REVIEW: The Escapists

Publisher Team17 Developer Mouldy Toof Review platform Xbox One Release date Feb 13, 2015 The Escapists has garnered some well deserved attention far beyond its humble origins. Mouldy Toof Studios have crafted an elegant ode to the 8-bit games of yore, weaved in an (un?)healthy dose of voyeurism, unforgiving old-school difficulty, topped with a crescendoing … Read more

Cuphead adores big boss battles, draws inspiration from Contra and Treasure games

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Someone at Game Informer may well be fired today. Some of the contents of Game Informer’s March issue have found their way onto Imgur, and finally we have some more information on the intriguing vintage cartoon-style side scroller – Cuphead. For those who don’t recall, Cuphead was part of … Read more

Xbox app for Windows 10 set to receive monthly updates

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft has been targeting more rapid deployment of updates for virtually all their software. Xbox Music had committed bi-monthly updates for quite some time, Patch Tuesday is a long time staple of monthly Windows updates and most prolifically, the Xbox One itself receives huge feature patches every month. Microsoft … Read more

Artificial intelligence is the ‘last battlefield’ for major tech companies – Microsoft Research

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft have recently posted an intriguing interview with Eric Horvitz, the Managing Director at Microsoft Research. One of the most tantalising excerpts for technophiles such as myself is Horvitz’ notion, that Siri, Google Now and Cortana are at the forefront of the next major battle in tech – the … Read more

Windows 10 Event: Best of Windows. Cortana, Project Spartan, Lumia, and more!

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: The Windows 10 event has now concluded, and the internet is still reeling from the megatons Microsoft dropped today. Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore went into great detail about the vision for Windows 10, across mobile, internet of things, and even Xbox. And of course, that insane HoloLens announcement, … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Phantom Dust enjoys a 30 hour long single player campaign, multiplayer PVP

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Phantom Dust was announced last year at E3, a remake of the post apocalyptic third person adventure-strategy game which hit the original Xbox in Japan back in 2004. The announcement of Phantom Dust left a lot of people scratching their heads, before frantically hammering the name into Wikipedia for … Read more

Killer Instinct: Ken Lobb discusses fatalities, pay model with TiC Podcast

Killer Instinct: Ken Lobb discusses fatalities, pay model with TiC Podcast

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: TiC Podcast didn’t shy from putting the burning questions to Microsoft Studios Creative Director regarding Killer Instinct. Host KoR x Kal El asked Kenn Lobb about Killer Instinct’s modular pay model, it’s longevity and it’s season based development cycle. “(…) Do you see Killer Instinct continuing to grow for … Read more