Why race the cars when you can manage them? That's been the premise of Frontier Developments' F1 Manager series over the course of the last couple of years. And it'll be the case again as F1 races back to the fore with F1 Manager 2024.
You may well have had your fill of Hidden Object searches. But it seems as if that searching is an never-ending process because now there's a bit more to get on with thanks to the release on Xbox of Time Trap: Hidden Objects Remastered.
Think of yourself as some kind of electronics wizard? Dream of circuitry and power? You'll do well to awaken your inner engineer with Electronics Puzzle Lab.
Gears 5 only recently unveiled former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista as an optional re-skin and voiceover for Marcus Fenix in its campaign, but now there are even more wrestling additions. Prepare for the power of positivity as The New Day are ready to tag into the Gears multiplayer scene as playable characters. So, let’s check out The New Day Bundle and see whether you’ll possess the credentials to nab it for free, or have to pay a fee.
If you’ve scoured the ‘New Games’ section of the Xbox Store, you might have spotted two unusual additions: Kung Fu Arcade and Room Escape. They’re both listed as £32.49, reduced immediately down to £1.69 and £0.89 respectively. That set off our spidey senses, as it’s quite the price reduction and an unusual approach to launching a new game on the Store, so we slapped down some pennies and gave them a go.
We've seen Vegas open its doors for racing action and we've had the chance to get behind the wheel of some Late Models too. Today though racers involving themselves in Tony Stewart's All-American Racing on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5 and PC should be found taking a trip to Charlotte - for it is there where the late night action takes hold.
EA know a good thing when they see it, and for multiple years November was Need for Speed month. In a break from the usual routine, I'm going to be looking back at two games here, released in 2005 and 2010 respectively. The earlier game is Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which has the distinction of being one of the very best in the franchise. The second game comes from 2010, and is Need for Speed Hot Pursuit; which I'll talk about just as the Remastered version of the game has hit the stores.
Aw yiss, we can still hear the soundtrack of Katamari Damacy in our heads. The ba-da-dahs of the main theme, the squeaky title tune, the monotone boops that play when the King of All Cosmos talks. Ah, it’s enough to take us all back to 2004. Except wait, Katamari Damacy REROLL is taking us back to 2004, as we’re getting the original (and best) Katamari, reheated and rerolled for a modern audience. As the King of All Cosmos would say: “Very princely indeed. Such skill. And such class. Dazzling.We feel a swoon coming on.”
With the Xbox Series X|S consoles getting their chance to shine last week, it’s only fair to turn our attention to the other powerhouse of next-gen, the PlayStation 5. This is TheXboxHub Official Podcast Episode 58 (It’s definitely number 58, despite what the host may say) and the PlayStation 5 steps into the limelight for a full analysis. Prepare to embrace hardware talk, plenty of games, and even a reflection on the launch in our latest episode.
We do well for mining games, with Spelunky and Steamworld Dig being a couple of the best. A first-person take on the mining game is a little more uncommon, though. Well fret not, as Cave Digger scratches that itch with a pickaxe, bringing you enough POV mining to make a canary sing.
Send a mouse on a journey against the odds and you melt me to jelly: American Tail, The Secret of Nimh, Redwall… they all have a place in my ‘80s heart, and they were all mighty tearjerkers. Macrotis: A Mother’s Journey came out last month and tugged on the same tear duct, and now we have Micetopia. Be nice to us, mice.
Chess is often seen as a very serious, highly intellectual board game, and if that’s all you’re after, there are video games like Chess Ultra and Pure Chess to fulfil your needs. But if you require a more family-friendly experience, with fantastical characters to entice the kids in, then Brawl Chess - Gambit’s arrival on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch should grab your attention.
Deadpool the game was only ever meant to be throwaway - a taco in game form - and Deadpool wouldn’t have wanted to enter the milieu of an important game. He would have hated that more than anything.
We've had the Gauls drop on by, and we've taken in the wonders of Ethiopia. Now though Civilization VI is expanding again with the arrival of the Babylon Pack.
Since launch in September 2019 SOEDESCO have ensured that Truck Driver has gone from strength to strength, with multiple patches, fixes, upgrades and DLC drops keeping the title fresh. Today though they are looking to push on once more as the very first of a new series of 'Paint Jobs' DLC packs rolls out. It's time to head to the good old US of A!
Some may say that playing poker for virtual cash is a waste of time, but for others, it offers prime opportunity to hone their card playing skills. Poker Club promises to let you do just that as Ripstone deliver the most immersive, most social poker experience to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PS4 and PS5.
We first stumbled upon Kid Tripp back in 2018, wandering towards the Four Horses booth at EGX and being drawn in by the old school platforming of Miles and Kilo and wowed by the nonstop autorunning of Kid Tripp. These were games that we kept going back to time and time again across the course of the event and after seeing the former drop onto Xbox One in the early stages of 2019, Four Horses have now got round to pushing the latter out to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Xbox Play Anywhere capabilities bringing everything together.
It’s one of those crossovers that makes zero sense straight off the bat. The Walking Dead, when it’s not about undead walkers, is about the people and communities that spring up; bridges aren’t exactly the first thing you think of. But yet, when you remember that Bridge Constructor has slowly progressed to the point where it’s a modern day Lemmings, focused more on creating fabulous structures than purely bridges, then Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead starts making a deal more sense. Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is out now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, Switch and PC via Steam.
