Xbox

Dave the Diver on Xbox is a vibrant, genre-blending adventure that combines deep-sea exploration with restaurant management, delivering one of my favourite experiences of recent years. It’s colourful, funny, and packed with content — but…

Dynasty Warriors has been a staple name for many people, encompassing a good portion of their lifetime. A pioneer of the Musou genre and introducing many to the Romance of The Three Kingdoms and with the new Dynasty Warriors Origins:…

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a sprawling, atmospheric open-world RPG that reimagines Arthurian legend through a lens of darkness and decay, drawing inspiration from the rich board game and RPG lore that inspired it. Tainted Grail:…

From developer Panik Arcade — a relative newcomer —  CloverPit comes hot out of the gate and is already grabbing attention. CloverPit is chasing two very loud modern trends. First, the ongoing roguelite renaissance that truly kicked off in…

Republic of Pirates on Xbox One is a promising blend of city builder, light strategy, and basic real-time naval combat, wrapped in a breezy Caribbean aesthetic that often feels about as crusty as Barnacle Bill. Developed by Crazy Goat…

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch is a bold and atmospheric spin-off that reimagines the tactical RPG framework of its predecessor through a roguelite lens. Developed by Ocean Drive Studio, it trades the sprawling narrative and persistent…

Grindstone originally began life as an Apple Arcade exclusive back in 2019, then an Epic Games Store exclusive in 2022. It eventually landed on Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023, and by god I'm glad it did. I technically slept on this…

Sonic Racing: Crossworlds tracks a major step forward in the series. The blue blur is back with another Kart racer, and as a long time Sonic fan, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this. In my opinion, Sonic has been on an absolute tear of good…

If you’re going to be off-put by a single failure, then the experience will be short-lived. However, Death Howl provides so many ways to not fail by rewarding exploration, minor combat repetition, deck experimentation and completing quests.

Crime Simulator has you don your balaclava and attempt to basically steal anything and everything that isn’t nailed down. Whether it’s in someone's home, business or a gigantic warehouse in the middle of Arizona the world is rife with…

Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch is an interesting beast. Part deck builder, part tower defense and part dungeon management, this is a game of so many gears I'm unsure if they all make the machine run smoother or jam up the mechanisms. The basic…

Marvel Cosmic Invasion on Xbox is a vibrant, retro-inspired beat ’em up that combines the chaotic fun of classic arcade brawlers with a fresh tag-team mechanic, delivering a short, challenging and highly entertaining romp through the Marvel…

Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the most ambitious and feature-rich entry in Frontier’s dinosaur park management series to date — it’s a visually stunning, mechanically deep sandbox that finally delivers on the fantasy of building your own…

This is, by far, the best football game they’ve ever produced. Period.

Whenever I read reviews, I always try to get an idea of how long the reviewer has played the game for. Have they really given the game a chance? Did they persevere to see if there was any gold past a bumpy start? So believe me when I say I…

Knight with Tactics is listed as a “puzzle & trivia” game. If the trivia question is “how fast can you get 1000 gamerscore?” then I can advise the answer is approximately three minutes. Gameplay in Knight with Tactics takes the form of…

As a child, I was absolutely obsessed with Postman Pat. To this day, I have a small Postman Pat mailvan on my collectables shelf from my childhood that has survived. According to my mother, I used to point at every Royal Mail van and lorry,…

I tried starting this review in a few different ways, but I think the following sentence gives you the best summary: Ink Inside is an RPG in which doodles throw dodgeballs at each other. They do this to defeat the evil that has possessed…

Other changes are minor, but welcome. You no longer need to buy soap if you want to use it. Instead you have a reserve that refills over time which means you don’t have to waste money on replacing it. This is nice considering soap really…