REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed Unity

REVIEW: Assassin's Creed Unity

Publisher Ubisoft Developer Ubisoft Review platform Xbox One Release date 14th November 2014 I have been a series-long fan of Assassin’s Creed. At the risk of being forced to don lenseless thick-rimmed glasses and write my memoirs on a typewriter in Starbucks, I liked Assassin’s Creed before it was popular. I’ve been with the series … Read more

REVIEW: Terraria

REVIEW: Terraria

Publisher 505 Games Developer Re-Logic, Engine Software Review platform Xbox One Release date 14th November 2014 “Terraria” is an unadulterated adventure built on interpretation.There is no story. There is no ending. There is no completion. It is game that takes away nothing and gives everything. Smart yet simple. Random yet vast. Story-less yet full of … Read more

REVIEW: Lords of the Fallen

REVIEW: Lords of the Fallen

Publisher Deck13 Interactive Developer CI Games Review platform Xbox One Release date 28/10/2014 Lords of the Fallen since it’s announcement at E3 2013, has long since been cited as being a Western brother of Japanese From Software’s Souls series. After playing the game at the PR event in London and since being graced with a … Read more

REVIEW: Rocksmith 2014

REVIEW: Rocksmith 2014

Publisher Ubisoft Developer Ubisoft Review platform Xbox One (also available on Xbox 360) Release date 4th November 2014 Full disclosure – I’m a lapsed guitar player and Rocksmith helped me shake of my rustiness and play with a degree of my old capability. The original Rocksmith was a wonderful piece of software designed to teach … Read more

EA Access

EA Access

Publisher: Developer: Review platform: Release date: Electronic Arts recently held its ‘financial conference call’ looking for investors on the second fiscal quarter of next year. During that meet Electronic Arts then went on to announce that the EA Access service on Xbox One is being considered huge a success by the company. The news came … Read more

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: 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