In 1992, Wario made his first appearance in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins on the Game Boy as the final boss to Mario. He was designed to be the evil counterpart of the Nintendo mascot, and due to his instant popularity, was given his own games with both

Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections is the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Naruto’s anime debut, featuring a massive roster of 130 characters, a brand new story, and a recap of the Naruto series, revisiting key moments from the series. History mode is where fans and players can

Few things in this world truly confuse me, and I can now say that HRS: Devil Game I is one of them. Also known as Horrible Real Street, it is classed as an action-adventure indie strategy game, however, it is clearly a survival FPS, horror-indie game. The developers, Unk Games,

Alientrap, the studio behind 2D sci-fi shooter Cryptark, has returned with the next phase in the series and the brand new 3D sequel, GUNHEAD. GUNHEAD is a first-person shooter rougelite about space pirates, pillaging, and a mech with a gun for a head. It’s a great mix of ideas and

SEGA’s Like a Dragon series continues its momentum after the conclusion of Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth soon to release worldwide on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4|5, and PC. After completing the main story of the recently

To the excitement of many fans, the developers over at Sledgehammer Games, and Activision, the publisher, have released the third entry in the latest rebooted Modern Warfare series, and a direct sequel to 2022’s Modern Warfare II. I think I have that right. I mean, I have played some Call

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.

The Invincible is a novel authored by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, published back in 1964, but it did not get an English publication until 1973. Stanislaw Lem was renowned for hard science fiction writings and has influenced many adaptations of literature, films, and games. You may be asking what hard

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

Subtle horror is more my thing. I like a good slow burn. That’s why the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, the Brothers Grimm, and Del Toro are more up my alley. If I was ever going to get into horror titles, then first-person point-and-click graphic adventures are definitely where I

Tales of Arise has been one of the most critically acclaimed entries to the long-running series, and better yet, one of the most celebrated JRPGs in general. I had all but wrapped up my Tales of Arise journey when Bandai Namco announced a continuation of the story with the Tales

Australia is home to the most venomous arachnids on the planet, so we are certainly no strangers to leaping into action at the shrills of our arachnophobic friends. Now, you can slay these eight-legged freaks until your heart’s content in Kill It With Fire VR, developed by Casey Donnellan Games

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 rebranded as Like a Dragon, which is also the English translation of its Japanese name, Ryū ga Gotoku, the series has seen a

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

Developer Croteam has entertained me since 2001 with their Serious Sam franchise, but to be perfectly honest, beyond that, I haven’t paid them much heed in conjunction with my newest unhealthy love affair – the producers, Devolver Digital. They teamed up with Croteam back in 2014 to bring us The

Don’t Nod, the developer and publisher of Jusant, has given us a game about climbing, however, the hard-to-pronounce word is actually a French nautical term for the receding tide. So how does a nautical term translate into a climbing game? Well, that is all part of the discovery and mystery

The popular anime Sword Art Online first came out in 2012 and was based on a new virtual reality game. Thousands of users logged in to play, only to discover they were unable to log out, held hostage by the creator in the virtual world, and escape was only possible

‘My Hero Ultra Rumble’ is a new free-to-play battle royal set in the world of the anime ‘My Hero Academia’ and is out now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. It can also be played via backwards compatibility on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X. The

The Sonic fandom can be separated into two categories; the classic era, and the modern era. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise had its humble beginnings all the way back in 1991, with incredible success thanks to its fast-paced 2D side-scrolling platforming gameplay. While other gaming icons were entering the 3D

Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is a third-person beat ’em up game that takes the absolute beauty of Mike Mignola’s original comic book art and brings it to life in a game. You are sent to the infamous “Butterfly House” on a mission to locate a BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research

Most people, well, most gamers, would have heard of the series that is Diablo, with its dark themes, its dungeon delving, and its top-down view action carnage. As famous action star Tugg Speedman, also known as Ben Stiller says, ‘Here we go again, again’, and we hold onto our hats

Milestone, the Italian studio, is back again without another turbocharged Hot Wheels game – Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged, and just like before, this racing game will take you back to your childhood, racing Hot Wheels cars down tracks that you could build at home, only this time, the tracks

I remember my first time swinging through New York City like it was yesterday – the feeling of effortless joy that can only come from being a web-slinging hero. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the single-player action-adventure title by Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Games just arrived to spark that joy again,

Mario and the gang are back once again, this time to save the Flower Kingdom in classic 2D side-scrolling, platforming, Goomba-stomping, brick-breaking, and pipe-warping action. It’s been 11 years since the last 2D side-scrolling adventure, 2012’s New Super Mario Bros. U on the Nintendo Wii U, but Super Mario Maker

One More Level, the developers behind the hit game Ghostrunner, are back with Ghostrunner 2, jumping back into the lightning-fast slasher set in a stunning post-apocalyptic cyberpunk world, but just remember, one wrong move, and it could be your last. A year after the events of the first game, the

After recently playing through Forgive Me Father, I was more than excited to dig into Forgive Me Father 2. As a prequel to Byte Barrel’s Forgive Me Father, published by Fulqrum Publishing, it brings new elements to the table, further expanding on the first iteration in many ways, and keeping

In 1987, Konami’s Metal Gear, from the creative mind of Hideo Kojima, debuted on the MSX2 home computers, introducing the stealth genre in gaming, and changing the world of video games forever. It wasn’t until 1998 when ‘Metal Gear Solid’ snuck its way onto PlayStation, further innovating the stealth genre,

Calling all Thieves! Thief Simulator 2 is out and ready for all the thieves to come out and do what they do best – steal stuff! Developed by CookieDev and Ulitmate Games S.A., and published by PlayWay S.A., make sure you’re ready to delve into the world of thieving, and

There’s nothing like a tale of an unlikely hero swooping in and saving the day or in this case, sweeping in to save the day. As is the case with Sweeper, the unsuspecting janitor we meet in the opening cutscene of ‘Endless Dungeon’, the newest entry into the Endless series