Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer with a burning passion for video games, of which he's been an avid fan since childhood. He's relatively new to the writing scene, but he counters that lack of experience with a rock-solid work ethic and a desire to improve at every opportunity. You'll find him doing reviews, editorials, and general coverage on everything Xbox and PC. Follow him on Twitter.
Immortal Redneck is a unique blend of dungeon crawling and arcade-like, first-person shooting that, while fun to play, feels lacking in a few areas. Despite these issues, though, it's a solid experience.
PUBG was undoubtedly the biggest surprise in gaming last year, breaking several records on Steam and taking the PC community by storm. However, Epic Games' answer to it, Fortnite Battle Royale, has now found its way into the spotlight.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is arguably one of the deepest and complex games in the genre. Here's why its design should serve as something other games aim to achieve.
Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a quality real-time strategy game that introduces (and executes) a new way to play the genre, but the lightning fast pace of the game makes things a bit harder then they should be.
Epic Games' Fortnite Battle Royale has grown into a juggernaut in the gaming scene, boasting millions of concurrent players all over the world. However, it seems that in lieu of this, the title's cooperative mode has been left behind.
Zoink Games' new action-adventure title Fe is a gorgeous and touching experience that reminds you of nature's beauty and balance, and why both are important to preserve. Backed by amazing music and gameplay, it's a masterpiece.
Wartile is a strategy game that, despite looking and sounding fantastic, suffers from repetitive gameplay and lack of satisfying challenge. It's definitely worth your time, but it's not anything significantly special.
Blizzard's massively popular hero shooter Overwatch has been a juggernaut in the gaming industry ever since its release. But the game is now nearly two years old, and Blizzard needs to make sure there are reasons to keep playing.
Last week, the new Overwatch event, Year of the Dog, released. With it came new skins, a new map, and perhaps most notably, a rework to the capture-the-flag game mode. Here's a guide that will give you the edge in the new version of it.
Two years ago, Xbox title Quantum Break released and garnered positive acclaim. It had amazing graphics and solid gameplay, but a design choice that often gets overshadowed is the live-action companion episodes. Here's why more games should try them.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords is a well-made strategy title that impresses from a gameplay perspective, but the game becomes a chore to play for longer periods of time due to the all-around awful presentation.
After giving the unprecedented backlash time to die down, EA is bringing loot boxes back into Star Wars Battlefront II. Here's why this will anger the community even further and ultimately cause the game to suffer more than it already has.
Crytek, the creators of the famous Crysis games, recently launched their closed alpha testing for their new upcoming game, Hunt: Showdown. We managed to get our hands on the chance to play it, so check out our full thoughts.
Cellar Door Games' new cooperative action RPG Full Metal Furies is an extremely fun and surprisingly challenging experience in which you'll need to work closely with your friends to progress.
Xbox Game Pass allows you to play as many games as you want for $9.99/month, but this service may not necessarily be right for everyone. Is it right for you? Here's why it may (or may not) be.
Pathea Games' new Early Access title, My Time at Portia, is a charming and relaxing simulation role-playing game that has the potential to keep players hooked for unhealthy amounts of time.
Developer Petroglyph's brand new real-time strategy title Forged Battalion recently released on Steam via Early Access, so we got ourselves a copy and took the game for a spin. Here's what you can expect.
BioWare has had a long history of legendary role-playing games, but one that many often consider the best of them all is Mass Effect 2. The game turning eight years old yesterday, so here's a look back at everything that made it phenomenal.
2064 Read Only Memories for Xbox One is a well written story adventure game with a phenomenal score and charming pixel graphics. Though the puzzles are a bit lacking, the rest of the experience more than makes up for it.
Beholder for Xbox One is a satisfyingly challenging strategy game that brings a fresh idea to the table, but fails to reach its fullest potential.