Beyond Contact is a sci-fi survival game published by Deep Silver and developed by Playcorp Studios, a local Australian game studio based out of Melbourne. Beyond Contact utilizes a top-down viewing experience that I am not usually a fan of, but this game does it well. Survive by doing the
MKAU was recently invited to a hands-off exclusive preview of Ascendant Studios LLC’s first title, Immortals of Aveum, which is being published by EA. Needless to say, the presentation was amazing, and it’s a game I’m looking forward to getting fully immersed in when we finally get a chance to
Necrom is the seventh chapter expansion to the long-running Elder Scrolls Online game which out in 2014, and it’s the next big installment to the world with a campaign that has 30+ hours of content, introducing new threats, zones, and a brand new class, the Arcanist, the first since the
I love survival games. There is something about having to fight your way to the top after starting with nothing that I really relate to. As an avid Ark player, I needed something to keep my mind off their recent controversy, and Smalland, by developers Merge Games, fills that spot
Team Green after one year, two weeks and four days your wait is over. ‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ has finally arrived on X-Box. It hasn’t arrived alone though, it has brought with it updates that PS5 and PC players did not get to experience. Developer Tango Gameworks and publisher Bethesda Softworks have
Gladiators, are you ready? Things have GORN crazy on PSVR2 as the ludicrously violent gladiator simulator GORN makes its way onto the platform. GORN is the extremely violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers behind Broforce, and published by Devolver Digital. Featuring a unique, fully physics-driven combat
This is the throwback to the ’90s when all we wanted were those fast-paced, action-packed, first-person shooters, we all learned to love. ‘Supplice’ is the perfect mixture of fast-paced action and colourful environments and those beautiful retro-style graphics which we all loved in titles like ‘Quake’ and ‘Doom’. The developers
The Last of Us Part 1 has finally made it to PC after a long road. It’s been around 9 years since we witnessed the start of the outbreak and it’s time to do it all again with a next-gen reworking of Naughty Dog’s iconic title. Originally released as a
The DC film universe is finally set to see Jamie Reyes grace the screen as the teenage sensation, The Blue Beetle. Thanks to Warners Bros, MKAU had an exclusive sneak peek at the first official trailer for the new film directed by Angel Manuel Soto. Headlining Xolo Mariduena, both director
Postal 4 is a first-person shooter developed and published by Running With Scissors, and it’s a follow-on from Postal 2. Yes, that is right. We skipped straight passed 3 into 4. I am not sure why, but we will speak of this no more. For those who know, you know,
Originally released in 2018 exclusively for PlayStation 4, Omen of Sorrow is an indie 2.5D, horror-themed, 1v1 fighting game published and developed by Chilean-based studio, AOne Games. The game was later ported to Xbox One in 2021 and is now available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, this time
The first thing that comes to mind for most gamers familiar with the ‘Bayonetta’ series would be high-octane thrills, gun-totting heroism, and general over-the-top display of action. The fine folk over at Platinum Games are here to offer a new experience, however, with the cosy game mentality taking centre stage.
‘Blade Assault’ is a 2D rouge-like platformer that is beautifully designed with some stunning pixel-style art in a sci-fi, cyberpunk-looking world. The game was developed by TeamSunEat and published by the team over at NEOWIZ. The game was originally released on Steam back in January 2022 and has finally made
Last week I was lucky enough to get a chance to visit the Bethesda ANZ office to get an early hands-on preview of Redfall. During this experience, I was able to play a story mission that takes place about 30% into the campaign, and I was able to pick from
Diablo is back, and you can be ‘beautiful in sin’ by playing the OPEN BETA this weekend 25th of March. Blizzard has already delivered the closed Beta and these are my first impressions and damn the release on June 6th, 2023 will be an interesting one. Following the demonic seductress
‘Post’ and ‘Void’, two words both with a multitude of different meanings. Post can be an upright support, an action to display information, or can even mean something that is after an event. Void can render something invalid, refer to the emptiness of space or be an action of draining
The Resident Evil franchise has always been a personal favorite and I loved being able to experience the remake of Resident Evil 4. As someone who has played every installment of RE4, from the GameCube to the Quest 2 version, being able to experience the new version was amazing. The
Zachary Levi returns once again to reprise his unlikely superhero role as Billy Batson, the boy who can turn into Shazam. In the midst of the DCEU facing a potential overhaul, the franchise is continuing in the Zack Snyder-created universe for now, while Warner Bros work on the next era
DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos is a game developed by PHL Collective and published by Outright Games. It’s now available for purchase on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Series S and X, and PC, and this review was done on the Xbox Series X version of the
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem originally dropped in 2019 on PC, and now it’s come to the dark side and made the move to the current generation of consoles. Wolden Studios both developed and published this title, and it is an action role-playing dungeon crawler that you don’t want to miss.
We all loved playing hide and seek when we were kids, but what if doing so becomes a matter of life and death? Hiding and sneaking around might be the only way you get out alive and save your family. Developed by Tessera Studios, ‘Intruders: Hide and Seek’ is a
‘Battle Ram’ is an indie arcade game where players must fight off waves of enemies and environmental hazards. Battle Ram, developed by Wloop777 & Anatoliy Loginovskikh and published by Khukhrovr, is only available on PC and was released on January 6, 2023. In Battle Ram, the player controls a genetically
If you’re looking for a ‘Metroidvania” that you can finish in a weekend then ‘Zapling Bygone’ is for you. Developed and published by 9FingerGames, this indie carries all the standard tropes you’ve come to expect from the genre. Zap is a hive mind and is under attack from a parasite.
‘Ship Graveyard Simulator’ is a first-person sim where you dismantle parts of ships for scrap. Developed by Games Incubator and published by PlayWay S.A as well as Games Incubator, released originally on the PC in November 2021, it has now made it to the PS5. Like some other simulator games,
Wo Long, created by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, is a new rogue souls-like title from the team that brought us Nioh. With a new direction and setting, Wo Long takes place in China during the later Han dynasty. The story starts as the Yellow Turban Rebellion is taking place
It’s Launch Season for the new PS VR2, and I’ve gotta say, this past week has been the most fun I’ve had in the VR space in quite some time. I’ve been totally chilled to my core this week and already finding it difficult to contain the excitement of being
Developed by Mad Head Games, Scars Above is a challenging sci-fi third-person shooter set on a mysterious alien world. Feel rewarded as you fight through and overcome the difficulties as you embark on a compelling and intricate story. You play as Kate, an astronaut, and scientist working for the Sentient
Raiden, the classic vertical-scrolling shooter that began all the way back in 1990, has always been one of the standouts of the arcade scene during the 90s and helped define the genre. The series so far has had five games in total between 1990 and 2016, with some of them
With the launch of the new Playstation VR2 headset comes a plethora of new VR experiences to get absorbed in, and this past week I’ve been able to get my slimy tentacles on Tentacular. Tentacular, created by Firepunchd Games UG and published by Devovler Digital, originally released on 24th March
The Yakuza series is one of SEGA’s premiere franchises developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, which began all the way back in 2005 on PlayStation 2. Now renamed as Like a Dragon, which is also the rough English translation of its Japanese name Ryū ga Gotoku, the series has seen
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