Serum, an upcoming single-player, first-person survival game, created by Game Island and published by Toplitz Production, is yet to get a release date, but MKAU Gaming was invited to take part in a playtest version of the build, so we’ll be going through my initial thoughts on the development so

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

‘Winter Survival’ is an open-world, survival crafting game developed and published by DRAGO Entertainment with HeartBeat Games. As the name suggests the aim is to survive in the frozen wilderness, escape from predators, find or build shelter, and try not to lose your mind. Your primary goal is to survive

Now, this is just a stealth zombie with extra steps of corruption. Welcome to Zombie Within, which was developed by NewGen and published by Wandering Wizard. Let us dive right in or corrupt my way in, I should say. There is no lore to the game. Still, it’s pretty straightforward

Sometimes when I go into a game with certain expectations of what it is going to be like, I’m left so completely dumbfounded by the absolute journey the title has put me through when I put it down for the first time. “Computer Repair Shop,” developed and published by Turkish

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

‘Ultimate Fishing Simulator’ is brought to you by the development team Bit Golem, Pancake Games, and 3T Labs and published by Ultimate Games S.A. It was originally dropped on the 30th of August 2018 and the developers are still pushing out content. We will be covering in this review the

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

If you’ve ever dreamed of managing a pro basketball team, the developers at Umix Studios have made this a reality. I quickly found out that I’m not the managing type, but you might be. Pro Basketball Manager 2024 has loads of potential, and I’ll be keen to see where it

  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

Buried Alive: Breathless Rescue is an Indie action-thriller escape simulator, developed by Geekon and published by Midnight Games. I was fully under the impression that this was an escape-the-clone/crypt-type deal, but I swiftly found that there is a whole story to uncover and a variety of locations to explore. This

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

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

I am not averse to simulators and in a previous review, I said this: “We all have likes and dislikes and typically will make a decision based on experience or a basic sensory input. For myself when seeing the word ‘simulator’ I roll my eyes and ask, “Who would want

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

I’ve always said, “Let the waves guide you.” At least until I found myself in this game. Welcome to Barton Lynch Pro Surfing, developed and published by Bungarra Software Pty Ltd. MKAU Gaming was given a copy to try out on Steam, so read on as I shred some gnarly

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,

Have you ever pictured yourself in the business of car parking management? Development team Geekon and publishing team Midnight Games have made your dream a reality with Parking Tycoon: Business Simulator. It throws you in the deep end as the person who owns a new parking complex in the middle

Godzilla Voxel Wars is a new single-player turned-based strategy game created by Nukenin LLC and published by TOHO Games, and it’s now available on Steam and Epic Game Store. The game is played from a bird’s-eye view, as if from an unseen child’s perspective, and they’re playing with some small

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

Midnight Heist is a new co-op heist horror survival game, created and published by MediaTale. Players will take on jobs to investigate companies by breaking in after hours to find evidence of crimes, steal paperwork around topics, and hack into software to find answers, but there are no security guards

First and foremost, I need to explain who I am and how I interact with sports. This way, you can make a snap decision right now, before reading my review on how you feel about it. I have zero interest in sport. There, I said it. Judge away. When it

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

Developed and Published by Unimposing Walrus, Labyrinthatory is an educational game teaching you Maths, English, and other essential subjects in the shape of a game. It is a little like Stardew Valley, but focuses mainly on education, giving it great promise and making it enticing for young kids to get