What makes a JRPG a JRPG? Is it the sweeping stories? The protagonists with super spikey or multicolored hair? Or the simple fact that if an RPG video game was made in Japan, it qualifies as a JRPG? Most of you reading this may instantly go with the last option and call it a day….
Category: XBOX Games Showcase June 10, 2026 Minecraft Dungeons II Blows the Doors of the ARPG Wide Open Will Fulton, XBOX Wire Editor Summary Minecraft Dungeons II builds on the original game with an all-new story, an emerging threat, an Overworld map, new gear slots, among many other tweaks and enhancements. With added mechanical depth…
It’s been a bit of a journey for Toys for Bob, the studio behind the very good Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, that’s now making its own original Spyro game as an independent studio, as announced at the Xbox Games Showcase. Despite Reignited’s smashing success selling over 11 million copies, Toys for Bob was shifted to be…
Another third-party banger. If some publishers made the mistake of not supporting the original Switch enough, it seems that many have learnt their lesson for the Switch 2. The recent Direct was stuffed to the brim with third-party titles, and one that snuck in during a late sizzle reel was the rather excellent Warhammer 40,000:…
This month, explore the once-prosperous dark fantasy world of Valisthea in the grip of a blight in Final Fantasy XVI, spin dash through the dark past of the one known as the ultimate lifeform in Sonic X Shadow Generations, work your way up from a humble blacksmith’s forge in medieval Bohemia in Kingdom Come: Deliverance,…
Category: XBOX Games Showcase Halo: Campaign Evolved Hands-On Demo – It’s The Halo You Love, But Even Better Danielle Partis, XBOX Wire Editor Published June 10, 2026 Summary We went hands-on with Halo: Campaign Evolved’s remake of Assault on the Control Room, Combat Evolved’s memorable fifth – and longest – campaign level. Halo: Campaign Evolved…
We’ve seen foldable phones come back, we’ve seen Lenovo testing a foldable gaming handheld screen, but I didn’t think I’d see the day that Logitech puts out a foldable gaming mouse. If you feel like your current mouse is just too chunky to comfortably fit into your bag, then the Mobi Fold is presumably for…
We got what I would call our first proper look at some Persona 4 Revival last weekend, showing iconic moments like: The Scooby gang falling into their first TV, Charlie summoning Izanagi for the first time, karaoke with Yosuke (pretty sure that’s new, unless I’m forgetting a Golden addition), and Marie being annoying in the…
Morality morphing was a big deal in the Fable games of old. Your character would, famously, actually change appearance to match how good or evil they were. Do a lot of murders and you’d grow horns and find yourself surrounded by flies. Help people out (or do a lot of murders but also donate loads…
“Coming through!”. When I first booted up the Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, something almost immediately felt very wrong. The visuals, while certainly crisp, were upscaled in a way that meant almost all textures had this sort of blurry, smeary effect, especially environmental details, but also within character faces at certain…