we also saw a preview of the incredible-looking BroForce,  news about games like Batman: Arkham Origins and Dragon Age Inquisition, and a double-header review of Castlevania titles. Throw in our usual assortment of reviews, news, and more and you’ve got a full Sunday Review.

FEATURES

• Saturday Radar: GamesRadar’s best for the week of 4/21/14
• Double Header Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360) Review / Castlevania (NES) Retro Review
• Turn the bad guys good with Skylanders Trap Team

GAME/MOVIE/BOOK PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS

• Outsourced Season One (DVD) Review
• Six Million Dollar Man Complete Collection (DVD) Review
• Broforce (PC) Preview
• Castlevania (NES) Retro Review
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360) Review

VIDEO GAME NEWS

• Dry Dry Desert differences in Mario Kart 8
• Wii U sales close to Dreamcast levels
• Doctor Who Legacy ushers in the Rise of the Master
• Demonic or heroic? Choice defines your character in Bound by Flame
• Van Helsing II available for pre-order on Steam
• Batman: Arkham Origins has a Cold, Cold Heart today
• Say ‘hi’ to Windy, Peggle 2′s newest fairy master
• The Walking Dead return to the PS Vita today
• Nintendo to offer Mario Golf: World Tour DLC
• New trailer and release date blaze forth for Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Tesla Effect delayed to early May and a special video look behind the scenes
• The Masters of the Force come to Star Wars Pinball
• It’s one week and 6 million downloads for Trials Frontier
• See Windy in action as Peggle 2′s newest master gets a trailer all her own
• EU PlayStation Plus Games For May Announced
• Watch 9 hackerific minutes of Watch Dogs multiplayer gameplay
• Leo tries his Fortune on iOS
• Injustice: Gods Among Us turns one on mobiles, gets a new mode
• GameStop to shift away from games, focus on phones and tablets
• Company of Heroes 2 goes free-to-play for the weekend

COMIC BOOK, MOVIE, TECH AND POP CULTURE NEWS

• Kirk and the Enterprise face off against Q in IDW’s ongoing Trek series
• WonderCon: IDW announces X-Files: Year Zero mini-series
• WonderCon: Harbinger coming to a close, ushering in Harbinger: Omegas and more
• Marvel presents a world of crime in United States of Murder Inc #1
• WonderCon: The Venture Bros to get artistic with Dark Horse Comics
• Valiant takes the wraps off new previews for Unity #8 and Armor Hunters #1
• C2E2: Dark Horse makes their schedule for the show official
• Star Trek Medical Officers on the way from IDW
• Season 2 of Mountain Monsters brings on the werewolves
• The Armor Hunters take on Bloodshot and Harbinger in July
• C2E2: Marvel lines up some all-star panels for Chicago’s biggest Con
• Prong’s PWR Case is iPhone power you can fit in your pocket
• Dark Horse Digital turns free, gives away some iPads
• Valiant has one mega-interconnected cover ready for Armor Hunters
• Cape Crow sets his sights on Elektra in issue #2 of her new ongoing