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Winter Burrow
I first came across Winter Burrow whilst watching the Xbox Showcase in June, and when the code came in to review it I jumped at the chance. It looked super cute, cosy and just what I needed to snuggle up with on the sofa and play this Autumn. Did it...
Voidtrain
Now and then, a game comes out of nowhere and grabs you by the ghoulies. It wraps itself around your brain, and all you want to do is play just a little bit longer. Voidtrain, which has been in early access since August 2021, got its hooks into me. For...
CAPS LOCK IS FUN! Jokes aside, XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION (which I’ll call also call XENOTILT, for brevity’s sake) is the sequel to the excellent DEMON’S TILT. It promises even more 16-bit style occult pinball action, and we’re all for it. This is XboxEra‘s review for XENOTILT: HOSTILE PINBALL ACTION,...
A pizza can go eight ways.
Unlike most video game players who grew up on systems like the SNES, the SEGA Megadrive or the original PlayStation, my path into gaming was slightly different. My very first video game system was the BBC Micro, (yes, I’m that old!) but my first true love was my Amiga 600+....
We don't shed tears, only blood
Virtua Fighter is the OG. Sega’s pioneering 3D fighter wowed us in the arcades in 1993 with it’s new fangled polygon based graphics and almost “sim-like” fighting mechanics which was a stark contrast to the 2D sprite based “magic” fighters like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat that we had been...
MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAT! Bet you can hear the techno remix of that in your head right now. After Mortal Kombat 1 did a lot of things right, yet failed to hold the interest of the fighting community due to some flaws, it’s time to rediscover the “klassics” once more. And not...

















