ReCore Overview

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Platform Win, Xbox One

Publisher Microsoft Studios

Developer Armature Studio

Release Date Sep 13, 2016

Review

6.5

Recore review

By Arthur Gies on Sep 12, 2016 09.12.16

Recore is a game rooted in decade old conventions. Designed in concert by Armature Games, a studio comprised largely of developers who worked on the beloved Metroid: Prime series, and Japanese...

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Here’s what’s included in ReCore: Definitive Edition

By Owen S. Good on Aug 26, 2017 08.26.17

ReCore: Definitive Edition was announced a week ago during Microsoft’s Gamescom keynote. Yesterday, Comcept detailed exactly what that will mean when the game arrives Aug. 29. It starts with “Eye...

All the trailers from Xbox’s Gamescom event

By Allegra Frank on Aug 20, 2017 08.20.17

Microsoft’s Gamescom 2017 press conference was a more casual affair than its usual industry events, which makes sense — Gamescom is Europe’s largest gaming convention for fans, after all. But the...

ReCore: Definitive Edition coming at the end of the month

By Owen S. Good on Aug 20, 2017 08.20.17

A remastered ReCore, the 2016 adventure for Xbox One and Windows PC, is returning Aug. 29 as ReCore: Definitive Edition, Microsoft announced today at its Gamescom 2017 keynote event. Leaked over...

Toys R Us Black Friday deals: $250 PS4 Slim, Xbox One and $30 off new releases

By Julia Alexander on Nov 24, 2016 11.24.16

Toys R Us has released its Black Friday catalog and those looking to upgrade to the slim edition of the PlayStation 4, pick up an Xbox One or discounted new titles should be pleased. There are...

Best Buy's Black Friday deals on Battlefield 1, GTA 5 for $30, Overwatch, Titanfall 2 for $35

By Brian Crecente on Nov 24, 2016 11.24.16

The Best Buy Black Friday ad just hit and it’s a doozy with more than 75 price cuts to console gaming gear, along with drops on things like PC equipment, smartwatches, smartphones and even a decent...

Target Black Friday deals on games, systems and more

By Allegra Frank on Nov 23, 2016 11.23.16

Target’s Black Friday sale starts on Thanksgiving Day this year. Doors open at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, meaning shoppers will have to get a move on early if they want big discounts on a ton of...

The complaints that make you want to buy a game

By Ben Kuchera on Sep 14, 2016 09.14.16

Recore is the latest game to receive middling reviews that sound wonderful to me. "When it’s working, Recore is a game that feels evocative of a different era of action games," our review stated....

Does Recore bring anything new to the action genre?

By Charlie Hall on Sep 13, 2016 09.13.16

In each episode of Quality Control, Polygon editor-at-large Justin McElroy talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra...

Xbox Play Anywhere launches Sept. 13

By Brian Crecente on Jul 01, 2016 07.01.16

Xbox Play Anywhere, which delivers certain games to the Xbox One and Windows 10 PC with a single purchase, goes live on Sept. 13, Microsoft confirmed to Polygon this week. The new program was...

ReCore's color-based gameplay forced its devs to rethink accessibility

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Jun 20, 2016 06.20.16

With ReCore, longtime Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune's studio, Comcept, and Austin-based developer Armature are approaching colorblind accessibility differently. The action-adventure game, due...