Latest Reviews of Saber Interactive Games
Review A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (Xbox) - An Immersive Adventure That Demands Caution
Take it nice and slow
The A Quiet Place films have burst onto the scene in recent times to form a new horror franchise - with three entries spanning the last six years or so in the movie world. As the name suggests, this series centres around humans having to stay deadly quiet to survive, as an alien species threatens to wipe them out at even the...
Review Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 (Xbox) - Swarm Tech Shines In A Superbly Brutal Co-Op Shooter
A swarm feeling inside
Know that bit in a big action movie where two beefy bruisers spot each other from a distance and then square off in the midst of an enormous battle? Lesser enemies unceremoniously brushed aside as these behemoths charge at each other for a proper beatdown? Well, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 gives you that. It lets you do...
Bring da Truckus
Saber Interactive has hit a surprisingly rich vein of offroad driving fun with its excellent MudRunner series, itself a spin-off from the glory days of Oovee Studio's Spintires. The dev's latest effort, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, feels like an attempt to capitalise on this somewhat niche franchise's unexpected popularity by...
Review Teardown (Xbox) - A Slick And Addictive Slice Of Voxel Destruction
Appetite For Destruction
Blasting into Tuxedo Labs' Teardown for the first time, we felt as though we had a pretty good idea on how the experience was gonna go. This is a game that's all about destroying stuff, it's about destroying stuff that's made in a stunning voxel art style so that destroying that stuff looks incredible, and we were fairly...
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News Sci-Fi Dino Hunting Is Back In 'Turok: Origins', Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
New Turok, heck yeah!
The constantly-busy Saber Interactive has today announced that it's working with Universal on Turok: Origins, a brand-new entry in the legendary Dinosaur-hunting franchise. We don't have a date, or even a release window with this one, but there's plenty of information to go at already. The game's official website confirms that...
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Is Bringing Back This Long-Lost Xbox Kinect Feature
Who remembers this?!
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to Xbox consoles next week, and in the run up to launch, the team at Saber Interactive have unveiled a neat feature that we thought had been left behind with Xbox Kinect a decade ago. Basically, the upcoming horror title will feature an optional 'Microphone Noise Detection' mechanic -...
News Avatar: The Last Airbender To Get 'AAA RPG' Made By Space Marine 2 Studio
"The biggest video game in franchise history"
Saber Interactive, the developer behind the increasingly-popular Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, is making an Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG - as revealed by IGN. The outlet has dropped the news today, with the Space Marine 2 dev working with Paramount Game Studios on bringing this "AAA RPG" to life...
News Space Marine 2 Heavily Influenced By Gears Of War, Dev Always Wanted To Make 'A 360 Sequel'
"We wanted to make a perfect sequel"
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is turning out to be a surprisingly huge hit for developer Saber Interactive, with ideas about a third game already floating around at the studio just weeks after the sequel's launch. Having said that, the second game was a long time coming, but the team says that it always had a...
News Space Marine 2 Success Has Dev Excited About Idea Of Third Game
"We just have to figure it out"
The brutal co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has seemingly been so successful it appears a third entry is likely to happen. Speaking to IGN recently, Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits mentioned how its breakout success (with over 2 million players at launch) would go on to...
News 'Expeditions: A MudRunner Game' Embarks On Its Xbox Game Pass Journey Today (September 5)
Game Pass gets muddy
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, off-roading fans and jeep enthusiasts alike can go hands on with Expeditions: A MudRunner Game on the Xbox Game Pass service. Actually, this one might even appeal to Death Stranding fans as well. Yeah, weirdly,
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Officially Creeps Onto Xbox This October
Shhhh, it's coming for us all!
Saber Interactive has announced that its upcoming movie-to-game adaptation, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, is officially launching for Xbox Series X and S on October 17th, 2024. The publisher has confirmed this via the game's new trailer, which we've placed up above for your viewing pleasure. They're getting this one...
News Xbox Game Pass Zombie Romp 'World War Z: Aftermath' Gets Huge Free Update
Including a new map!
Today, developer Saber Interactive has launched its 'Battle of Arizona' update for World War Z: Aftermath, bringing a brand-new HordeXL map to the co-op Xbox Game Pass zombie-slaying adventure. The new horde mode arena, which takes place in Phoenix, AZ, comes as part of the team's latest update since the game's next-gen...
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Looks Impressive In First Story Trailer
Coming to Xbox later this year!
A couple of weeks ago, Saber Interactive announced that it had partnered up with Stormind Games to work on A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, and now the game's first story trailer has landed - and it's looking pretty impressive so far. You can tell there's a little bit of jank in here, but the character models in...
News Warhammer 40K Team Cancels Space Marine 2 Beta To 'Entirely Focus' On September Launch
"We will not run a public online beta"
Since finally getting an Xbox release date for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, we've been excited to go hands-on with it ASAP, but it seems we're going to have to wait a little longer than expected. The teams behind the Space Marine sequel have cancelled the game's planned beta, which means we all have to...
News 'A Quiet Place' Video Game Adaptation Coming To Xbox In 2024
The road ahead
Up for another horror adventure on Xbox Series X|S in 2024? Well, Saber Interactive and Stormind Games have partnered up to adapt movie series 'A Quiet Place' into video game format - with the "narrative-driven horror game" A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead coming to Xbox later this year. We don't have a date yet, but looking at early...
News 'Jurassic Park: Survival' Team Shares New Details On Upcoming Xbox FPS
It won't be out in 2024, though
One of the biggest surprises from last year's The Game Awards show was Jurassic Park: Survival, a brand-new single-player FPS set in the famous Dino-filled universe. While its showing was an incredibly early look at the game — as you can see by the above cinematic — this one has lots of promise, and developer...
News Saber Interactive CEO Reckons $70 Game Prices Will Go Away
"The $70 title is going to go the way of the dodo"
This generation has marked the arrival of $70 AAA game releases, as most publishers bump up their base prices to make up for increased development costs, and inflation. The move has been somewhat controversial, and Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch reckons it's not here to stay - despite the team...
News Embracer Group Set To Sell Two Major Studios In Big-Money Deals
What next?!
Huge gaming behemoth Embracer Group has been trimming down significantly as of late - with some of its in-house studios even fully closed in the wake of a huge restructuring process at the company. And, new reports are suggesting that a couple of the group's remaining studios are now in the midst of being sold off. According to
News Game Pass Shooter 'Insurgency: Sandstorm' Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade
"Today marks a new step for Insurgency: Sandstorm"
Insurgency: Sandstorm is one of our very favourite shooters on Xbox Game Pass, and the game is now becoming properly optimised for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. The team at Focus Entertainment is finally delivering the game's next-gen upgrade today, January 30th, after years in the...
News SnowRunner Sequel 'Expeditions' Gets March 2024 Release Date For Xbox
Stuck in the mud
Back during Gamescom 2023 the team behind Xbox Game Pass hit SnowRunner announced its next game in the series - and we now have a proper launch date for the title. Expeditions: A MudRunner Game takes the franchise back to its sludgy roots next March. Unfortunately this one won't
News World War Z Unleashes 'Valley Of The Zeke' Update Alongside Xbox Game Pass Launch
Featuring an array of free content
World War Z Aftermath marked one of today's biggest Xbox Game Pass additions (we had four new arrivals on Dec. 5), and to coincide with the title's Game Pass inclusion, the team at Saber Interactive has just added even more content to the game. Yep, the 'Valley of the Zeke' update is out tod
News Teardown On Xbox Series X|S Has 'Stunning Physics & Destruction', Says Digital Foundry
But some performance issues do crop up
It's safe to say we were rather impressed by Teardown and its open-ended, destruction-laden sandbox when it launched on Xbox Series X|S last week - granting the game a 'Great' 8/10 in our full review. Well, as it turns out, the tech experts at Digital Foundry have been pretty impressed with the game's console...
News 'Teardown' Developer Reveals Xbox Series X|S Performance Targets, Including 120FPS Support
Xbox Series X gets higher frame rate option
Earlier this year we got the news that PC mega-hit Teardown would be coming to consoles in November 2023, and ahead of the game's launch, developer Tuxedo Labs has revealed how the game will perform across Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S systems (thanks, gamingbolt). Although Teardown will have a variable...
News Evil Dead: The Game Ends Support For New Content Updates
"Thank you for all the groovy times"
Saber Interactive has today announced it is ending the development of new content for Evil Dead: The Game. This title made its debut on Xbox Series X|S last May and since then has received patch updates, new modes and maps, and
News 'Expeditions: A MudRunner Game' Is The Follow Up To Xbox Game Pass's SnowRunner
Back to its muddy roots
SnowRunner seems to have just grown in popularity in recent years, especially since its arrival on Xbox Game Pass, and now publisher Focus Interactive has announced the next game in the series. Developer Saber Interactive is going back to its muddy roots with the announcement of Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, a follow-up to...
News World War Z: Aftermath To Receive Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Featuring 'Horde Mode XL'
Take on waves of over 1,000 zombies!
Saber Interactive's World War Z has been trucking along nicely since its original Xbox One launch in 2019, with the 'Aftermath' add-on following up in late 2021. Now, the dev team has announced a proper native current-gen port for Xbox Series X and S, and it's bringing along some lovely extras. First up, the new...
News Evil Dead: The Game Gets New Single-Player Content In Latest Update
Inspired by the 2013 film
Saber Interactive has just dropped another update for its multiplayer spookfest, Evil Dead: The Game, and this one is all about the 2013 movie reboot. Two characters from the film are available via the 'Evil Dead 2013 Bundle DLC', but there are some free additions here too. The most notable freebie is a new single-player...
News Some Notable Titles Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Month (August 31)
10 in total
We've delivered the good news in the form of eight new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, however we must now look at what's leaving the library this month. Unfortunately, it's quite a chunky selection of mostly-well-known games with this update. The list includes heavy hitters like World War Z, What Remains Of Edith Finch, Two Point...
News Evil Dead: The Game Adds Exploration Mode And 'Castle Kandar' Map In Free Update
Oh, and a new performance mode on Xbox Series S!
'Evil Dead' recently made its way over to the asymmetric multiplayer world, made popular by the likes of Dead by Daylight. Just like the latter title, developer Saber Interactive is keen on updating Evil Dead: The Game to keep things fresh, and its latest content drop is quite a big one. The game's...
News Sci-Fi Dino Hunting Is Back In 'Turok: Origins', Confirmed For Xbox Series X|S
New Turok, heck yeah!
The constantly-busy Saber Interactive has today announced that it's working with Universal on Turok: Origins, a brand-new entry in the legendary Dinosaur-hunting franchise. We don't have a date, or even a release window with this one, but there's plenty of information to go at already. The game's official website confirms that...
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Is Bringing Back This Long-Lost Xbox Kinect Feature
Who remembers this?!
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to Xbox consoles next week, and in the run up to launch, the team at Saber Interactive have unveiled a neat feature that we thought had been left behind with Xbox Kinect a decade ago. Basically, the upcoming horror title will feature an optional 'Microphone Noise Detection' mechanic -...
News Avatar: The Last Airbender To Get 'AAA RPG' Made By Space Marine 2 Studio
"The biggest video game in franchise history"
Saber Interactive, the developer behind the increasingly-popular Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, is making an Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG - as revealed by IGN. The outlet has dropped the news today, with the Space Marine 2 dev working with Paramount Game Studios on bringing this "AAA RPG" to life...
News Space Marine 2 Heavily Influenced By Gears Of War, Dev Always Wanted To Make 'A 360 Sequel'
"We wanted to make a perfect sequel"
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is turning out to be a surprisingly huge hit for developer Saber Interactive, with ideas about a third game already floating around at the studio just weeks after the sequel's launch. Having said that, the second game was a long time coming, but the team says that it always had a...
News Space Marine 2 Success Has Dev Excited About Idea Of Third Game
"We just have to figure it out"
The brutal co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has seemingly been so successful it appears a third entry is likely to happen. Speaking to IGN recently, Saber Interactive's Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits mentioned how its breakout success (with over 2 million players at launch) would go on to...
News 'Expeditions: A MudRunner Game' Embarks On Its Xbox Game Pass Journey Today (September 5)
Game Pass gets muddy
Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update! Today, off-roading fans and jeep enthusiasts alike can go hands on with Expeditions: A MudRunner Game on the Xbox Game Pass service. Actually, this one might even appeal to Death Stranding fans as well. Yeah, weirdly,
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Officially Creeps Onto Xbox This October
Shhhh, it's coming for us all!
Saber Interactive has announced that its upcoming movie-to-game adaptation, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, is officially launching for Xbox Series X and S on October 17th, 2024. The publisher has confirmed this via the game's new trailer, which we've placed up above for your viewing pleasure. They're getting this one...
News Xbox Game Pass Zombie Romp 'World War Z: Aftermath' Gets Huge Free Update
Including a new map!
Today, developer Saber Interactive has launched its 'Battle of Arizona' update for World War Z: Aftermath, bringing a brand-new HordeXL map to the co-op Xbox Game Pass zombie-slaying adventure. The new horde mode arena, which takes place in Phoenix, AZ, comes as part of the team's latest update since the game's next-gen...
News A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead Looks Impressive In First Story Trailer
Coming to Xbox later this year!
A couple of weeks ago, Saber Interactive announced that it had partnered up with Stormind Games to work on A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, and now the game's first story trailer has landed - and it's looking pretty impressive so far. You can tell there's a little bit of jank in here, but the character models in...
News Warhammer 40K Team Cancels Space Marine 2 Beta To 'Entirely Focus' On September Launch
"We will not run a public online beta"
Since finally getting an Xbox release date for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, we've been excited to go hands-on with it ASAP, but it seems we're going to have to wait a little longer than expected. The teams behind the Space Marine sequel have cancelled the game's planned beta, which means we all have to...
News 'A Quiet Place' Video Game Adaptation Coming To Xbox In 2024
The road ahead
Up for another horror adventure on Xbox Series X|S in 2024? Well, Saber Interactive and Stormind Games have partnered up to adapt movie series 'A Quiet Place' into video game format - with the "narrative-driven horror game" A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead coming to Xbox later this year. We don't have a date yet, but looking at early...
News 'Jurassic Park: Survival' Team Shares New Details On Upcoming Xbox FPS
It won't be out in 2024, though
One of the biggest surprises from last year's The Game Awards show was Jurassic Park: Survival, a brand-new single-player FPS set in the famous Dino-filled universe. While its showing was an incredibly early look at the game — as you can see by the above cinematic — this one has lots of promise, and developer...
News Saber Interactive CEO Reckons $70 Game Prices Will Go Away
"The $70 title is going to go the way of the dodo"
This generation has marked the arrival of $70 AAA game releases, as most publishers bump up their base prices to make up for increased development costs, and inflation. The move has been somewhat controversial, and Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch reckons it's not here to stay - despite the team...
News Embracer Group Set To Sell Two Major Studios In Big-Money Deals
What next?!
Huge gaming behemoth Embracer Group has been trimming down significantly as of late - with some of its in-house studios even fully closed in the wake of a huge restructuring process at the company. And, new reports are suggesting that a couple of the group's remaining studios are now in the midst of being sold off. According to
News Game Pass Shooter 'Insurgency: Sandstorm' Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade
"Today marks a new step for Insurgency: Sandstorm"
Insurgency: Sandstorm is one of our very favourite shooters on Xbox Game Pass, and the game is now becoming properly optimised for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. The team at Focus Entertainment is finally delivering the game's next-gen upgrade today, January 30th, after years in the...
News SnowRunner Sequel 'Expeditions' Gets March 2024 Release Date For Xbox
Stuck in the mud
Back during Gamescom 2023 the team behind Xbox Game Pass hit SnowRunner announced its next game in the series - and we now have a proper launch date for the title. Expeditions: A MudRunner Game takes the franchise back to its sludgy roots next March. Unfortunately this one won't
News World War Z Unleashes 'Valley Of The Zeke' Update Alongside Xbox Game Pass Launch
Featuring an array of free content
World War Z Aftermath marked one of today's biggest Xbox Game Pass additions (we had four new arrivals on Dec. 5), and to coincide with the title's Game Pass inclusion, the team at Saber Interactive has just added even more content to the game. Yep, the 'Valley of the Zeke' update is out tod
News Teardown On Xbox Series X|S Has 'Stunning Physics & Destruction', Says Digital Foundry
But some performance issues do crop up
It's safe to say we were rather impressed by Teardown and its open-ended, destruction-laden sandbox when it launched on Xbox Series X|S last week - granting the game a 'Great' 8/10 in our full review. Well, as it turns out, the tech experts at Digital Foundry have been pretty impressed with the game's console...
News 'Teardown' Developer Reveals Xbox Series X|S Performance Targets, Including 120FPS Support
Xbox Series X gets higher frame rate option
Earlier this year we got the news that PC mega-hit Teardown would be coming to consoles in November 2023, and ahead of the game's launch, developer Tuxedo Labs has revealed how the game will perform across Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S systems (thanks, gamingbolt). Although Teardown will have a variable...
News Evil Dead: The Game Ends Support For New Content Updates
"Thank you for all the groovy times"
Saber Interactive has today announced it is ending the development of new content for Evil Dead: The Game. This title made its debut on Xbox Series X|S last May and since then has received patch updates, new modes and maps, and
News 'Expeditions: A MudRunner Game' Is The Follow Up To Xbox Game Pass's SnowRunner
Back to its muddy roots
SnowRunner seems to have just grown in popularity in recent years, especially since its arrival on Xbox Game Pass, and now publisher Focus Interactive has announced the next game in the series. Developer Saber Interactive is going back to its muddy roots with the announcement of Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, a follow-up to...
News World War Z: Aftermath To Receive Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Featuring 'Horde Mode XL'
Take on waves of over 1,000 zombies!
Saber Interactive's World War Z has been trucking along nicely since its original Xbox One launch in 2019, with the 'Aftermath' add-on following up in late 2021. Now, the dev team has announced a proper native current-gen port for Xbox Series X and S, and it's bringing along some lovely extras. First up, the new...
News Evil Dead: The Game Gets New Single-Player Content In Latest Update
Inspired by the 2013 film
Saber Interactive has just dropped another update for its multiplayer spookfest, Evil Dead: The Game, and this one is all about the 2013 movie reboot. Two characters from the film are available via the 'Evil Dead 2013 Bundle DLC', but there are some free additions here too. The most notable freebie is a new single-player...
News Some Notable Titles Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass This Month (August 31)
10 in total
We've delivered the good news in the form of eight new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass, however we must now look at what's leaving the library this month. Unfortunately, it's quite a chunky selection of mostly-well-known games with this update. The list includes heavy hitters like World War Z, What Remains Of Edith Finch, Two Point...
News Evil Dead: The Game Adds Exploration Mode And 'Castle Kandar' Map In Free Update
Oh, and a new performance mode on Xbox Series S!
'Evil Dead' recently made its way over to the asymmetric multiplayer world, made popular by the likes of Dead by Daylight. Just like the latter title, developer Saber Interactive is keen on updating Evil Dead: The Game to keep things fresh, and its latest content drop is quite a big one. The game's...