Sunday Review: The Brutal Gamer archive for the week of 5/19/14

This past week featured quite a bit of pre-E3 show news, including the rumor of a ‘Master Chief’ Halo collection for Xbox One, a closer look at Batman: Arkham Knight and Space Hulk: Deathwing, and the reveal of some screenshots for Hyrule Warriors. Also on tap this week was our retro review of the all-time classic horror FPS Doom, and plenty more to fill up your Sunday afternoon with another week of Horror Month coverage.

HORROR MONTH SPECIAL

• Betrayer (PC) Review
• The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 3 (PC) review
• Doom (PC) Retro Review
• The Ghost Archives: Haunting of Shady Valley (iOS) Review
• Dead Island: Epidemic enters Steam Early Access
• Dan Curtis’ Dracula (Blu Ray) Review
• Feature Friday: The 5 best Horror Games of all time

FEATURES

• Mario Kart 8 demo impressions
• Feature Friday: The 5 best Horror Games of all time
• Saturday Radar: GamesRadar’s best for the week of 5/19/14

GAME/MOVIE/BOOK PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (DVD) Review
• Betrayer (PC) Review
• The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 3 (PC) review
• Doom (PC) Retro Review
• The Ghost Archives: Haunting of Shady Valley (iOS) Review
• Tomb Raider: The Beginning (Graphic Novel) Review
• Dan Curtis’ Dracula (Blu Ray) Review
• Franklin & Bash Season Two (DVD) Review

VIDEO GAME NEWS

• Mario Kart 8 demo impressions
• Gran Turismo 6 gets a new BMW with the BMW Vision Gran Turismo
• The Skylanders have Soccer Fever with Kickoff Countdown
• ‘Master Chief’ Halo collection coming to Xbox One this year
• Nintendo defeats Wall Wireless in patent case
• Shadow of Mordor’s rune and weapon system revealed
• Microsoft unveils new Arctic Camouflage controller
• EA releases new screens and info for BioWare’s Dragon Age Inquisition
• R-Type Dimensions blasts the PSN
• Here’s your first look at In Sheep’s Clothing, episode 4 of A Wolf Among Us
• IndieBox Ships Limited Edition Boxed Games
• Space Hulk gets cooperative and new campaign
• Dead Island: Epidemic enters Steam Early Access
• Flying Wild Hog gets some good JUJU
• Wasteland 2 brings on the apocalypse this August
• Batman: Arkham Knight trailer shows gameplay, Batmobile, and more
• Max: The Curse of Brotherhood draws a bridge to the Xbox 360 and PC
• Freaking Meatbags arrives on Steam Early Access
• New screens and concept art ooze out of Grey Goo
• Jagged Alliance Flashback arrives on Early Access
• Metro pulls onto next-gen consoles and the PC with Metro Redux
• Ubisoft announces E3 lineup
• New screens of Space Hulk: Deathwing emerge from the warp
• Divine Wonders Humble Bundle brings the best of Divinity and Age of Wonders for cheap
• Ike confirmed for Super Smash Bros
• See the finer points of Watch Dogs in the new launch trailer
• New Murdered: Soul Suspect trailer talks ghostly goings on
• Mario Kart 8 comes to NASCAR
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor marches on Mt.Doom in new trailer
• It’s a Warhammer 40k kind of weekend with a sale and Kill Team debut
• New trailer debuts for The Wolf Among Us as release date is announced
• Nintendo releases Hyrule Warriors news and some new screens

COMIC BOOK, MOVIE, TECH AND POP CULTURE NEWS

• YouTube Planning To Buy Twitch!
• Need for Speed racing onto Blu Ray soon
• Marvel’s companion series to Original Sin launches with Original Sins #1
• Godzilla returns to comics in new IDW mini-series
• Mighty Avengers #11 reveals a 70′s-tastic version of the super-team
• IDW’s Killogy announced as an animated series
• Armor Hunters #2 goes on the offensive
• Peter Parker has a tough road ahead in Amazing Spider-Man #1.2
• Koto announces a quartet of new statues, featuring Master Chief, Arrow, and more
• IDW Games to publish CHEW tabletop game
• Fans choice: You pick who’s in the Minimates Infinity box set
• Rev your engines, jumbo Imperial Biker Scout figure coming soon from Gentle Giant
• Starz prepares DaVinci’s Demons Memorial Day marathon
• Valiant Comics to get all Minecrafty this August