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ABZÛ review: Dive into a sea teeming with life and beauty on Xbox One

By Paul Acevedo, Tuesday, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:00 pm EST

ABZÛ is a unique Xbox One game that takes place almost entirely underwater. As a diver, players will explore the colorful ocean depths, encounters dozens of realistic and colorful fish, and unravel the deep mysteries of an amazingly beautiful ocean.

Exclusive first look at Virginia, a Twin Peaks-style mystery game coming to Xbox One and PC

By Paul Acevedo, Thursday, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:00 am EDT

Today 505 Games announced Virginia, a first-person interactive thriller coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC in September. We've played an exclusive demo of this intriguing game that combines influences like Twin Peaks, Fargo, and True Detective. Read on for full impressions!

Abzû is a breathtaking underwater adventure for PC

By Paul Acevedo, Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 at 8:13 pm EDT

Tonight we played Abzû, a beautiful underwater diving adventure from 505 Games. With a huge undersea world to explore, mysterious to discover, and utterly gorgeous visuals, Abzû shouldn't be missed. Read on for quick impressions, video, and more.

We set sail for adventure in Pixel Piracy for Xbox One and PC

By Paul Acevedo, Saturday, Jul 16, 2016 at 1:27 pm EDT

Tonight we played Pixel Piracy, a game of exploring and plundering the seas from 505 Games. Pixel Piracy is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam. Read on for quick impressions, contest winners, and the full video replay!

Gems of War: Achievement Guide for Xbox One, Steam, and more

By Paul Acevedo, Thursday, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:38 am EST

The creators of Puzzle Quest recently teamed up with 505 Games to bring a new puzzle-RPG to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Gems of War is a deep and addictive puzzle game featuring endless hours of single-player content as well as online guilds and asynchronous player-versus-player battles. Some of the game's Achievements can be very time consuming, but our in-depth Achievement Guide will help you get them all – and become a better player!

Gems of War review: A free to play puzzle-RPG for Xbox One and Steam

By Paul Acevedo, Sunday, Nov 22, 2015 at 5:19 pm EST

Gems of War is the spiritual successor to Puzzle Quest –a match-3 puzzle-RPG with endless hours of content and PvP gameplay. It's also the whole grail of free to play games – a free game that never stops being fun even if you don't buy anything. Read our full review to learn why Gems of War might be the best free to play game on Xbox One.

Hands on with Indivisible, the next game from the makers of Skullgirls

By Paul Acevedo, Friday, Oct 9, 2015 at 5:56 pm EDT

Lab Zero Games (creators of Skullgirls) and 505 Games have just such a project going right on Indiegogo. Indivisible is a Metroidvania-style platformer (similar to Ori and the Blind Forest) mixed with RPG-style battles (like Child of Light) and beautiful hand-drawn art. Indivisible is planned for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam. The game's playable prototype is available to everyone right on PC – read on for our detailed impressions!

Hands on with ADR1FT and ABZÛ, two compelling titles from 505 Games

By Paul Acevedo, Friday, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm EDT

Adrift casts players as an astronaut who survives the destruction of a space station and must try to escape. Abzû is an underwater adventure in which a diver explores the ocean while avoiding a menacing shark. I played both games and loved ‘em.

Payday 2 plans to shoot its way to the Xbox One

By John Callaham, Friday, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:22 pm EDT

Payday 2, one of the best co-op first person shooter games of 2013, will be making its way to Microsoft's Xbox One console at some point, although a release date has not been announced.

Sniper Elite III sets its sights on Xbox One and Xbox 360 later this month

By Paul Acevedo, Wednesday, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:59 pm EDT

Some of the Xbox games announced at E3 this week are a fair ways off – whether they're due this fall like the Halo: Master Chief Collection, or coming in 2015 or beyond as with Crackdown 3. But other games we see on the show floor will be arriving much sooner; the awesomely retro platformer 1001 Spikes not only graced the show but actually launched this week. We also caught wind of an impressive game that's due out at the end of the month: Sniper Elite III from UK-based Rebellion and publisher 505 Games.

Terraria launches on iOS; Android and Windows Phone to follow along with 1.2 update for PC

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By Rich Edmonds, Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:36 am EDT

Terraria is a popular indie RPG (think 2D Minecraft with more focus on adventure) on its way to mobile platforms. Launching today on iOS (iPhone and iPad), the title is being ported by Codeglue who also plan to release the title on Android and Windows Phone. 505 Games (who developed the Xbox 360 version) has announced on fan website Terraria Online that both Google and Microsoft's platforms will see Terraria soon.

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