Tag: Metacritic
News Hades Soars Over Flight Sim As Metacritic's Highest-Rated Xbox Game Of 2021
It's also the highest-rated Series X|S game of all time
This year is proving to be an incredible year for Xbox owners. Just last month Microsoft Flight Simulator launched on Xbox Series X|S and instantly became the highest-rated game of the year for Xbox on Metacritic. However, that time in the top spot didn't last long, as Hades has quickly...
News Microsoft Flight Simulator Is Now Metacritic's Best Xbox Game Of 2021
Will anything be able to soar above it?
We're now over halfway into 2021 (crazy, we know!) and we've already seen some incredible games release on Xbox platforms this year. As of right now, last week's release of Microsoft Flight Simulator is taking the crown on Metacritic. In case you didn't know, Metacritic takes critics' scores and puts them...
News Microsoft Ranks Sixth In Metacritic's Top Game Publishers Of 2020
Any guesses who came first?
Metacritic has today published its 11th annual game publisher rankings list for 2020 to determine the best and worst game publishers of the year, based solely on the quality of those publishers' releases over the 12 months. To do so, it utilised a points system based on the average Metascore for all of a publisher's...
News Metacritic Reveals Its Top 10 Highest Rated Xbox Games For 2020
Across the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Metacritic has compiled a list of the top ten games for both Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S according to aggregated ratings from critics, celebrating a fantastic selection of games that graced our consoles last year. It's an eye-opener to an amazing selection of games, many of which we'd forgotten about...
News Remember When Xbox Threatened To Delist Games With Poor Metacritic Scores?
2008 was a different time
Remember the days of Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360? The service served as a way for games to be published digitally, from major companies such as EA to one-person indie developers - and everything in-between. But back in 2008, Microsoft made the decision that it wanted to rid the service of lesser-quality titles, taking the...
News Metacritic Calls The XIII Remake The Worst Xbox Game Of 2020
Yikes!
The XIII Remake launched last month, with both critical and fan feedback being mostly negative. Its reception was so bad that the developer even issued an apology for the game's technical issues. And now, Metacritic has released its list for the Worst Videogames of 2020, with the number two spot being taken by XIII Remake on Xbox One. It's...
News Metacritic To Make Gamers Wait Before Posting User Reviews
New 36-hour waiting period in effect
Aggregate website Metacritic has announced that it is putting a delay on user reviews for games, with players no longer able to post reviews until after 36 hours following a new release. This follows the highly-publicised "review bombing" of The Last of Us Part II for PS4 a few weeks ago, which saw the game...
Talking Point Do You Agree With The Highest-Rated Xbox Games On Metacritic?
The best of the best?
It's been almost twenty years since we first got our hands on the original Xbox, and thousands of games have since between released across three generations of Xbox consoles. Throughout that time, website Metacritic has been producing weighted average scores for the vast majority of Xbox titles based on critical reviews. And...
