Richard Dobson

Sonic Forces is the second Sonic game to be released in 2017, following the release of the well-received Sonic Mania back in August. Whereas Mania focused on the 2D games of Sonic’s glory days, Sonic Forces keeps the series going forward featuring both Classic and Modern Sonic in a trend started back with Sonic Generations. Can Sonic Forces buck the declining trend and feature Modern Sonic in a good Sonic game?

It's hard to believe that Final Fantasy XV is nearly a year old already but the post-release offerings continue on and now it's time to get involved with the third piece of premium DLC, the Multiplayer Expansion: Comrades.

Cole Phelps returns as an LAPD detective to take on the seedier side of Los Angeles in L.A. Noire, a new version of the 2011 detective thriller, that is available now for the Xbox One and Xbox One X.

The Road Rash games were classic of the '90s, often being described as beat ‘em ups on two wheels. Sadly, after the release of Road Rash: Jailbreak, the series disappeared. Road Rage is here to pick up the pieces almost two decades later.

The second instalment of the Yorkshire Games Festival has just wrapped up and TheXboxHub were in attendance once again. This time around we were privileged to be able to sit down and have a chat with Arthur Parsons, Head of Design at Traveller's Tales to discuss his career so far and the imminent release of his latest game in the LEGO franchise, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2.

Remember, remember the 5th of November, as the old saying goes anyways. Bonfire night is the UK's annual tradition of ‘celebrating’ Guy Fawkes and his plot to bomb the Houses of Parliament. It's typically a joyous occasion as communities come together for food, drink and, of course, fireworks. All this is a lot of fun, unless you suffer from anablephobia, the fear of looking up. Of if you are a dog. Well, fear not because we can help by presenting to you the best Fireworks from the gaming scene! So stay inside, grab yourself a Pumpkin Spice Latte, a slice of parkin, and a nice hot bowl of pork pie and mushy peas and watch these digital fireworks instead. It's warmer inside too!

Were you a fan of the classic beat ‘em ups such as Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and Golden Ave? Then 99Vidas is going to be right up your street!

I was hugely excited for the release of South Park: The Fractured But Whole having been a fan of the show since I was seven and unable to understand the majority of the jokes in it; a particular episode involving the owner of the mobile library having sex with chickens went completely over my head at the time. So excited then, that I had to watch a video on Youtube containing the first X amount of minutes of the game before I got my grubby mitts on my copy.

The list below contains my favourite games from the Play EXPO Manchester that are Xbox bound, but these are just a small offering of what was there. Please therefore think of this, not as a definitive list from the event, but rather an Xbox-definitive list.

Those potty-mouthed kids from Colorado are back but this time they're ripping the superhero genre a new one in South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

In a few days, the North will once again be alive with fevered enthusiasm as PLAY Expo returns to Manchester for its 6th year. This is an event that caters for all kinds of gamer, not just our precious Xbox, and with an expected crowd of 25,000 it’s a good job there is something for everyone! But if you are still unsure that Play Expo won’t have what you are looking for then here is a list of just some of the things you can expect:

Halloween is creeping up on us like a monster in the darkness and this year's big, bad, scary release, The Evil Within 2 has decided to release a little earlier - on another day surrounded by spooky goings-on, Friday 13th October.

As I loaded this game up I was fully expecting Kenny Loggins’ instantly recognisable 80’s classic to start thumping away throughout a montage of crashes and explosions. The fact that the song and this game shared the same name was, in my eyes, surely more than a coincidence. Sadly, after the developers' and engine splash screens, nothing happened. The game just loaded up. In fact, there was no music at all, save for an engine reverberating in the Danger Zone facility. Danger Zone was not off to a good start.

Three Fields Entertainment are back on the Xbox One with their spiritual successor to the Burnout Series in the form of Danger Zone, fresh from releasing their literally smashing game, Dangerous Golf. 

The LEGO Ninjago Movie is out in cinemas now, and so it only seems right that a video game tie-in also gets its release around the same time. So here it is - finally available in the UK - and available to download, or purchase as an old-school disc, right now!