Back in the second half of 2018 a narrative driven RPG came out called Vampyr. I was curious at the time of release, but because I had so many other games still to finish, I held off on a day one purchase. Fast forward to the first half […]
It’s been almost three years when I had first seen We Happy Few, the dystopian adventure from Compulsion Games. Since its first appearance on Xbox Game Preview, the game underwent a lot of changes, found itself a publisher in Gearbox Software and the developers were snapped up by […]
Though much maligned in his first appearance in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty the character Raiden would eventually be given a second chance thanks to some wild cyborg ninja antics that were part of the crazy finale to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. […]
There was a lot to like with Ubisoft/Massive’s open world loot shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division. It’s setting of a post epidemic New York coupled with a fun RPG-like third person shooter grabbed me far more convincingly than similar games released at that time. The downside though was […]
EDIT: this post was previously published as “Playing Republic Commando on Xbox One X”. With the new month here another batch of Games with Gold titles arrived too. One of these was an old favourite of mine from the original Xbox days so I thought it was time […]
Reviews for Lara Croft’s latest adventure had been a bit of a mixed bag from when it arrived last September with descriptions varying between a great conclusion to the series to a significant misstep. After loving the reboot and its amazing sequel I’m finally getting a chance to […]
It’s been a long time coming for Crackdown 3, a sequel to one of the Xbox 360’s early games… you know, the one that was bundled with the Halo 3 demo? With its troubled development and Xbox One launch baggage (thanks to the “power of the cloud”) it […]
It’s been a while since I last played flight sims on my PC using a joystick. I had an old Saitek Cyborg 3D that was nigh on indestructible however the march of progress would eventually be it’s undoing as it required a game port connector (pre USB). Now […]
There’s plenty of gamers who have fond memories of going to arcades and standing in front of their favourites chewing through coins. Whether it be Street Fighter II, Golden Axe or Pac-Man a lot of good memories were thanks to those games and though modern consoles can easily […]
Note: We actually reviewed this more than five years ago when it first landed on the Xbox 360. Incredible as it may seem the game remains a dominant force in the market so when I returned to it again with the Xbox One version it seemed appropriate to […]
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.
The Late Night Session 