Psychonauts 2 Review
Psychonauts 2 is a game out of its time. That is a phrase usually reserved as a negative, but here it is nothing but a positive. Coming 16 years after the first entry, Tim Schaefer and the master developers at […]
Twelve Minutes | Spoiler Free Review
Developer Luis Antonio’s Twelve Minutes is a hard game to review. It is a game built almost solely around narrative that, if I were to talk too much about it, would be treading into huge spoiler territory. Quite honestly this […]
Xbox 20th Anniversary: 5 Original Xbox Games That Still Hold Up Today
The Xbox is turning 20 this year, meaning it can almost legally drink in the United States, and can already sneak across the border into Canada and enjoy a Molson with some Timbits. But has it aged gracefully? Here’s a […]
Crunchyroll Teams Up With Xbox To Offer Subscribers Game Pass To Premium Users
Crunchyroll is celebrating the start of Virtual Crunchyroll Expo today by teaming up with Xbox to offer anime watchers/gamers three months of Xbox Game Pass for PC, but only to new and current subscribers to their Crunchyroll Premium program. The […]
Bethesda Officially Joins Xbox
After receiving approval from the European Commission for the deal, Microsoft goes ahead with it’s $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax, bringing Bethesda and other studios under the ownership of Microsoft. “This is an exciting day for Xbox. […]
Microsoft Has Acquired Bethesda Softworks
In a move that is sure to shake up the industry, Microsoft announced today that they have acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft now owns Bethesda and all of its studios — Bethesda Game Studios, id […]
Xbox Series S Price Confirmed for $299.99
After a string of leaks yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series S will be launching at $299.99. The Series S is set to be Microsoft’s lower-end next-generation hardware, reportedly coming in a much smaller box and lacking a disk-drive. […]
Inside Xbox: Next-Gen News and Game Reveals
The Summer Game Fest kicked off today with a very special episode of Inside Xbox, promising exciting third-party reveals, news about the Xbox Series X, and a look into the near future of gaming on Xbox. Needless to say, that […]
DON’T GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY… Hands On With Blair Witch
So here I sit, in my first press related meet the dev and play the game experiences, thinking I am a proverbial badass. I have a bag of goodies, which later turned out to be a hoodie, hat and press […]
The Sandbox Myth
For the last 10 years or so it seems that Sandbox style games, games that allow little limitation on character and world, have become the forefront of gaming technical ability. Developers seem keen to make huge and vast worlds that […]
The Best Halo Games | Ranked
Ah, Halo. A long and storied series of games. The first-person shooter franchise traces its roots back to 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, a title that established the Xbox as a major contender in the console arena and raised the profile of its […]
E3 2019: Microsoft |World Premiere of Blair Witch Revealed, Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date
The World Premiere trailer for Blair Witch, set after the disappearance of a child in 1996, was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the conference so far. The graphics look pretty astonishing, even if buffed up for the purposes of […]
E3 2019: Microsoft | Obsidian Shows Off Trailer For The Outer Worlds
A typically dramatic countdown clock heralded the beginning of this year’s Microsoft contest, and we might be in for a good’un. Obsidian Entertainment opened the show with its sci-fi epic The Outer Worlds, which looks like an absolute bucketload of […]
Apex Legends Utilises Unique Ping System That Simplifies Communication
Respawn Entertainment recently debuted their newest title, Apex Legends, a free-to-play Battle Royale shooter. Revealing and releasing the title on the same-day, Respawn went with the rare “no-hype” marketing strategy, where developers will release a game and allow the gamers around […]
Telltale’s Top 10 – A Legacy Worth Continuing
It’s been more than a whole year now since, on 21 September 2018, a truly tragic thing happened. Practically the entire staff of employees working at the studios of veteran episodic-drama developer Telltale Games was suddenly and brutally let go. […]
Bubble, Bubble Toil And Trouble… Harry Potter Game Supposedly Leaked
It’s here, the moment I am sure you’ve all been waiting for – thanks to Reddit user VapeThisBro we have been able to get a glimpse of a Harry Potter game in the works that actually looks good. Originally, leaks […]
It’s Time To Split! – Beloved Timesplitters Franchise To Return After Acquistion By Koch Media
After seemingly being lost in a wormhole for the past 10 years, the brilliant and hilarious arcade-tastic Timesplitters series has resurfaced once again. German industry giant Koch Media, who publish video games under the Deep Silver label, and have a […]
Bioware Hint They Have Teams Working On Dragon Age And Mass Effect Projects
With excitement levels for Anthem practically multiplying every week, it seems Bioware is finally back in the cross-console spotlight. But many fans of the developer’s veteran franchises are no doubt still feeling that seemingly unscratchable itch to get their hands […]
Freeder’s Digest – Splinter Cell Conviction
Movies may have Jason Bourne. TV may have Jack Bauer. But games, well they definitely have Sam Fisher. These action giants have many things in common: they’re cool, they’re smart, they have severe unresolved anger issues. But more importantly, if […]
Xbox Has Positioned Itself Brilliantly, Now It’s All About The Execution
Let me start this opinion piece by stating that in no way am I biased towards the Xbox as a console. I have owned all major console releases from both Sony and Microsoft since the PlayStation 1 and have had favourites from […]