I'm a part-time gamer and a full-time writer of science-y things. On the few odd occasions that I'm able to wrestle the Xbox controller away from the avid gamers in my family, I enjoy spending time playing puzzle and adventure games.
Valfaris: Mecha Therion - explosive side-scrolling shoot 'em up and sequel to the critically-acclaimed Valfaris blasts onto Xbox, Switch and PlayStation.Â
Gori: Cuddly Carnage, hitting Xbox, PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation today, brings the spirit of 90s platformers into the modern era with a dark, uncensored twist.Â
Attention all adventurers! The wait is finally over as Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions, the exciting casual turn-based adventure game, is now available for PC and Xbox Series X|S.Â
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake is a re-telling of the multi-award winning 2013 puzzle-adventure game. And it is out now on Xbox X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC Steam.
Dropping onto Xbox and PlayStation is Flooded, a reversed city-builder where rising water levels have meant solid ground is diminishing rapidly. It leaves you you and a group of miners stranded on shrinking islands.Â
A puzzle game focused on tidying up and sorting household messes into pleasing arrangements, A Little to the Left is now on Game Pass, Xbox and PlayStation.Â
KontrolFreek have been making Performance Thumbsticks for Xbox for longer than I care to remember, pushing out a multitude of products with varying features, specifications and ideas. You can get high-rise concaved designs, you can caress your thumbs with mid-rise convex options, and you can put the lowest of height increments on your standard controller, giving an increase in grip, surface area, feel and overall user experience. It is with the latter in which the OMNI come into their own.
Crypt Custodian is a great metroidvania. It has fun exploration, enjoyable combat, cracking collectibles, and an incredibly chill soundtrack that makes for a mellow adventure that will keep you coming back.
It’s the Charging Station which is most exciting and what PowerA are delivering to market with their Dual (Duo) Charging Station is good. It works near perfectly, it keeps your controllers fully charged for when they are needed and, honestly, it looks pretty decent as well.
As I've played almost every fishing experience that you can find on the big black box, I thought I'd attempt to rank them, nailing a list consisting of 5 of the best fishing games on Xbox One, if you will.
Pepper Grinder successfully combines traditional platforming with a refreshingly original gameplay mechanic that breathes new life into a very tired genre.Â
