If I were to describe The Artful Escape by Beethoven & Dinosaur in a few words I think “Guitar Hero: The Adventure Game” might be a good place to start. It takes a story with shades of Douglas Adams, combines it with amazing music and gorgeous visuals and […]
Considering how much I liked MechWarrior 2 and its many versions it may come as a surprise that I didn’t continue to follow the BattleTech franchise through its more recent iterations. However with the arrival of 2019’s MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (MW5) to Xbox Game Pass it’s as good […]
It’s been more than sixteen years (!) since Double Fine’s Psychonauts first arrived on Xbox. Back then it was a bit of a cult hit which rated well but unfortunately didn’t get into many players hands. It wasn’t until recently that I gave the game a fair run […]
I was pretty late to the party when it came to using a headset for gaming. Apart from using the old Xbox chat headset on the Xbox 360 for party talk I didn’t think anything could beat a decent set of speakers. A lot of that changed though […]
Game Pass for me this month has been more focused on specific games that I knew were coming or wanted to spend more time playing from July and thanks to a regular event for one of them I’ve been able to spend much more time than I expected […]
The recent Halo Infinite development update from developer 343 Industries (see below) dropped a couple of delay bombs which has raised a lot of discussion among everyone excited for the game but personally I don’t think it’s that big a deal in the long run. Anyway, what was […]
It feels like the end of the month arrived a lot faster than expected thanks to the rush of Gamescom announcements distracting us with fancy new consoles and release dates – I’m looking at you Halo Infinite. Anyway, the games for September’s Xbox Games with Gold are: Warhammer: Chaosbane […]
Despite garnering a huge number of awards, including plenty of game of the year titles, I didn’t get around to playing Supergiant Games’ Hades in 2020. Though it was out on PC I’m still mainly an Xbox gamer and since the excellent Bastion, there hasn’t been another one […]
After numerous issues that have faced Elite Dangerous since the Odyssey expansion launched the developers at Frontier have needed to change their approach for not only resolving issues but how they communicate it to the community. One of the most notable is the release of their first issue […]
Due to the changing tides of game development the team at Turn 10 have spent more time than ever before building the next iteration of the Forza Motorsport franchise. I doubt anyone thinks the extra time is a bad idea but the end result of it is we’re […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
