From the award-winning developers that brought you ‘Ori and the Blind Forest’ and ‘Ori and the Will of the Wisps’, Moon Studios GmbH is back with what is sure to be a hit, ‘No Rest For The Wicked’ published by ‘Private Division’. Before we dive into the pleasure and pain

In 2020, the most cathartic game for haters of those eight-legged freaks of nature, SPIDERS! was released upon the world. ‘Kill It With Fire’ was a literal and metaphorical smash hit for gamers and those sneaky bastards. Four years later, the same development team, Casey Donnellan Games, and publishing team

Reigns: Beyond is a choose-your-own-adventure arcade game, developed by the English studio Nerial, published by Devolver Digital, and now available on Nintendo Switch, PC and as a mobile game. This indie title is a unique card game that requires swipe-based decision-making that could make or break the narrative. You wake

The next major instalment to The Elder Scrolls Online, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, also marks the series’ 10th anniversary. Players will pick up where the Necrom cliffhanger left off, continuing the story and exploring locations last seen in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Gold Road Chapter takes

Horizon Forbidden West launched on PlayStation 4 and 5 in 2022 to high acclaim, fast-tracked to the near future of 2024, and it’s now launched on PC. Guerilla Games and Sony released the game in its ultimate form: Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, which includes the DLC, Burning Shores, and

Are you a fan of intriguing storylines, detective work and drinking beer? Active Fungus Studios brings all these together with their release of ‘Inspector Schmidt – A Bavarian Tale’. While you might not usually find me playing a game like this, it has broadened my perspective and had me constantly

From California-based indie studio, Orc Chop Games comes the turn-based RPG ‘Goblin Stone’. MKAU has been lucky enough to try out this title ahead of its March 12th, 2024, release on all platforms. I love a good RPG, and you can tell Goblin Stone has been a great passion project

I enjoy good story-driven RPGs, especially ones with solid exploration, impactful dialogue choices, and intricate turn-based combat. ‘The Thaumaturge’, by Fool’s Theory, published by 11 Bit Studios, sets out to achieve exactly that. It’s an RPG about facing inner demons and seeking greater truths. I spent a decent chunk of

After almost three years of early access being moulded and sculpted, the full release of GRAVEN is finally here. Come with me, loyal brothers and sisters as we delve deeper into the dark fantasy world, developed by Slipgate Ironworks and published by 3D Realms, and Fulqrum Publishing. You are a

I’m a sucker for a good survival RPG with an open world and Enshrouded has not disappointed. Developed and published by German studio Keen Games GmbH, Enshrouded was released via early access this month. If the online chatter around the future of the game holds any truth, this title has

Deathbound is an upcoming souls-like action RPG and thanks to the development team at Trialforge Studio in Brazil and publisher Tate Multimedia, MKAU has been given the opportunity to try out the latest demo, with the full game due to be released in 2024 on Steam. This demo is incredible,

Colony-building simulators are one of my favourite genres in gaming, especially when they allow you to put your little guys to work. Tribe: Primitive Builder, an indie title, is a perfect example of the unnecessary need for a big studio budget to make something incredible. A collaborative effort by three

I’m a Modern History buff; I love period piece-centric games and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve completed ‘Mafia’. I also love racing games, I’m a ‘Need for Speed’ fangirl, a ‘Forza’ try-hard, and 150-time ‘Mario Kart’ Star Cup Champion (at the very, VERY least). I was excited

Exilium is a point-and-click puzzle side-scroller developed and produced by lonch.me. You play as the emotionally and physically exhausted exorcist, Adam Wayne. As this is the demo and the full game will not be out until next year, I won’t spoil anything, but I’ll try to explain the premise. You

We all had nightmares as young children, and finding protection in words, people, or an inanimate object is what would help us through the night. Coming from a family of six brothers and one sister, sleeping right through the night was quite the task my parents would have to undertake,

There are many ‘Vampire Survivors’ clones out there and ‘Striving for Light: Survival’ is yet another one joining those ranks. Developer and publisher, Igniting Spark Games, haven’t done just a straight-up carbon copy though. They are taking the basic premise of the time survival genre and adding their own flare

Developed and published by Lexip Games, Silence Channel 2 is based on true stories, and it will have you unlocking different episodes as you solve various puzzles and hide from unknown enemies while searching for items, but sometimes running and hiding isn’t an option. You’ll have to attack the strange

  Ever watched a pigeon as it walks along the ground, bopping its head as it searches for little crumb morsels left behind? Ever wondered what goes through its little mind as it goes about its daily business? No? Well, neither have I, but after playing Headbangers Rhythm Royale, I

If you have ever wanted to build your dream home and dip your toes in flipping houses this is the game for you! ‘House Flipper 2’ is the sequel smash hit of ‘House Flipper’ developed by Empyrean and Frozen District and the main objective of the game is to take

Apocalypse Run!, now in early access on Steam, is a new rogue-like strategy game created by Neurowocky Games. Players will be able to make a party of four characters who are held on a layover at the Atlanta airport. As they leave, they find the world in an apocalyptic state

In the ever-growing list of expansions Maxis and EA have brought out since the launch of Sims 4 all the way back in 2014, property management hasn’t had much screen time. The Sims 4: For Rent is the fifteenth expansion of the long-running series that focuses on this aspect of

I have always had a soft spot for pinball machines. I was first introduced to a pinball machine when I visited my friend’s house. His father had an old sit-down pinball cabinet from the 1960s, and it was incredibly simple compared to today’s standards. It only had a ball shooter,

‘Ludde’, developed by Shellander Games, is definitely a case of not judging a book by its cover. Appearing quite simple and unpolished, this is one rough stone hiding some sparking gems inside. Ludde is narrativeless, and you are immediately thrown into an open sandbox winter wonderland as what can be

Final Stardust: Cosmic Nexus is a new 2D card game set in an anime universe and based on the still-in-production manga, Ardent Tales. It’s under development and being published by Nour Saiana, and the build I was given is still in the early stages of development so things may change

These are some pixels I can get behind, and then run because the zombies are coming! Earn, Loot, and kill your way to safety in Nearly Dead – Live and Let Die, Developed and Published by Mono Software, Inc., now available on Steam, and what more could you ask for

Medieval Dynasty is an open-world medieval town-building survival simulator, so it’s like several great games rolled into one. Now, I do own this on PS5, so I came into this having already played it before, and I’m not mad about it. Developed by Render Cube and published by Toplitz Productions,

Little Goodie Two Shoes is a dark fairy-tale RPG game, using ’80s-’90s anime art style to tell its Brothers Grimm-like story. This choices matter horror adventure, developed by AstralShift and produced by Square Enix, will have you question every choice you make and everyone you meet. Once upon a time,

A few months ago, MKAU Gaming was invited to take part in the KarmaZoo hands-on preview, which you can read here, where I was able to play a few rounds with other media outlets as well as some of the development team from Pastagames, including Nadim Haddad, who I was

When playing some of the older top-down horror games, did you ever wish you could have fought the undead in first person? Welcome to You Will Die Here Tonight, developed and published by Spiral Bound Interactive LLC., a game that will fulfil that dream. You begin your adventure as Dr.

Developer Bynine Studio and Publisher Super Rare Originals bring us Cavern of Dreams, a nostalgic romp for those who enjoyed three-dimensional platformers during the N64 period, and the similarities with titles like Banjo-Kazooie, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Spyro the Dragon, and Super Mario 64 will immediately resonate with