Brutal Roundup: 1/11-1/17

Although its coming a day late, the round up is just as Brutal as usual. What are the chances for Half Life 3 now that a series veteran writer has left? What has come to the Wii U’s virtual console this week?

In the future, Brutal Updates will appear on Sunday evening, to properly roundup the week’s news and developments.

VIDEO GAME NEWS:

• The Chances for Half-Life Three Might have just Nosedived.
• Xbox user base Numbers Finally Emerge, Are Actually Pretty Good.
• MKX Loads up for Round 2 with Kombat Pack 2 and more.
• Oculus’ Palmer Luckey Doesn’t Care for the Nintendo Virtual Boy
• Homefront: The Revolution goes into Yellow Zone as Release Date is Announced
• Ring the Bell, UFC 2 Lands on Retail Shelves this March 
• EA launches Origin Access on PC
• Titanfall 2 Officially Incoming
• Wanna Make Your Own Yarny from Unravel? 
• 20 Years of Pokemon
• Guitar Hero Live Continues to Rock Out in 2016
• Wii U Virtual Console gets Metroid: Zero Mission
• Hitman takes an Episodic Turn
• New Fighters Unveiled for Pokken Tournament

COMIC BOOK, MOVIE,  TECH, AND POP CULTURE NEWS:

• Koto’s Kylo Ren Art FX+ Statue Shows the Power of the Dark Side
• Ratchet and Clank hits a Little Later in the UK, still on for June in the US
• Valiant Announces New Shadowman and Ninjack Minimates 2 Pack
• New Alien Minimate Set Hits Retailer Hastings
• The Dead Rise in Marvel Comics..or Something
• Watch the First Minute of the X-Files Revival Right Now
• NECA’s Video Game Tribute Figure Series Continues with the Terminator 
• Marvel Teases a Stinging Debut
• Diamond Releases Carnage in a Bottle with their new Lava Lamp
• Set Dominates in the new Gods of Egypt Trailer
• Cloverfield get a JJ Abrams Produced Sequel