Review Stranger of Sword City (Xbox One)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, that's a stranger!
The Xbox 360 made a hard push at tapping into the Japanese market with the likes of Blue Dragon and The Last Remnant. Stranger of Sword City - a dungeon role playing game - was a lesser-known title that also came to the platform. The Xbox One has seen nowhere near the same level of support in terms...
News Is Microsoft Looking To Break The Console Cycle?
Keep Rollin, Rollin
During Microsoft's Spring Showcase, there was a slew of Xbox related news but arguably the most interesting news was Phil Spencer discussing the further unification of the Xbox and Windows Gaming platform. Internally, Microsoft has worked on collaboratively bringing together their Xbox and Windows 10 platforms under what they...
Review Dying Light: The Following (Xbox One)
Parks and Recreation and Zombies
Dying Light: The Following is a strange proposition that's available in a whole bunch of ways. It's an expansion pack that also alters the main game in a few areas, which can be purchased standalone if you own the original Dying Light without the season pass, will be delivered free if you DO own the season pass, and...
Review Gemini: Heroes Reborn (Xbox One)
Save money, save the world.
Gemini: Heroes Reborn comes at an odd time, Heroes Reborn is bringing the curtain down on its 13 episode run and is seemingly cancelled, as NBC move to make it clear it was only ever intended as an event series. It also arrives on the back of developers Phosphor's failed Kickstarter for a game called Awakening that showed...
News Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Sneaks On To Xbox One Via Backwards Compatibility
Like a Ninja!
Tekken is yet to make an appearance on the Xbox One console with Tekken 7 not due to appear until later in the year. However, Reddit user Linda__Martin posted the following confirming that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has is indeed playable on Xbox One; "I was looking through my achievements out of boredom when I noticed this. Seems that...
News Microsoft Hints at Something Special For Preview Program Members
What could it be?
Microsoft are in the midst of one of the biggest weeks in their history as a console platform holder. The big (semi) exclusive release of Rise of the Tomb Raider, third party behemoths such as Fallout 4 and the exclusive early preview of Star Wars Battlefront head up an impressive week. There is also more to come with the launch of...
Not enough meat on its bones
Before setting off, let's get one thing clear: Fat City is not out there fat shaming anyone. It's a reference to the rich affluence of New Orleans' "Fat City" neighbourhood, as well as talking about all the fat wads of banknotes the game's main protagonist Chris Knox is banking as you play through this simple, yet at...
News First 104 Xbox 360 Titles to Support Backwards Compatibility on Xbox One Announced
104 announced with more to follow.
After months of anticipation, Microsoft have finally unveiled the list of the first batch of Xbox 360 games that will be playable on Xbox One when the the new dashboard update launches on November 12th. The full list of games comes to 104 in total, with a good mixture of retail games, arcade games and few higher...
News Mass Effect DLC added to Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
No mass relays required.
Earlier this year, Microsoft surprised many gamers with the announcement that Xbox One would soon be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles. Whilst the feature isn't due to hit officially until November, Xbox Preview Program members were given a small selection of games to play. The vast majority of the games were first...
News New Xbox One Experience Gets First Major Update
Community Calender App and more!
The New Xbox One Experience has started to roll out slowly as it builds up towards its full launch. As part of this process there have been a few bumps in the road with bugs and a number of these have been addressed already. A new Community Calendar app has been set live to download as well. This app is expected to...
Review Blood Bowl 2 (Xbox One)
Fumbling the ball
Blood Bowl 2 comes to Xbox One as part of Games Workshop's continual use of their fringe franchises away from the tabletop. Blood Bowl was a popular tabletop Gridiron and Warhammer violence-laden mashup first introduced in 1987, seeing numerous re-releases since, the most radical of which occurred in 1994. With Games Workshop now...
Review Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart (Xbox One)
Walking the plank.
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart comes to Xbox One during an extremely odd phase in digital game publishing on the platform. Developers looking to make a quick buck can now seemingly easily publish their quickly-ported games on the Xbox Store and see them get front page coverage upon release. This doesn't always work all...
Rumour New Xbox One Dashboard May Begin Rolling Out to Preview Program Users This Week
Keep rolling, rolling, rolling
Microsoft's Xbox Engineering team have been hard at work preparing the new Xbox One Dashboard since officially unveiling it at E3 this year. Xbox One owners who have been part of the Xbox Preview Program have been patiently waiting to hear when they can get their hands all over the new OS to put it through its paces...
Review Toy Soldiers: War Chest (Xbox One)
The sum of its parts
Toy Soldiers: War Chest comes to Xbox One on the back of two successful iterations in the form of Toy Soldiers and Toy Soldiers: Cold War for Xbox 360. This, coupled with the addition of popular toy licenses makes this new entry an exciting proposition. Excitement for the game, however, may be short lived upon noticing how War...
Review Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse (Xbox One)
A Tale of Two Snakes
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse comes to the Xbox One with a pedigree built up over its many years as a premium point-and-click adventure series. It had a slightly different development trajectory along the way when compared to other titles in the series and as a result, it seems a little confused at times as to what it...
Updated Xbox Ultimate Game Sale Starts Early
Jumping the gun!
Microsoft's Ultimate Game Sale is due to start on July 7th. However, it would appear someone hit the big red button early! Here is the list of Xbox One games confirmed as being discounted and available now. Note: The following discounts are for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Non-Gold subscribers still get a discount, but the discount...
News Get Fallout 3 Early with Your Fallout 4 Preorder
"For you, no charge"
Bethesda Game Studios surprised no one in announcing Fallout 4 at this year's E3. However, many gamers were surprised to see the game set to release this year, on November 10th. Xbox One owners were given further cause to celebrate with Microsoft's own backwards compatibility announcement being followed up by Bethesda declaring...
