Tag Archives: Xbox Series X|S

If you could pigeonhole any publisher, it would be Whitethorn Games. A catalog composed of cottage-core and kitschy chronicles of ordinary people doing (extra)ordinary things, whether it’s the childlike Where The Bees Make Honey, the small-town Lake, or the Pokemon Snap-esque Beasts of Maravilla Island. With a pedigree like that, it’s no wonder that Botany Manor fits in right alongside …

Appropriately enough, Open Roads has traveled a long and winding path to launch. Revealed in 2020, the road trip adventure was originally being worked on under the Fullbright name, but then Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor stepped down following toxic workplace allegations. Then, in 2023, Gaynor revealed he wasn’t involved with Open Roads anymore, leaving the so-called “Open Roads Team” as the sole developer. All of which …

Discerning horror fans are aware of Alone in the Dark’s legacy. The original 1992 release was a pioneer of survival horror, introducing many ideas, tropes, and gameplay elements that would be refined by the more well-known Resident Evil series. Given the recent trends of remaking horror classics, it is no surprise that THQ Nordic has decided to do the same …

While you may be forgiven for thinking that the days of the white-as-the-driven-snow pulp action protagonist are over, our Outcast: A New Beginning Review might make you think twice.  If you’re in the mood for a more story-focused game, check out our review of The Thaumaturge. We’ve also previewed Lightyear Frontier, a new craft-em-up that also sees you on a …

Ah, Pandemic Studios. Playing Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection reminds me of its original development studio, and how much I adored both this team’s work. Known for games such as Destroy All Humans! and Mercenaries, I fondly remember putting in dozens of hours into these games. But those hours pale in comparison to the amount of time I put into …

Personally, I’m glad wrestling isn’t a tired punchline of “fake-ry” anymore. In the beginning stretches of WWE 2k24, wrestling commentator Corey Graves defines wrestling as an art form, and I very much believe him. It’s a theater of grandeur so vast and hedonistic, that you can’t help but be impressed by the ego. It’s a mindset that has brought the …

Without Nightdive Studios, it’s a fact I wouldn’t be as big of a boomer shooter fan as I am today. The work they do to make the inaccessible, well, accessible is an insane feat of game development. So, it feels like a dream come true that this studio is remastering a game in one of my favorite franchises ever with …

Looking back on it now, Sonic Mania really was a minor modern miracle. Spearheaded by Christian Whitehead, it has revitalized a franchise that’s now seeing a more consistent graph of quality, and for better or worse, introduced a whole new wave of Sonic The Hedgehog fans. Naturally, with that power, comes a blank check for which Whitehead and co. has …

As I set sail in Skull and Bones I am reminded of many experiences. There is a vague glimmer of the remnants of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag here occasionally, but most of the time I recall a lot of the drudgery and dreariness that comes from survival games (and not very good ones). A lack of any kind of …

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden continues developer Don’t Nod’s history of ambitious interactive narratives. It is a refinement of the team’s character-driven thematic storytelling while still struggling when it comes to action gameplay. And if you can meet this game on those terms, it is a story worth your time. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden – Ghosts of the Past …