TiC Podcast with Brad Wardell: DX12 can give boost of 300-500%, DX12 team set to respond

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Brad Wardell, the founder of Stardock, recently revealed new details about DirectX 12 on Twitter and in an interview with The Inner Circle Podcast. Brad stated that developers who claim “DirectX 12 might give up to a 40% boost” in performance are lying. His company has seen frame rate … Read more

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

REVIEW: Telltale’s Game of Thrones

REVIEW: Telltale's Game of Thrones

Publisher Telltale Games Developer Telltale Games Review platform Xbox One (also on Xbox 360) Release date 3rd December 2014 – Episode One – 5 more to follow Im going to start with a confession: I’m a MASSIVE Song of Ice and Fire fan (the books on which the TV show ‘Game of Thrones’ is based). … Read more

REVIEW: Saints Row IV

REVIEW: Saints Row IV

Publisher Deep Silver Developer Volition / High Voltage Review platform Xbox One Release date 23rd January 2015 I have always had a soft spot for the Saints Row series. The humour is never going to feature in a TED talk, but it has always made me laugh, and the games provide a really nice lighthearted … Read more

Rise of the Tomb Raider in-depth, story, gameplay and more!

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: More exciting details about Rise of the Tomb Raider surfaced today from the leaked Game Informer magazine. According to Square Enix, the game follows Lara Croft on her journey to discover the secret of immortality. While traditional stories focus on South American and Asian mythology to explore this concept, … 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

Sony Online Entertainment sold off, former exclusives headed to Xbox under Daybreak banner

Sony Online Entertainment sold off, former exclusives headed to Xbox under Daybreak banner

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Sony Online Entertainment; the company that created a number of popular MMOs such as DC Universe Online, Everquest, Planestside and most recently H1Z1, has been sold off by Sony and will now operate under the name Daybreak Game Company. Free from the shackles of platform exclusivity, the studio has … Read more

REVIEW: Unmechanical: Extended Edition

REVIEW: Unmechanical: Extended Edition

Publisher Grip Games Developer Grip Games Review platform Xbox One Release date January 30, 2015 Unmechanical: Extended Edition is a challenging and rewarding puzzle platformer which requires the player to lift and place objects to progress through the game. You play as a flying robot trying to navigate through a biomechanical complex. While no story … Read more