Xbox Reviews

Fortified!, a 1960’s sci-fi themed tower defense game made by Clapfoot, is at its essence a balancing act. A capable third-person shooter combined with the strategy of placing defensive structures, both between and during waves of Martian invaders, works quite well but it isn’t all good news. Our

Though last year’s Rise of the Tomb Raider wrapped with a satisfying conclusion and a cliffhanger for events to come, there’s still a great deal to do in the massive playground of the Russian mountains. The first story-based downloadable content for Rise, about the witch Baba Yaga, is

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is a current-gen port of the original 2014 release, but with new missions and…children. It is a gritty look at the hardships civilians must endure during wartime, but the narrative never really comes together. While some of the gameplay mechanics get in

With the resurgence of remasters and re-releases in this industry, the survival horror genre has typically proven itself to hold up surprisingly well. Last year’s Resident Evil HD Remaster was a prime example of how a little bit of visual polish and control adjustment can make a classic game

The past weighs heavily on those who choose to bear it alone. Even on an island away from all the noise of life, in a youthful rite of passage on a secluded beach, Oxenfree pulls few punches in taking its five teen protagonists, and the player, on a journey through

As I hold my Day One controller from my launch Xbox One, it occurs to me that it has been two years since I’ve been able to chat with my readers via my console without frustration. My trusty Xbox 360 Chatpad was the key to my sanity entering in

“When a child first catches adults out — when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always have divine intelligence, that their judgments are not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just — his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety

Myself and the other Spartans of Team Osiris are surrounded by Covenant enemies who are understandably pissed off about the recent misunderstanding we had with their comrades. I’ve got four shots left on my pistol, and we’re outnumbered five-to-one — so it’s an even fight for a Spartan.