Survival adventure The Long Dark gets new challenge modes

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Survival Adventure The Long Dark has gotten a new April update dubbed “Tireless Menace” which adds new challenge modes, a passage of time mechanic, new afflictions, and more. One of the new challenges includes escaping a murderous bear that has been stalking you. The new features and changes were … Read more

REVIEW: JumpJet Rex

REVIEW: JumpJet Rex

Publisher Loot Interactive Developer Tree Fortress Review platform Xbox One Release date Apr 29, 2016 I never imagined that I would be reviewing a game where I navigated levels using a cartoon-looking dinosaur equipped with rocket boots, yet here I am. In JumpJet Rex, you take control of a Tyrannosaurus rex who must save Earth … Read more

Ubisoft transfers 1666: Amsterdam rights back to creator

Ubisoft transfers 1666: Amsterdam rights back to creator

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: After a legal dispute, Ubisoft has agreed to hand over the rights of 1666: Amsterdam to its creator, Patrice Desilets. Desilets has also agreed to drop the suit for the rights to the game which he filed in 2013. Desilets was developing 1666: Amsterdam for THQ Montreal when Ubisoft … Read more

Gearbox confirms Borderlands 3

Gearbox confirms Borderlands 3

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Today at PAX East, Gearbox has confirmed that they will be developing Borderlands 3 sometime after they finish production on Battleborn and its DLC, though no specific time frame was given. This is a long awaited confirmation, although Gearbox previously said over a year ago in January 2015 that … Read more

Free-to-play Ark: Survival Evolved spin-off announced

Ark: Survival Evolved lawsuit settled for $40 million

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Update: The game will come to Xbox One according to the developers who revealed this before PAX East. Studio Wildcard has announced a free-to-play version of Ark: Survival Evolved titled Ark: Survival of the Fittest, which they have dubbed a “multiplayer online survival arena (M.O.S.A.)”. The game is set … Read more

Strategy board game Armello coming to Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: After a successful Kickstarter that brought Armello to Steam in early 2015, the role-playing strategy game will now make its way onto Xbox One this fall. Armello is described as a “digital board game” and is set in a fantasy world featuring anthropomorphic animals. League of Geeks, an independent … Read more

VLC media player coming to Xbox One

Developers can now submit universal apps to Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: VLC, a popular cross-platform media player, is being developed as a Universal Windows Platform app. The app will be available on several Windows devices, including HoloLens and Xbox One. The first platform that it will release on as a UWP app is Windows 10 mobile, with a public beta … Read more

Microsoft E3 2016 press conference time revealed

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft has announced that its E3 2016 press conference will take place at 9:30 AM PDT on Monday, June 13. This information was revealed to GameSpot in an email from Microsoft PR. The statement reads: “We’re excited to return to E3 this year where we’ll showcase more games and … Read more

Halo Wars and more games now backward compatible

Halo Wars 2 will be playable at E3

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: To add to the growing list of backward compatible games, three new titles have been added as of today. Halo Wars, Soul Calibur II HD, and The King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match are now backward compatible on Xbox One. Halo is arguably one of Xbox’s most important exclusive … Read more

Roguelike adventure Full Mojo Rampage coming to Xbox One

Roguelike adventure Full Mojo Rampage coming to Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Publisher Nicalis Inc. has announced that Full Mojo Rampage will be coming to consoles this spring. The game originally released in 2014 on PC. It will also be receiving an update. Nicalis describes Full Mojo Rampage as a “roguelike game that takes place within the confines of the Voodoo … Read more