REVIEW: Disney’s Fantasia: Music Evolved

REVIEW: Disney's Fantasia: Music Evolved

Publisher Disney Interactive Studios Developer Harmonix Review platform Xbox One (also available on Xbox 360) Release date Oct 24 2014 If there are two areas of gaming that have taken a distinct fall from grace in the last few years, they’d be ’Kinect Games’ and ’Music Games’. Both had a hugely successful start and a … Read more

REVIEW: The Evil Within

Publisher Bethesda Developer Tango Gameworks Review platform Xbox One Release date Oct 14th, 2014 This is a tough one to review. I’ve been a fan of Shinji Mikami’s brand of horror from Resident Evil to Dino Crisis, and knowing Bethesda had handed Mikami a blank cheque to raise survival horror from the dead, my interest … Read more

REVIEW: Forza Horizon 2

REVIEW: Forza Horizon 2

Publisher Microsoft Studios Developer Playground Games & Sumo Digital Review platform Xbox One, Xbox 360 Release date 3rd October 2014 First of all I want to apologise. This review is somewhat late. When I started to play this game the day before the UK launch, I realised after only a couple of hours I couldn’t … Read more

REVIEW: Battlefield 4

REVIEW: Battlefield 4

Publisher EA Developer DICE Review platform Xbox One Release date 29th October 2013 As most of you will already know, Battlefield 4 was a launch title for the Xbox One – and in fact technically launched several weeks prior to that on 360/PS3. I wanted to wait to write this review. I wanted to wait, … Read more

REVIEW: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

REVIEW: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer Monolith Productions Review platform Xbox One Release date 3rd October 2014 I have to start this review with 2 confessions. The first is that I am an unrepentant Tolkien geek. The second is that when I originally heard about Shadow of Mordor, I was NOT happy. The first information … Read more

Phil Spencer confirms custom backgrounds, screenshots for Xbox One

Phil Spencer confirms custom backgrounds, screenshots for Xbox One

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Talking with TiC Podcast, Phil Spencer confirmed that the Xbox One will be receiving custom backgrounds, themes and screenshot functionality in the future. In response to the question about the Xbox One UI, Phil Spencer elaborated that they are working on including the features in the monthly updates, owing … Read more

Phil Spencer says indie launch parity clause is to ensure Xbox One owners don’t feel second best

Phil Spencer says indie launch parity clause is to ensure Xbox One owners don't feel second best

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Describing the controversial parity clause for independent studios signing up to ID@Xbox, Phil Spencer emphasised to TiC Podcast that this wasn’t to screw developers over (shock horror), but it is in-fact to prevent a mentality amongst developers that Xbox One is a second class audience due to market share. … Read more

REVIEW: Alien: Isolation

REVIEW: Alien: Isolation

Publisher SEGA Developer The Creative Assembly Review platform Xbox One Release date Oct 6, 2014 In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream ….but it turns out that in my block of flats, everyone can. I watched ‘Alien’ when I was far too young, and as a result it left a strong impression on me … Read more

REVIEW: D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die

REVIEW: D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

Publisher Microsoft Studios Developer Access Games Review platform Xbox One Release date September 19, 2014 D4; or Dark Dreams Don’t Die is an episodic murder mystery point and click adventure. The title D4 represents much more than the entire title of the game, but also the fourth dimension of time. The first season of D4 … Read more