£34.99 is a lot to ask anyone to pay for a video game. If you’re putting down that much money, you want reassurance that you’re getting value; that it will keep the kids quiet for more than the length of a movie. What you don’t want is an empty shell for young players to rattle around in for half an hour.
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Axle City Racers almost takes longer to type out than it does to play. If you’re a parent, and are considering this for your Blaze fans, beware: you’d get more enjoyment from a large cardboard box.

It starts with a little bit of promise. There’s clearly no Mario Kart on the Xbox, and a few Hells would have to freeze over before we got one. We have a fair few copycat karting games on the Xbox, but precious few serve the under-sevens crowd. They’re often loud, complicated and fail to have useful additions like…

