Richard Dobson

Avid gamer since the days of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Grew up with the PS1 and PS2 but changed allegiances in 2007 with the release of Halo 3.

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TRAIL OUT Review

Much like many of the opponents you will face, TRAIL OUT is rough, but ready to put up a fight.

TopSpin 2K25 Review

TopSpin 2K25 is a welcome return for the franchise and a solid reboot.

Experience the festival of your nightmares in Dead Island 2: SoLA

Summertime usually brings with it beer gardens, (the occasional day of) sunshine and music festivals. The latter being the chance to forget troubles of the real-world and just exist in a several day long party. But what if you annual pilgrimage to your festival of choice turns sour when say, the uninvited undead come and crash the party? Find out how you would cope in Dead Island 2: SoLA DLC, out now for Xbox, PlayStation and PC.

Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn Review

Final Fantasy XIV Online on Xbox is built for newcomers.

Slay the beast in Dragon Pinball

Forget the dinosaurs found in Jurassic Pinball and ditch off your running backs in Touchdown Pinball, Dragon Pinball is where it is at.

Get the complete story with Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom PRINCE’S EDITION on Game Pass

Back in September 2022, the Ni No Kuni series finally arrived on Xbox consoles with the release of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered. It is a delightful collaboration between Level-5 and Spirited Aways Studio Ghibli, creating a timeless JRPG. The sequel is now here in the form of Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, along with all the post-release content from its initial release in 2018. Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom PRINCE’S EDITION is out today on Xbox, and available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers too.

Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival Review

Zombie Derby: Pixel Survival focuses on mobile-style gaming and easy Gamerscore collection, but is all but devoid of the most basic requirement: fun.

Jurassic Pinball Review

Jurassic Pinball offers up a depressingly bland pinball table with almost no redeeming features. Aside from the fact that the delays and dodgy physics are such that your turns will be over very quickly.

Three new A.F. Theriault boats arrive in Fishing: North Atlantic

It may be coming up to two years since it first released, but it is time to return to Fishing: North Atlantic with this latest DLC. Expand your fleet with three new boats in the Fishing: North Atlantic – A.F. Theriault DLC, out today on Xbox, PC and PlayStation.

Strut along to your own rhythm in Backbeat

Remember back when music games were all the rage? I don’t mean the likes of Rock Band and Guitar Hero where extra peripherals were required, I’m talking about the likes of Dance eJay and Music 2000. Those kind of games where you could become a music producer, as much as the hardware at the time would allow. Here is another game where you can make music but by, checks notes, walking?! Find out exactly how as Backbeat launches today on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Alterity Experience will have you believing in life beyond Earth

The picture that has been painted before me thanks to films and other media, is that aliens really like rural America. I wonder what it is that draws them to that part of the world? Could it be the home cooking, or the large open fields that are perfect for crop circles? Next time one arrives, we’ll have to ask them. That may be sooner than you think as Alterity Experience launches today on Xbox.

Tales of Symphonia Remastered Review

Tales of Symphonia Remastered is a brilliant JRPG. Some areas such as the battles and overall sound feels a little dated, but it is still very much a playable game. Where it is let down is in the remastering details, or rather lack of.

Dead Island 2 – fun, pulpy and gratuitously violent

Dead Island 2 isn’t going to be rewriting the playbook on zombie open-worlds, but I don’t think the series has ever been concerned with that, instead opting for something fun, pulpy and gratuitously violent. And that’s exactly what we appear to be getting.

Guide man’s best friend back home in Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home Ultimate Edition

Recently, there have been too many games about cats on Xbox, and they’ve mainly just been puzzle games. The likes of Cat Slide Tiles, Roll the Cat and inbento have shown these inferior pets to be cute, when in reality they are anything but. Dogs are better, simple as. And this is once again proven in this next game about a dog travelling through space. Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home Ultimate Edition is out now on Xbox and PlayStation. Take that you puzzle cats.

More mysteries need solving in The Good Life – Behind the secret of Rainy Woods

If you thought you’d seen everything there was to see in The Good Life, then I am here to advise you otherwise. A new DLC pack has arrived for The Good Life with more mysteries and weird occurrences than you can shake a stick it. It is time to return to Rainy Woods in The Good Life – Behind the secret of Rainy Woods, out now on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC.

Explore the deepest and darkest labyrinths in EvilUP

Given the chance, would you choose good or evil? Be the good guy and save the day or take the easy route and become evil? That’s what the name EvilUP made this next game sound like, being able to become evil. Instead, you are ‘up’ against evil and are perhaps the purest soul of all-time. Find out how to step evil in EvilUP, out today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.

Volley Pals is a wacky take on the classic sport

Volleyball feels like one of those sports that everyone knows how to play, but few do. It has been featured in gaming franchises from Dead or Alive and Tekken right through to Klonoa; there is definitely an appeal to it, so why isn’t it a ‘bigger’ sport across the world? Volley Pals may just be the craziest take on volleyball yet, will that bring the masses? Find out as Volley Pals launches today on Xbox and PC.

Get set for prehistoric pinball paddling in Jurassic Pinball

Jurassic Pinball is out today on Xbox.

Marvelling at the power of Age of Wonders 4

Age of Wonders 4 isn’t the first Age of Wonders title on Xbox.

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