Jack Ford, Author at TheXboxHub https://www.thexboxhub.com/author/jford/ Xbox and Game Pass news, reviews, videos and opinions Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:28:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Remembering Medal of Honor: Rising Sun – starts off great but soon loses momentum https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-medal-of-honor-rising-sun-starts-off-great-but-soon-loses-its-momentum/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-medal-of-honor-rising-sun-starts-off-great-but-soon-loses-its-momentum/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:28:52 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=149326 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a prime example of a video game which starts off great but soon loses its momentum.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-medal-of-honor-rising-sun-starts-off-great-but-soon-loses-its-momentum/feed/ 0 Remembering Crash Nitro Kart! https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-crash-nitro-kart/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-crash-nitro-kart/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:25:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=149318 What is Crash Nitro Kart? When Universal and Vicarious Visions started production it was known as Crash Team Racing 2 before the eventual name change.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/remembering-crash-nitro-kart/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2008 and the clashing of Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2008-and-the-clashing-of-mortal-kombat-vs-dc-universe/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2008-and-the-clashing-of-mortal-kombat-vs-dc-universe/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 03:14:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=149328 At first glance Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe looks like either a novelty side-step for Mortal Kombat or a precursor to Injustice.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2008-and-the-clashing-of-mortal-kombat-vs-dc-universe/feed/ 0 Call of Duty: Ghosts – still full of memorable moments https://www.thexboxhub.com/call-of-duty-ghosts-still-full-of-memorable-moments/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/call-of-duty-ghosts-still-full-of-memorable-moments/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:43:11 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=149324 Call of Duty: Ghosts is one of the most maligned entries in the first-person shooter series.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/call-of-duty-ghosts-still-full-of-memorable-moments/feed/ 0 Looking back to Black Flag – Assassin’s Creed at its peak https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-black-flag-assassins-creed-at-its-peak/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-black-flag-assassins-creed-at-its-peak/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:53:43 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=146210 Black Flag is Assassin’s Creed at its peak

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-black-flag-assassins-creed-at-its-peak/feed/ 1 Saints Row IV – magnificent moments of madness https://www.thexboxhub.com/saints-row-iv-magnificent-moments-of-madness/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/saints-row-iv-magnificent-moments-of-madness/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:29:19 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=143008 Though now five games strong, the Saints Row series has struggled to stand out. It wasn’t until its fourth entry when it finally made a name for itself.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/saints-row-iv-magnificent-moments-of-madness/feed/ 0 Why you should try and play Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis https://www.thexboxhub.com/why-you-should-try-and-play-jurassic-park-operation-genesis/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/why-you-should-try-and-play-jurassic-park-operation-genesis/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:04:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=136860 Blue Tongue’s Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is a stand-out entry amongst many other attempts to bring the feel of the original film to consoles.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2007-and-thrillville-off-the-rails/feed/ 0 Looking back to the endlessly entertaining Sleeping Dogs https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-endlessly-entertaining-sleeping-dogs/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-endlessly-entertaining-sleeping-dogs/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:21:09 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=128721 Technically impressive and endlessly entertaining, Sleeping Dogs was a game that deserved more.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-endlessly-entertaining-sleeping-dogs/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2007 and the gaming magic of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2007-and-the-gaming-magic-of-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2007-and-the-gaming-magic-of-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:46:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=125177 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a flawed game but in amongst its problems is a solid, atmospheric and enjoyable open-world game that meets and sometimes exceeds expectations

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2007-and-the-gaming-magic-of-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2012 and the lightsaber madness of Kinect Star Wars https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2012-and-the-lightsaber-madness-of-kinect-star-wars/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2012-and-the-lightsaber-madness-of-kinect-star-wars/#respond Sat, 02 Apr 2022 19:31:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=122102 Kinect Star Wars is certainly an odd game but while it may be too irreverent for die-hards and too simplistic for serious players, it is possible to have some fun with it if approached with the right frame of mind.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2012-and-the-lightsaber-madness-of-kinect-star-wars/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2011 and the magic of Kinect Disneyland Adventures https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-magic-of-kinect-disneyland-adventures/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-magic-of-kinect-disneyland-adventures/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:55:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=117956 Picture the scene: it’s November 2011, you’re the parent of young children (or the partner of someone with low expectations) and are being nagged constantly about a holiday to Disneyland. You balk at the price tag, distance to travel and the general sense of unease in filling the pockets of one of the world’s most amoral and ultra-capitalist conglomerates. Fortunately, there is a cheap, easy and guilt-free alternative to visiting any Disney property. One that recreated the experience to such a degree that, for the most part, it still holds up a decade later. It is the game Kinect Disneyland Adventures.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-magic-of-kinect-disneyland-adventures/feed/ 0 What Avatar’s Past Can Tell Us Of Pandora’s Future https://www.thexboxhub.com/what-avatars-past-can-tell-us-of-pandoras-future/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/what-avatars-past-can-tell-us-of-pandoras-future/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:15:30 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=116330 It was the surprise announcement of E3 2021: that Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment will be taking gamers into the world of the number one film of all time in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. What was most surprising about it was actually how out of left-field this came.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/what-avatars-past-can-tell-us-of-pandoras-future/feed/ 0 Looking back to the timeless NHL 12 https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-timeless-nhl-12/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-timeless-nhl-12/#respond Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:48:00 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=114870 Despite now being ten years old, NHL 12 is the ice hockey game that gets everything so right it has become a timeless example of its genre. From mechanics to presentation it remains endlessly playable even a decade after it was first released, it remains a definitive hockey game and should be remembered as such.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-the-timeless-nhl-12/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2011 and Kinect’s Rise of Nightmares https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-kinects-rise-of-nightmares/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-kinects-rise-of-nightmares/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:43:31 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=114865 First released in September 2011, SEGA’s Rise of Nightmares was made especially for Kinect on Xbox 360. Among the range of games available for the peripheral, it is the least likely title ever made for the Kinect - there’s no dancing, no pets, no sports. (Though by its end, hacking through hordes of re-animated corpses here starts to feel like a sport.) 

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-kinects-rise-of-nightmares/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2011 and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/#respond Sun, 16 May 2021 21:40:13 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=108314 Before viewers who raved about The Witcher Netflix series could be called posers by those who have played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, gamers who raved about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt could be called posers by those who already played The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2011 and the arrival of Homefront https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-arrival-of-homefront/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-arrival-of-homefront/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:53:08 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=105598 Back in March 2011, the first-person action shooter Homefront arrived on the Xbox 360 from THQ, along with a storm of publicity which included a really cool live-action trailer

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2011-and-the-arrival-of-homefront/feed/ 1 Looking back to 2010 and the Glowing Tron: Evolution https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-glowing-tron-evolution/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-glowing-tron-evolution/#respond Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:35:10 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=99960 Not every video game has to be perfect or original to be a winner; some can succeed simply by being well-made and straightforwardly enjoyable. Tron: Evolution is one such game.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-glowing-tron-evolution/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2010 and the web-slinging Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-web-slinging-spider-man-shattered-dimensions/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-web-slinging-spider-man-shattered-dimensions/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:08:18 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=95168 As soon as it dropped in 2018, Marvel’s Spider-Man became an instant classic. Rightly so; it was probably the most realistic recreation of the beloved superhero yet seen, but that’s not to say it was his definitive video game. Another notable outing, released for the Xbox 360 back in 2010, was Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-web-slinging-spider-man-shattered-dimensions/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2005 and the Caped Crusades of Batman Begins https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2005-and-the-caped-crusades-of-batman-begins/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2005-and-the-caped-crusades-of-batman-begins/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2020 17:21:57 +0000 https://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=89249 Though The Dark Knight gets the most attention, coming three years sooner it was Batman Begins that changed the superhero film as we know it. Christopher Nolan’s original interpretation of the character was one that was rooted in reality and was, crucially, believable. It was the first time it felt that characters like this could exist in the real world. It’s only fitting, then, that such a film’s tie-in video game would also be one that goes against the grain.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2005-and-the-caped-crusades-of-batman-begins/feed/ 0 Looking back to 2010 and the stealthy shooting of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-stealthy-shooting-of-tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-stealthy-shooting-of-tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 09:26:57 +0000 http://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=83664 On release in 2010, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction on Xbox 360 and PC saw good reviews and sales – more than one million overall - but it won over few new fans.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/looking-back-to-2010-and-the-stealthy-shooting-of-tom-clancys-splinter-cell-conviction/feed/ 0 Taking a look back at Alice: Madness Returns https://www.thexboxhub.com/taking-a-look-back-at-alice-madness-returns/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/taking-a-look-back-at-alice-madness-returns/#respond Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:39:18 +0000 http://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=74911 In 2011, McGee brought his interpretation of Wonderland back, this time for the Xbox 360, in Alice: Madness Returns.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/taking-a-look-back-at-alice-madness-returns/feed/ 0 Are video games art? Looking back at… Child of Eden https://www.thexboxhub.com/are-video-games-art-looking-back-at-child-of-eden/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/are-video-games-art-looking-back-at-child-of-eden/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=73493 “Are video games art?” This is a perennial argument, one with staunch advocates on both sides who are hard to sway. Naysayers, though, can be shown examples of art in video games that are hard to deny – such as the visuals of the sadly overlooked Child of Eden, released for Kinect in 2011.

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]]> https://www.thexboxhub.com/are-video-games-art-looking-back-at-child-of-eden/feed/ 0 5 of the best Call of Duty Modern Warfare missions https://www.thexboxhub.com/5-of-the-best-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-missions/ https://www.thexboxhub.com/5-of-the-best-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-missions/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:10:37 +0000 http://www.thexboxhub.com/?p=73248 After a lot of speculation, the latest instalment in the long-running blockbuster Call of Duty franchise was recently revealed – and it’s a reboot of the groundbreaking Modern Warfare series.

However, the makers of the new game say it will be set in a new timeline, and the events of the original Modern Warfare trilogy will be re-written.

So as to never forget the revolutionary series that paved the way for Call of Duty to become the best-selling shooter franchise of all time, this list charts five of the best missions - not individual moments, but complete missions – from the Modern Warfare series.

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