Xbox Previews

I wasn’t prepared. I’ve watched every Twitch video, I went through the E3 demo twice, and I’ve consumed every character of written word about Dragon Age Inquisition. I still wasn’t ready for what came next. Like a kid on Christmas morning, I couldn’t sleep the

Far Cry 3’s release back in November 2012 surprised many people. At that point, a majority of people had written off the series after the lackluster second installment. But the third iteration of Far Cry ended up impressing many people, establishing a slightly silly atmosphere coupled with some very

Assassin’s Creed Unity represents a fresh start for the series.  It isn’t an annual installment, but instead a rebuilt AnvilNext engine, only on next-gen platforms, using refreshingly new mechanics. It looks to completely revolutionize the sandbox genre. The team at Ubisoft Montreal (with the help of ten of

The E3 demo we saw for Sunset Overdrive absolutely blew our minds.  We nominated it for Best Graphics, Best New IP, Best Action Game, and Best Sandbox, taking away wins for the last two. Yeah…it’s that good! But you can’t really judge a sandbox game with a

A lot of companies try to create a universe, but there is a gold standard for how it’s done – Halo.  The team at Bungie and now 343 Industries have built a comprehensive, believable, and compelling lore that appeals to one of the largest audiences I’ve seen, gamer or

I wasn’t sold at first. Skylanders Trap Team looked like a gimmick—a neat looking game with a dumb reason to buy a whole bunch of extra figurines. I’d only ever seen it in videos or at loud press events, and it’s really hard to see what

I’ve played Forza Motorsport titles back to the original Xbox, but for some reason I just never played the offshoot, Forza Horizon. I’m not sure if it was timing, other reviews in the pipe, or if something about it just didn’t catch my eye at the time,

Shadow of Mordor is ambitious, it’s trying to be a lot of things at one time, and, based on my short hands-on with the game at PAX Prime this weekend, I’d say it has a good shot of succeeding. It’s an action-focused game that throws you into