It’s time to get retro with the latest game from developers No Pest Productions as the challenging 2D side-scroller, Driven Out, arrives for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Can you aid the heroine of the tale in overcoming the dangers ahead?
A year ago, players got the opportunity to run through the Song of Iron; a Souls-inspired side-scroller from Resting Relic. Well, it seems as if this solo developer refuses to believe in slowing down, announcing a brutal sequel - Song of Iron 2.
Igloosoft and tinyBuild have opted to run Farworld Pioneers as a pixelated 2D side-scroller, complete with that classic tinyBuild charm, and up to 32-player multiplayer!
It’s been around for a couple of weeks on PC already, but now word has arrived that the launch of Mable & The Wood for Xbox One is set in stone for this month. So, would you like to know exactly when you’ll be able to get stuck into and slay your way in this Metroidvania style 2D side-scroller?
Odium to the Core is a mobile and Steam game ported to the Xbox One, developed and published by Dark-1. It’s a rhythm-based 2D side-scroller where you simply use one button to slowly raise your little ‘odium’ as it were, using this singular ability to balance yourself through obstacles and bosses, eventually reaching the core (the end of the level).
The best approach with The Creepy Syndrome might be to wait for a sale and beeline directly to its Lord of the Road inclusion. Whether you play the rest afterwards is up for debate.
Everyone knows that a man’s best friend is his dog. I only need to look at the way my dad treats his dog to know that Bailey is his favourite family member. So, I am sure that every man would love to go on an adventure with their canine companion, maybe even one to discover an abandoned castle? Find out today how Jack and his dog Butch get on in 6Souls on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and PC.
Ultimately, the lack of replayability doesn’t take too much away from the main experience. Donuts'n'Justice is still a great game. It’s wacky, it’s simplistic, and it’s good fun. It also pulls off the 1980s setting brilliantly. It’s certainly a very short game, but I don’t think that hinders it too much. If anything, it ensures that Donuts'n'Justice remains enjoyable from start to finish and doesn’t outstay its welcome.
Freebies are always good and thanks to the Xbox Games With Gold scheme, those freebies come about on a fairly regular basis. And right now two more Xbox games have been stripped of their price tags for the foreseeable future as the April Games With Gold titles switch up the focus.
Katana ZERO on Xbox One and through Xbox Game Pass offers another simplistically violent video game at first glance, but before long the game starts playing with your perceptions, and by that point you are invested until the conclusion. And with several different endings and speedrun abilities to unlock, you could find yourself coming back more than once.
