XBLA Reviews

Another day, another Xbox 360 remake with a wafer-thin list of updates and upgrades to justify its existence. Putting my natural cynicism aside, though, I don’t want to be too …
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Fenix Furia (formerly Fenix Rage) is a challenging platforming game, but one that manages to remix things a bit. Some retro games aim for period accuracy with tight pixels and …
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Among the Sleep is among a growing number of what many gamers refer to as “walking simulators” that feature among the Xbox One back catalogue, but what makes Among the …
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A Portal to Mystery is a continuation of what made Order Up! great: it’s a completely unexpected, self-contained story. I’d like to emphasize “completely unexpected,” because I never thought Minecraft: …
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Kick & Fennick is the latest platform adventure to hit Xbox One but what’s different about this one is that it’s a platformer without a jump button. Instead, you use …
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Dangerous Golf offers a unique premise: take a swing at a golf ball inside some incredibly cluttered indoor settings with the intent of destroying as many objects as possible before …
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: you play as a mysterious protagonist who, within the first few minutes of a game, stumbles upon a sci-fi society that should be perfect but has …
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Most video games have a singular purpose of entertaining players. Whilst there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, every so often a game comes along that strives to do that little …
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Personal memoirs are usually reserved for autobiographies or glamorization on the silver screen. Seldom are they presented as an interactive puzzle for players to overcome. Yet that is exactly the …
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In the independent gaming space, there have been a lot of games seeking to go back to the glory days of retro style and “NES hard” games. Some choose to …
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