The team at Double Fine Productions have a strong reputation for delivering unique games with a style all their own and after playing through Psychonauts 2, which was likely my favourite game of 2021, I was looking forward to what was next and was wonderfully surprised when finally […]
When Compulsion Games, creators of Contrast and We Happy Few, were purchased by Microsoft they went quiet for a long time with many rumours circulating about their next project. When it was finally announced that their next game was South of Midnight, the striking presentation grabbed player’s attention […]
Being the representative of both an empire and an unknown god is going to put pressure on anyone, and that’s the situation you find yourself in with Avowed, the latest RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Set in the developer’s Pillars of Eternity universe, the game takes the previous two […]
The last Indiana Jones game that I played new was WAY back in 2003 with developer The Collective’s Indiana Jones and The Emperor’s Tomb on Xbox which married aspects of the Tomb Raider games with the brawling mechanics from their earlier Buffy the Vampire Slayer game (also on […]
Well… WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS! Somehow Kojima Productions stealth dropped an Xbox version of Death Stranding, their 2019 PlayStation exclusive that seemed locked to that platform for eternity. While it did come to PC the following year it still seemed unlikely but five years to the day since […]
Having a game deal with loss and grief is a theme that is often visited but with Tales of Kenzera: Zau it’s presented in such an imaginative way that it’s drawn me in and kept me wanting to play through and see the story play out. The story […]
This might become one of the shortest reviews I’ve written but Balatro from developer LocalThunk is an incredibly clever game that takes poker, a game a lot of people are familiar with, and upends it with roguelike elements and modifiers that turn it into an addiction that is […]
One aspect of 80’s gaming that fits squarely within my memories is when movie tie-ins really began hitting their stride. One of the biggest was Ocean’s Robocop which pulled elements from Data East’s arcade game while throwing in additional elements to hew it closer to the film’s storyline. […]
Coming off Atari 50 and The Making of Karateka, Digital Eclipse have struck gold in finding a way to presenting not only classic games of the past but also the people behind them in a documentary format. Their latest title, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, is an inspired […]
Over the years there’s been an incredible number of atmospheric platform games that have a larger focus on the story and how your character navigates through it. Both of PlayDead’s games Limbo and Inside were especially strong examples of this approach and it’s great to see that Planet […]
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 