Xbox Reviews

Sometimes logic is overrated. You could seek out a video game that’s grounded in reality with deep characters and a compelling narrative, but sometimes you just want to dress up like Sauron from Lord of the Rings and hit something with a giant lightning axe. For times like this,

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is an uninvited guest at the party of excellent current-gen racing games. Is it playable? Sure. But it shouldn’t warrant your attention when just about any other game in the racing genre has more polish, depth and heart under their hoods. Still there? Okay then. Gas

I’ve got a cord problem. Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PSVR, PS Move, Rocksmith guitar cords, Rock Band legacy adapters – everything I own wants to consume at least one USB port for charging or connectivity. Keeping controllers charged without fiddling around in the back of the system is a challenge.

Over the years we have seen many different Skylanders games, and with every new game Toys for Bob studios tries to innovate with the player’s experience. In the case of Skylanders Imaginators, it has done that and more by adding the ability to create your own Skylanders for the

Gears of War 4 is all about cocoons. There is a short monologue at the beginning of the game, where one of the characters describes her fascination with the transformative process that a caterpillar goes through during the cocooning process: “If it survives, and most don’t, it finds a

XCOM 2 is one of those games that you can continue coming back to, over and over (read our full review here). It’s just that good. Deep strategy balanced by the soul-crushing consequences of a tactical mistake have made this one of the most rewarding RTS titles of 2016.

If you read the comments written below any Destiny article, you’re bound to find someone write, with enmity, “People still play this game?” Two years after the somewhat tumultuous launch of Destiny, it’s a fair question, especially as other video games have launched with the hope of replicating

Having evolved from a Half Life 2 mod, Dear Esther is an immersive walking simulator that explores a mysterious island with an unnamed narrator and the little things he has to tell us about his and Esther’s story. Through discarded items and strange messages left in bioluminescent paint, the