
Recently, the team at Stoic and Xbox granted me early access to Towerborne's latest version, ahead of Towerborne's wider Xbox console early access rollout on April 29, 2025.
Towerborne is a side-scrolling beat 'em up in the vein of games like Golden Axe and Streets of Rage, albeit with a modern twist. It's fully 3D, and riffs on many more "modern" combat expectations, complete with invincibility frames for dodge rolls, full build control, loot grinding, and more.