One of the latest to go down the Game Preview and Game Pass route is that of Lightyear Frontier, a game that takes farming sim elements but puts it into space.
The final week of the Horizon Race Off dawns in Forza Horizon 5, yet as we prepare to bid farewell, there is a last hoorah in the shape of the Festival Playlist Weekly Challenges for Series 32 Spring.
You may not have heard of Loretta, but dismiss the psychological thriller at your peril. In Episode 197 of TheXboxHub Official Podcast you'll get to hear about the game - and why it is very nearly perfect.
Pull on your wooly pulleys as it is Winter in Mexico, and in the world of Forza Horizon 5 we all know what that means, right? Yep, more weekly Festival Playlist Weekly Challenge shenanigans to keep us entertained and racing hard through Series 32 Winter!
The weekly dose of all things gaming, with a sprinkle of film and television on top, has arrived for you to listen to. Yes, TheXboxHub Official Podcast Episode 25 is here, so prepare for news of more delays - including The Last of Us Part II - as well as recommendations of games you can play right now. There’s also a fun quiz in the hope of lifting everyone’s spirits during these strange times we’re living in.
Doom 3 is sometimes considered the odd one out; the black sheep of the family. After the fairly bloody, sometimes jumpy but altogether not too heavy outings in the first two games, the third was a different beast altogether. Put simply, it was s**t scary.
Whilst many parts of the world are facing the prospect of plenty of time at home due to self-isolation, don’t let that be an excuse to not work towards something. Mainly, increasing your Xbox Gamerscore! Here is a look at some of the easiest achievements from the games released throughout March 2020 - and who knows, maybe you’ll even discover a new game or two to help you get through this unique and confusing moment in time.
Ridiculously fast cars, massive explosions, and badass characters; these three things are synonymous with the Fast & Furious film franchise. Each and every instalment that releases tries to raise the bar from the previous offering, usually featuring even more insane stunts and blockbuster movie stars than before – adding the likes of The Rock, Charlize Theron, and Jason Statham. Taking into account how huge the franchise has become over the years, it’s no surprise that Microsoft Studios wanted a piece of the action. Thus, the standalone expansion Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious came to fruition in 2015.
When writing this piece, the urge to play through Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory once again has been impossible to ignore. It didn’t simply just possess all the components needed for a great game, but combined them in such a way that made it totally irresistible to play.
With the world on lockdown, with increasingly stringent restrictions in place on our daily lives, video games may seem to be a strange answer to the world's problems, but there's no doubt that they will play a role. But at the risk of sounding like an old man, there's only so long in a day that I spend staring at a screen, at the risk of developing square eyes, as my mother used to say. Now, I am, and have always been as long as I can remember, a very keen reader. If only there was a way to combine my love of reading with my love of video games, and somehow shoehorn my love of writing into an article. What's that? There are novels based on popular gaming franchises? Hold my coat, I'm going in!
If you were fortunate enough to grow up in the 80s and 90s, then blockbuster action movies were almost like a religious process. I, for one, spent an exorbitant amount of time watching legendary flicks like Die Hard and Predator again and again. And more often than not, at least one such movie would air on the TV during weekends. Released back in 2000, Soldier of Fortune effectively emulated action movies in video game form.
Despite self-isolation, TheXboxHub are back with another episode of their podcast. And in Episode 24 we find the team chatting about the best Xbox One games for really getting your teeth into, the games that will tide gamers over as they settle down and stay at home for the long haul.
With the brilliant Manual Samuel behind them, the moment we heard Perfectly Paranormal would be continuing their 'Tuesday Trilogy' of games, we got excited. And as the weeks and months have progressed, movement on their brand new adventure - Helheim Hassle - has increased. With a Spring 2020 launch on Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch planned, and then a PS4 launch happening a little further down the line, now seemed like a perfect time for us to grab Ozan Drøsdal - the writer and project lead at Perfectly Paranormal - for a little chat in order to discover more about the game.
Wacky, cheeky and above all else a laugh from start to finish is my best attempt to sum up this game. Timesplitters: Future Perfect was a worthy sequel to its predecessors. What the world needs right now is more of this, so while we hope and pray for the fourth game this is a title that deserves another look.
In these times of uncertainty, there’s one thing you can rely on and that’s the arrival of TheXboxHub Official Podcast Episode 23. Whilst the coronavirus is still having a major affect on global events, the detailed specs of both the Xbox Series X and the PS5 gave the team something else to sink their teeth into.
In my book - a book with lots of pictures and big, easy to understand words - there are two types of gamers on this planet. There are those who know, deep down in their hearts, that the Battlefield series of games are better than the juggernaut that is Call of Duty, and those that are wrong. However, that isn't to say that all Battlefield games are masterpieces, and the game I'm casting my mind back to now is one of those difficult titles that tried to move away from the established Battlefield formula, attempting something new. Now, change can be a good thing, and without innovation there is no evolution, but was EA's gamble on Battlefield Hardline a good one?
The smart money may well be on Call of Duty: Warzone eventually taking the Battle Royale crown, but for the time being it’s still the old dogs who are pulling out all the tricks. And with Season 6 of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, once more we find the game going from strength to strength.
