Domino Master and more games now backward compatible

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Even more titles have now been added to the backward compatible feature for Xbox One. Following the announcement of next month’s Games with Gold, Xbox’s Major Nelson revealed that six new games will be available to play on Xbox One right now. XCOM: Enemy Unknown, DuckTales: Remastered & Hexic … Read more

REVIEW: Grand Prix Rock ‘N Racing

REVIEW: Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing

Publisher EnjoyUp Games Developer EnjoyUp Games Review platform Xbox One Release date May 13, 2016 Of the three indie racing games that I’ve played on Xbox One to date, I can’t say that any one of them has been of a quality worthy of recommendation. Super Toy Cars was alright at best, Coffin Dodgers made … Read more

Overwatch getting Halo-style seasons soon

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Overwatch has only just launched, with servers being available to play on soon, but Blizzard have already decided on the first free content update that they’ll be bringing to the charming hero shooter in the form of a Competitive Mode for the game. Players of the PC closed beta … Read more

Five Nights at Freddy’s spin-off gets new trailer

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: The popular indie horror series, Five Nights at Freddy’s has seen four games across PC and mobile as well as an RPG spin-off entitled FNAF World which was met with quite negative feedback from both fans and critics upon release. Now, developer Scott Cawthon seems to be going back … Read more

OPINION: Best and worst video game movies ever

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Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Movies are an important medium in today’s society, they have been for decades. While films lack the interactivity that video games give us, they are an exciting, thrilling and thought-provoking medium that shows no sign of stopping anytime within my lifetime. I love movies, I go to the cinema … Read more

PREVIEW: Overwatch offers fun and varied gameplay on Xbox One

PREVIEW: Overwatch offers fun and varied gameplay on Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Personally, I’ve never really been much of an online multiplayer kind of guy. I play Halo, the occasional COD and I’ve recently fallen back in love with Rocket League but all-in-all, online multiplayer hasn’t really been my most-loved area of gaming. I usually prefer a strong campaign instead of … Read more

Paint-based platformer Splasher coming to Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Developers, The Splashteam, will be bringing their upcoming 2D, paint-based platformer, Splasher, to current-generation consoles “between the end of 2016 or early 2017”. In the game, you will be using your different colours of paint in order to stick to walls and ceilings, bounce high in the air and … Read more

New Dishonored 2 screenshots released

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Arkane Studios have released some new screenshots of the upcoming stealth-action title, Dishonored 2. Set fifteen years after the original game, Dishonored 2 puts you in the role of either Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano, the protagonist of the first game. Looking at the new screenshots you can tell … Read more

Bulletstorm developers making new shooter

OPINION: Why Bulletstorm is the best first-person shooter you probably never played

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: People Can Fly, the studio behind the amazing FPS Bulletstorm, Painkiller and Gears of War: Judgement, are working on two new projects. As well as working on what is described as a “smaller project”, the studio are delving back into their speciality and are working on a brand-new AAA … Read more

Xbox One games appear on Windows Store ahead of merger

Microsoft announces 350 million active Windows 10 users

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft has been planning the Xbox/Windows 10 store merger for a while now. The merge, which is set to happen later this summer, has already had a few leaks with a few titles already appearing on the Windows 10 store. A report from Russian website, Onetile, shows that Halo: … Read more