Preorders for the Xbox Series X and S begin tomorrow and I’m curious to find out if it’ll be handled smoothly or be chaotic like last week’s PlayStation 5 badly communicated one. Retailers here in Australia have been clearly indicating that orders open from 8am in the morning […]
It looks like Sony are doing what they can to be competitive for the new console generation with the disc free “digital” console launching at $399US and $499US for those still attached to their physical libraries. The pricing is as many expected though the $100 difference is still […]
While I’m smashing through my latest gaming books I was also looking back at others I have sitting on my bookshelf and I really felt like talking about them too. I held back initially because I wanted to keep my last post brief and focus on my new […]
The need for a little more social isolation lately has likely introduced plenty of bad habits but it’s also helped me get back into some more positive ones such as reading again. Thankfully there’s plenty of books out there on one of my favourite subjects and I was […]
I’ve been a little quiet the last few days not only because of a few things outside the norm happening but also as I’ve been a little hard pressed to figure what I can say just yet about a particular game I’m playing. As you’d have assumed from […]
Just announced in Xbox Wire is news of what’s coming next month for Xbox Gold subscribers and I’m pleasantly surprised with the mix. Full details are here but the games for September are: Tom Clancy’s The Division (Xbox One, Sep 1-30) The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (Xbox […]
A new limited series popped up on Netflix just recently that delves into the history of video games and while it takes an interesting approach to telling stories about a topic I live I think a lack of focus in the early episodes do a disservice to it […]
At a time when games can have patches bigger than most other games (looking at you Modern Warfare!) I didn’t really want Microsoft to step up and make you have to consider building your own data center to store your games but it looks like that’s what you’ll […]
The recent news of Halo Infinite‘s launch delay followed a raft of criticism over the upcoming game’s art style and supposed graphical shortcomings. With all the debate that’s been going on in discussion over how it should be a showcase of the Xbox Series X capabilities I don’t […]
What happens when you take a “Metroidvania” style game, throw in controls that make you feel super powered from the outset and throw in buckets of blood? I’m fairly certain it’ll be Carrion from Phobia Game Studio. After seeing it feature in Devolver Digital’s most recent presentation it’s […]
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