Today’s Xbox Partner Preview promised a half-hour of trailers, and honestly – considering it was Xbox, after all – about half of the games seem really interesting. Of course there are some boring old shooties in there, but look past that and there are some very creative, appealing titles. I’ve…
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I came into the Xbox Games Showcase expecting very little to be excited about, and I in fact got very little to be excited about. On one hand, it was streamed in 4K and that was nice. On the other hand, most titles get a big yawn from me. Still,…
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Transiruby is a pixelated Metroidvania game developed by Skipmore and Esquadra, two Japanese indie game developers with lengthy development track records, and published by Flyhigh Works to Steam for PS4, Switch, and PC. Now it’s coming to Xbox as well, and will be available from January 25. Transiruby is the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This is a short piece of news, but since it involved the local Australian games industry, I feel compelled to write about it. The Aussie-made (Massive Monster development studio) Cult of the Lamb is going to be getting a release on consoles. It was previously released…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Admittedly it has been quite a long time since I played my last Gungrave title. That was Overdose, which was released on the PlayStation 3 as a PS2 Classic title ten years ago. For an example of how raw my writing was back then, just check…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The hawk eyes over at Gematsu have noticed something very interesting indeed: The Paradox Interactive strategy title, Crusader Kings III, has been rated for a release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and Xbox One. This is no guarantee of a release or a formal announcement, but…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Apsulov: End of Gods first launched on PC back in 2019, where it ended up getting a very positive response. Now it’s finally getting a console release, across PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch. One thing that helps the game stand…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It has been a tough time to be a fan of the Tales series. Where once Bandai Namco was reliably turning them out, things seemed to unravel a little with Tales of Arise, which has seemed like it was on the horizon forever and a day.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Disciples series has been kicking around for quite a few years now, though often without fanfare or celebration. The original Disciples was released way back in 1999, and gained the dubious award of “best game no one played” in Gamespot’s awards that year. There were…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.You can’t help but feel that Judgment flew under the radar a little. It was a Yakzua game in all but name, but the shift in protagonists and focus (you play as someone who is nominally on the side of the law this time) meant that it…
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