Jez C (MSFTY)

Jez C (MSFTY) is a games journalist, Executive Editor at Windows Central. They contributed 39 articles to ICXM in 2015, focused on game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: now leads Xbox coverage at Future plc's Windows Central as Executive Editor.

Visceral appears to be boosting Battlefield’s single-player credibility in Battlefield Hardline

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Readers of this site might not share my opinion, but I think Battlefield’s single player stories (with the possible exception of Bad Company 1) have been pretty shallow. The single player campaigns, whilst pretty, drive the player soullessly from set-piece to Michael Bay-explosion-obsessesed set-piece intermingled with a derivative “China/Russia … Read more

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition is heading to Xbox One this June with a year’s worth of DLC

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Payday 2 – a wildly successful PC shooter – is heading to Xbox One and PS4 this June in the form of the Crimewave Edition. Payday 2: Crimewave Edition includes ‘over a year’s worth’ of DLC previously available on PC at no additional cost. The game allows players to … Read more

Metal Gear Rising 2

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: A few weeks back we ran a story about a possible tease for Metal Gear Rising 2. The below stylised ‘2’ was unmistakably the font of Metal Gear Rising – Platinum Games’ incredible and futuristic slash em up based on Metal Gear’s Raiden. Metal Gear Rising is one of … Read more

The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC inspires terror in this new trailer

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The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC inspires terror in this new trailer

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Bethesda sent over a press release this afternoon detailing the first instalment of The Evil Within’s season pass content. ‘The Assignment’ is the first of a two party ‘story-driven’ experience, and features a new playable character. Juli Kidman, the partner of Sebastian Castellanos – playable in the previous game … Read more

Fable Legends open beta planned, arriving

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Fable Legends is on the horizon, and currently enjoys a closed beta test with a bunch of lucky dudes and dudettes (myself not included, THANKS A BUNCH LIONHEAD, so much for British camaraderie Lauran Carter of Lionhead Studios recently sent out a bunch of tweets reassuring fans that more … Read more

Neverwinter MMO dated for March 31st on Xbox One

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Arc Games today announced the official release date of Neverwinter on Xbox One, and that date is March 31st. Neverwinter is a completely free-to-play MMO (as opposed to Elder Scrolls Online’s £40 initial cost) set in the fictional Forgotten Realms city of Neverwinter, Cryptic Game’s first outing on Xbox … Read more

Monster GO! is an intriguing endless runner with RPG elements heading to Xbox for W8 and WP8!

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Game Troopers – not content with the recently released addictive money puzzler ‘Make it Rain’ are now bringing Monster Go! to Xbox for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 in the coming weeks. The game is a unique blend of endless runner and RPG – offering stats, upgrades, exp … Read more

Games with Gold for March supposedly appears early: Rayman Legends, and more!

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Games with Gold for March has supposedly appeared courtesy of Microsoft Expertzone, but I’ve been unable to verify the source thus far. The news comes courtesy of a NeoGAF screenshot, purportedly from Microsoft Expertzone – a Microsoft training program for vendors of Microsoft products. It’s a pretty good one. … Read more