Xbox Series X News

It’s age-old, and muttered in concerned tones whenever the topic gets brought up: Xbox just doesn’t do well in Japan. This week, Microsoft proved that chestnut wrong. There was an inevitability about this topic, thanks partly to Sony’s massive success in the PS3 era and the Xbox One’s lack of success in the east last generation. Now that is changing. Thanks to hard work behind the scenes and the addition of the Series S, Xbox is on its way to…

In the last 24 hours, SEGA has announced three new Yakuza games. And anybody who has ever played a Yakuza game will tell you that this is fantastic news – and that it deserves to be more. The franchise, now seemingly switching to its original title of Like a Dragon in the west, has been a very long-running franchise, but until remakes starting coming out and the franchise hit Game Pass I’m not sure it was hitting the audience it…

With a bevy of Assassin’s Creed announcements last night, it looks like the future might be bright for Assassin’s Creed. The hit franchise, which first appeared in the PS3/Xbox 360 era, has long been a staple for AAA gamers since the original following Altair. An update to the formula with Assassin’s Creed Origins meant it stayed relevant after fatigue for the franchise had begun to set in. But five years of giant RPGs has started to have their toll, mixed…

A new Disney Dreamlight Valley announcement was made at D23 today. Toy Story will be joining the game this fall. Take a look at the announcement trailer and then come back here for our thoughts on the reveal. Toy Story in Disney Dreamlight Valley?! I want it now! Wow! This expansion looks amazing. Its coming late Fall. So I suppose November? I love the area where you explore the room from Toy Story with Woody, Buzz, and potentially others making…

The Activision purchase by Microsoft is one of the biggest tech purchases of all time. So naturally what people are getting really bent out of shape about is Call of Duty. It’s been a perennial big seller for generations, despite the fact that nobody in the gaming sphere admits to actually buying it. And it’s popular with good reason: it just works. It’s smooth, it’s fun, the online usually works without any issues. No problems at all. But now Microsoft…

Super Sunny Island is a 2D platformer for the Xbox Series S. Its retro graphics and gameplay harken back to a simpler age. Is this a game you should check out or give a pass? Here is our review of Super Sunny Island for the Xbox Series! Super Sunny Island is a 2D platformer where you play as a penguin named Sunny. The story has Sunny decide to go to a new island just as some no-good villains are going…

Disney Dreamlight Valley came out today and…well, you know how I’m addicted to Ooblets, I’m now addicted to Disney Dreamlight Valley too! Here are my first impressions of Disney Dreamlight Valley via gamepass. Disney Dreamlight Valley is now available for Xbox gamepass! And I’ve played it! So how is this game so far? Well, I played for almost 2 hours and I didn’t want to stop. I made myself stop for awhile. I am going to go back and play…

How do you so incredibly screw up your flagship game? That’s a question everybody in the upper echelons of Xbox should be asking about Halo – and not for the first time. With the news that Halo Infinite will now nto be getting a split-screen co-op mode, we realise that the bottom of the barrel is apparently even deeper than we thought. Xbox has a lot going for it. It’s the superior console, with superior services and, yes, it is…

You know it’s been a good week in gaming news when you hit the weekend not knowing entirely where to start. PlayStation have put up their prices, Nintendo and Microsoft haven’t, and Amazon were buying EA (before they weren’t). That’s before we mention the now-finished sale of Square Enix’s western studios to Embracer, the Japanese call against PlayStation exclusivity and all this one a week that started with Sony being sued. And all of this has been set against the…

It might not happen often, but I really do enjoy when companies release complete editions of their games that include all the previously released DLC. Today, Outright Games - the company famous for kid friendly experiences that just take a few hours - has launched two brand new Complete Editions for fans to enjoy - My Friend Peppa Pig and PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night.