REVIEW: Enter the Gungeon

REVIEW: Enter the Gungeon

Publisher Devolver Digital Developer Devolver Digital Review platform Xbox One Release date Apr 5, 2017 Enter the Gungeon is a top-down shooter and dungeon crawler in one. The game follows a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary gungeon’s gun that can … Read more

REVIEW: Dead Rising 4: Frank Rising

Dead Rising 4 to be updated with new difficulty settings

Publisher Microsoft Studios Developer Capcom Review platform Xbox One Release date Apr 4, 2017 Dead Rising 4: Frank Rising is the long-awaited expansion which concludes the cliffhanger at the end of the base game. For those who don’t know, Frank West is allegedly devoured by the undead in the final mission of Dead Rising 4 … Read more

REVIEW: Blackwood Crossing

REVIEW: Blackwood Crossing

Publisher Vision Games Developer PaperSeven Review platform Xbox One Release date April 5, 2017 Blackwood Crossing is one of the most unique first-person games on Xbox One. The title is set on a moving train as two children—Scarlett and Finn—learn to navigate their relationship, until their paths cross with a mysterious creature. Various topics like … Read more

REVIEW: Snake Pass

REVIEW: Snake Pass

Publisher Sumo Digital Developer Sumo Digital Review platform Xbox One Release date Mar 29, 2017 Snake Pass is one of the most unique platformers on Xbox One. Many of you may have heard of the “snake game” from Sumo Digital a few months ago. This Unreal Engine 4 title puts you in the shoes…or should … Read more

REVIEW: The Inner World

REVIEW: The Inner World

Publisher Headup Games Developer Headup Games Review platform Xbox One Release date Mar 31, 2017 The Inner World is a wonderfully creative point and click adventure game that recently has been released for the Xbox One. The story centers around Robert, the bumbling, naive adopted son of a prominent wind monk. When a bird steals … Read more

REVIEW: Mass Effect: Andromeda

Former BioWare employee suggests oppressive Mass Effect: Andromeda development cycle

Publisher Electronic Arts Developer BioWare Review platform This game was reviewed on Xbox One with a review code provided by the publisher. Release date Mar 21, 2017 Following a trilogy of games widely regarded as some of the greatest ever created is no small feat, and Mass Effect: Andromeda had a lot to prove. Distancing … Read more

REVIEW: Troll & I

REVIEW: Troll & I

Publisher Maximum Games Developer Spiral House Review platform This copy was reviewed on a standard Xbox One with code provided by the publisher. Release date Mar 29, 2017 Troll and I is a game that has made me literally sick. With low frame rates and excessive amounts of horrendous motion blur, the technical blunders of … Read more

Indie developers praise ID@Xbox program

REVIEW: Axiom Verge

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program helps hundreds of developers self-publish their games on Xbox One and Windows 10 by providing dev kits and other tools to aid in the process. Recently, several indie developers spoke at an ID@Xbox preview event praising the program. Speaking with MCV, Sumo Digital designer and PR … Read more