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Funk of Titans feels like a game that would be perfectly at home on a mobile device, which isn't surprising given that this is the studio's first console title. That isn't to downplay the importance of mobile gaming, or to overlook the great strides that mobile games are taking of...
Tetris Ultimate provides you with Tetris on your Xbox One. That'll be enough to sell it to most people and the game works very well. The attempts at innovation on top of the base game are welcome for sure, but the package as a whole tends to feel a little...
Kalimba - in a lot of ways - is a throwback of sorts. It can be completed in a few short sittings, has an unrelenting difficulty level and features wonderful 2D art. However, the game also manages to put players in gaming situations they have never been in before. It's...
The Crew is a game of missed opportunities. It isn’t a bad game by any means and the fact of the matter is that it's quite close to being a superb one. However, the more cynical practices of falsifying game length by filling the world with tedium, charging ludicrous amounts...
Pier Solar and the Great Architects could've started a revival for 16-bit old school RPGs, but it misses the mark on a few key areas that matter the most. Kudos to Watermelon for taking on and pulling through on a project as grand as this, and the effort shines through...
With Geometry Wars 3, Lucid Games have taken the pure and unsullied Geometry Wars mix and added nothing but good things to it. No corners have been cut here and the game is almost a love-letter to everything that was great about the series in the first place. The Adventure...
Rockstar North has gone above and beyond to transplant Grand Theft Auto V from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One, and their efforts pay off in a big way. Thanks to a long list of additions and improvements, what was already a genre-defining masterpiece has been lifted to all...
Assassin's Creed Rogue is really meant for the fans of the series who are invested in the Assassin’s Creed universe. The game knows this and wears it on its sleeve. If you weren't a fan of Black Flag, there unfortunately isn't much here to help change your mind. Newcomers are...
While The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom is undeniably a big step up from Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know, it's not exactly the type of game that you should rush out and buy without reading up on first. There's definitely something here for fans of both Adventure Time...
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is an excellent sequel and one that manages to outdo its predecessor in every way imaginable. Arc System Works and Atlus have teamed up to create a game that plays as well as it looks. There are enough modes and enough depth to the game to...
LEGO Batman 3 offers a lot of entertainment and is a pleasant experience overall – from the dialogue, to the little winks at pop culture, to the actual gameplay. Almost everything feels balanced and the game runs smoothly; the story and its characters offer plenty of giggles. However, it's not...
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 is a massive improvement on last year’s edition of the game. The general off-pitch interface is still pretty amateurish and clunky in places and desperately needs a full overhaul. A patch to sort out some niggling AI issues that do become annoying quite quickly would see...
