Two quite interesting games released on Xbox One today. Party Hard has you go around murdering partygoers across the United States and Battle Worlds: Kronos is turn-based strategy game many fans of the genre will love.
Assassin’s Creed Triple Pack
Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag:
The Caribbean, 1715. Legendary pirates rule the land and sea, plundering fortunes and bringing empires to their knees. Among these outlaws is Edward Kenway, a fearless young captain who earns the respect of the pirates, but whose thirst for gold and glory may destroy everything they have built.
Assassin’s Creed Unity:
Paris, 1789. For centuries, France has been ruled by the privileged few. No longer. On this day, the people of Paris have risen up against tyranny. Now, in the midst of one of history’s most chaotic and brutal revolutions, the fate of a nation rests on the edge of the Assassin’s blade.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate:
London, 1868. The Industrial Revolution fattens the purses of the elite while the working class struggles to survive – until a pair of Assassins emerges from the underworld to rally to their defense.
Battle Worlds: Kronos
Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based strategy game that stays true to its hexagonal-roots, inspired by classics like Battle Isle. The planet is once again torn by war, for the succession of a new emperor. Its destiny is in your hands!
Strong opponents, long playtime – Prepare to fight epic battles against tough AI enemies in three huge campaigns, with over 60 hours of gameplay. Includes the full DLC-campaign “Trains”!
An epic war from two perspectives – Experience the two sides of a battle while making use of multiple combat styles, from dominating a civilization with epic tactical warfare, to saving your planet from superior military forces with clever guerilla tactics
Easy to learn, hard to master – hone your tactical hex-field mind, test and train your strategic skills in various “Challenge Maps”
Huge variety – More than 50 different infantry, ground, naval and airborne units, as well as buildings, many of which can be upgraded to obtain new capabilities
Brick Breakers
Brick Breaker, the classic arcade game, is back with a breathtaking new version. Its explosive gameplay – unique and timeless – is filled with surprises. Sharpen your reflexes and precision to overcome the hundred different levels that await you. Collect bonuses, avoid traps and shoot your way to victory. Play alone or with up to 4 players on a split screen. Brick Breaker will offer you many hours of fun and entertainment!
Elite Dangerous: Arena Edition
Fly agile fighters and go head-to-head against the galaxy’s greatest pilots in PVP dogfights – easy to pick up controls reward your developing skills with more to master for that ultimate combat edge. Choose your ship, customise your load out and prepare for instant Arena-based action to earn the right to become Elite.
Elite Dangerous: Arena brings Elite Dangerous’ Close Quarter Combat (CQC) PVP game to players as a standalone release, featuring full cross-compatibility with the large and growing Elite Dangerous player community.
Hitman: Episode 2
HITMAN: Episode Two takes you to the sunny Italian coastal town of Sapienza, a dense location full of challenges and packed with opportunities for the creative assassin. Track down Silvio Caruso and destroy a deadly virus in this multi-layered mission. This new episode includes new challenges, targets, weapons, gear, starting locations, stash points and location mastery as well as a whole Mediterranean town to explore. As with all locations within HITMAN, dark secrets and engaging stories are everywhere to be found in charming Sapienza.
King’s Quest: Chapter 3
King’s Quest – Once Upon a Climb is the third chapter in the new, critically-acclaimed reimagining of the classic King’s Quest game series. In his latest adventure, King Graham recounts his most personal tale yet. When the magic mirror reveals the location of his one-true love, Graham must climb to daring new heights to save his future Queen. But what he encounters there might just send his notions of romance sailing out the window.
Will Graham finally meet his match? Will it be love at first height? Will love-sickness have Graham seeing double? And when did he have time to go to the gym?
Party Hard
In Party Hard, you play as someone who is really tired of the neighbors having loud parties. Instead of calling the police, you decide it’s a better idea to kill everyone – using your faithful knife and the environment. The tactical strategy follows a series of killings at parties through-ought the USA.
The developers used to work mostly on casual, family-friendly games – until they participated in a game jam, creating the first prototype for Party Hard. TinyBuild backed up the original developers – Pinokl Games – to create a full version that’s now on Xbox One!
Party Hard has semi-procedural environments and focus on unique ways of killing people. In the greatest traditions of sneaking games, your main goal is not to get caught, while silently picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Dancing and blending in during a suspicious situation is key.
– A (not)serious story that follows a series of murders through the USA.
– 19 unique levels with random variations on each one.
– Use traps, cause explosions, become a ninja.
– Multiple unlock-able characters.
– Special random events, like a bear coming in and killing everyone for you.
– Trigger the DEA, SWAT cars, paramedics, firefighters to come in and ruin the party.
5 Playable Characters!
– The guy who wants to get some sleep.
– The ninja who is fast, stealthy, has a smoke bomb, but shouldn’t be seen.
– The cop who can carry around bodies without suspicion, and frame other people.
– The girl who can knock people out.
– The butcher who has a chainsaw.
The Walking Dead: Michonne: Episode 3
Feeling the weight of choices both recent and long ago, Michonne tries to protect an innocent family, but Norma and the vengeful Monroe crew are closing in. As reality shatters and the ghosts of the daughters she abandoned demand to be heard, your choices will determine who lives, who dies, and what redemption really means in a world gone to hell.
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.







