REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan is Platinum’s foray into the Ninja Turtles universe. Shortly after releasing Transformers: Devastation, the developer continued the same cel-shaded gameplay with the heroes in a half shell. If you’re familiar with Platinum Games, the two button combat system will seem familiar. As the norm, there are not too … Read more

REVIEW: Lichdom: Battlemage

I’ve spent the past couple days wondering whether I ought to write a review of Lichdom: Battlemage, a first person spell-casting game originally developed by Xaviant and ported onto Xbox One by Maximum Games. On the one hand, it is my duty to write a review for each game that I receive a copy of … Read more

REVIEW: Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey Remastered

In the 1990s, the Japanese market was flooded with role-playing games. A gamer had their choice of Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Wild Arms, and so many more. When we fast forward two decades to the current generation of consoles, every game that is released has those elements. These elements include statistical progression gained through the experience … Read more

Phil Spencer discredits Tim Sweeney’s criticism of Universal Windows Platform

Tim Sweeney, co-founder of Epic Games, recently criticized Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform by calling it “the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce.” Phil Spencer responded by discrediting this. In a piece from The Guardian, Sweeney seems to misinterpret Microsoft’s intentions. He accuses Microsoft of “moving … Read more

Red Dead Redemption spotted in Xbox One backward compatibility install

Over the weekend, we at ICXM uncovered another batch of Xbox 360 games nearing backward compatibility on the Xbox One. The headline addition is Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games, but the larger question remains: when will these titles officially launch? Currently, players who already own a digital copy of Red Dead Redemption can download it directly from the Xbox Store. … Read more