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‘Gunbrick’ Officially Unveiled from ‘Icebreaker’ Developer Nitrome

If you’ve been paying close attention to developer Nitrome on social media and teh Interwebz, you’ve no doubt noticed that they’ve been teasing a new game for some time now. Over the past couple of weeks, they’ve released brief teaser trailers for the game, but nothing that actually gave away what type of game it was or what it was about. Not even a name. Well, that changes today as Nitrome has officially unveiled their new game as Gunbrick, and they’ve released a new trailer that actually shows the game itself in action.

My first thought after seeing the trailer for Gunbrick was that it was Brickroll (Free) meets… oh I don’t know, Mega Man maybe? Contra? Basically, rolling brick platformer meets awesome, pixely action game. Whatever the case may be, Gunbrick looks sweet, and Nitrome makes great games like Icebreaker ($5.99) and 8-Bit Doves ($2.99) so I feel pretty confident in getting excited. They hope to have Gunbrick available in early January, and in the meantime you can check out the game’s previous teaser videos on Nitrome’s YouTube channel if you missed them before.

58 Comments

  1. swoolf

    Weak week

    1. VirtualBoyFreak

      Turkey week!

    2. HippoHumper

      Hopefully these weakly weeks will soon cease to be weak, what with us warmly welcoming winter (x-mas ya'll).

      1. RenTin850

        Not one game worthy of a minute to download.

  2. zeratulo

    For anyone looking for something new, Battlelore is a must have.

    1. PoloBaquerizoH

      Yes Battlelore Command,is a must have from great devs Fantasy Flight games,is just awesome this game! Until now is really the best release of the week, nothing to say

    2. sakara214ever

      Have you tried it?

      1. PoloBaquerizoH

        Yes, bought it yesterday when it release, so far is great! Is just a Fantasy Flight Game

        1. SirFobos

          Fantastic digital implementation of the board game. No online multiplayer yet just local wifi. Still this is a must buy for board gamers and hex strategy players alike!

          1. PoloBaquerizoH

            And it will be a future update with multiplayer so definitely is the best release so far and worth

            1. cofunguy

              Definitely the best app this week...even maybe game of the month!! Great implementation of the board game with one downside...

              But releasing it without being able to play with other players outside your local network is definitely the one negative. Can't believe they released it without this feature since if it had it, it would sell like hotcakes!!

              1. PoloBaquerizoH

                on FFG at Gen Con this year Fantasy Flight, I'm pretty sure asynchronous, online multiplayer is coming. It's just wasn't available at launch. I'd expect it in an update.

              2. PoloBaquerizoH

                Coming from a reputation on mobile as Elder Sign: Omens and being Fantasy Flight games for sure this game is huge surprise and yes one the best games until now

        2. sakara214ever

          Thanks!!!! Will keep an eye on it :)

    3. Bischi777

      So lets hope they do Descent next that would be awsome!

      1. PoloBaquerizoH

        Most of their board games will be awesome on digital editions

    4. PureRumble

      No multiplayer. Not even asynch multiplayer. That is what I call a limited lifetime game...

      1. PoloBaquerizoH

        It will be you will see

        1. PureRumble

          ... It will be what?? Your sentence doesnt make any sense. What will be what?

          1. PoloBaquerizoH

            It will be multiplayer"

  3. rIcHrAnDoM

    Surely Apple is just toying with us and just trickling the releases out?

  4. RomanReigns

    Tales from the Borderlands will turn out to be surprise release ;)

  5. svan11

    I was hoping for Dragon Quest III... :(

    1. PoloBaquerizoH

      Will have to wait until tomorrow , it should be release this week..

  6. Eseres

    No Hitman Sniper this week either... Well, I'll save my money this week then.

    1. GiHubb

      It's quite awful, I played the soft launch and deleted after playing 4 levels - you repeat the same contract over and over with different silly little requirements. Don't hold your breath.

      1. Eseres

        Oh no... Don't tell me that they actually made a very crappy version of a sniper game with stupid goals and taking a piss at the Hitman series all in one go... I knew this game seemed a bit to cool to actually be true. Man, IF you're right, then these devs will brake my mobile gaming hearth and my faith in all future gaming. Im still going to try it though, but I for sure hope it will be more to it than what you said... Thanks for the heads up on this one. I will lower my expectations for this game, even though Im a huge Hitman fan... Can't believe they've raped one of my favorite game series yet again...

  7. chrisbaker3

    Wars and Battles should be out this week aslo

    1. PoloBaquerizoH

      Yes today should be

  8. Luciano1084

    Wow, weak week :(

  9. RandomName

    Extremely weak week.

  10. Dragan

    Just downloaded Battlelore command thanks to the remarks but its not in the list and it seems the only descent release this week... .

    1. PoloBaquerizoH

      Yes its a shame coming from devs of Elder Sign: Omens, until now is the best release, but I'm still hoping DQ3 and Witcher Adventure Game could be release also

  11. PoloBaquerizoH

    Proun+ should be coming today also

  12. HippoHumper

    Sigh...

  13. Ragn4rok 74

    Wow, this is just sad.

  14. djstout

    No active soccer 2, no tiki taka soccer, no Hitman sniper and games with a cat saving the world? Yeah, that's not a good week for me

  15. Dragan

    Swords of Anima is another TBS game that is already in the app store and not in this weeks list. Battlelore and this one seems very promising, all in all i'm happy this week.

  16. OldSchoolHeel

    Maybe this week is weak from all the tryptophan?

  17. skylined87

    Pls pls pls let some better games come out by tomorrow! I need my fix...

  18. ste86uk

    I was hoping Borderlands would hit too

  19. Goggles789

    Any word on Dragon Quest 3?

  20. Shifaan

    What ever happened to Mew Genics?

    1. InkyTheGhost

      Not abandoned, but on hold while they work on mobile SMB.

  21. orangecan

    I'm assuming nobody is releasing anything major this week because it'll get lost in any upcoming Black Friday sales if past years are anything to go by

  22. Durduhdur

    Not such a "weak week" the appshopper app shows 720 games that price dropped to 'free' if that doesn't keep you animals busy over this holiday week then something's wrong.

    1. RenTin850

      Weak as in weak Wednesday game release dude, cause it''s a new game release post. Not price drop weak.

      1. HelperMonkey

        Yeah... Did you read the first paragraph of Eli's article? Did you notice that he basically called you out before you even said this?

        1. RenTin850

          No need to read it. It's a Wednesday release that's the main reason why everyone who looked at this post is commenting.

        2. RenTin850

          Did you click on this post to read about the games on sale or the new games being released?

  23. Jzracin

    I'm glad we have these powerful phones only to get weak ass games that don't utilize the power we have now days

  24. Bloodangel

    Also thought "this war of mine" was out this week

    1. djstout

      Couldn't find it, are you sure?

    2. PoloBaquerizoH

      11bit studios havent even think porting this game to ios, for now pc is the priority for them, maybe next years who knows..

  25. IAP-king

    ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°) week weak

  26. RenTin850

    Nothing but boring looking puzzles and little strategy games. One of the weakest Wednesday game releases I have seen. Not even one game that looks even interesting enough for a download.

  27. HelperMonkey

    How about a "weep" week. So much crying and moaning. What a tragedy that the endless flow of fresh entertainment has been disrupted by a holiday about being thankful. Junkies.

    1. H4nd0fg0d

      Gotta agree. +1