Everyone’s favourite plumber is jumping out of the pipes and onto the big screen. While the critically panned 1993 movie ‘Super Mario Bros.’ starring the late great Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo was the brothers’ first time on the silver screen, the 2023 adaptation of the legendary video game franchise

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,

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.

Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to get a little hands-on time with Sludge Life 2, developed by DoseOne and published by Devolver Digital. Normally I would be able to open up with a little about what the game is about, however, with Sludge Life 2 being

Developed by Gust and produced by Koei Tecmo, Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is the third installment and the apparent final adventure of the main character, Reisalin Stout, or Ryza as she is affectionately referred to. Now I say this is the last Atelier

PARANOMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo’ is a horror visual novel developed and published by Square Enix. As soon as we launch into PARANOMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, we are greeted with a fantastic scene that introduces us to “The Storyteller”. Whilst, in this scene, we’re told about the

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

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.

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 hasn’t been long since we’ve seen Kirby return to the spotlight with his last outing being Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022. Just the next year in 2023, it’s time to revisit the past in Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe, a remaster of the classic Wii title, Return

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

It’s time for the next phase in the ‘Battle for Silvermoon’ in Hearthstone’s newest ‘March of the Lich King’ mini-set, ‘Return to Naxxramas’. Reintroducing the levitating necropolis, Naxxramas from the first ever Hearthstone card set, the time has come to bolster your Undead army for a fight. Silvermoon, the city

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

Power always corrupts. Yes, it does, as Apple exclusive ‘Bleak Sword DX’ by more8bit, curses its way onto PC and Nintendo Switch. With no announced release date, MKAU got their hands on the DEMO to see what we are in store for! The Bleak Sword has corrupted King Rhael and

Journey to the Savage Planet first graced us with its presence on the 28th of January 2020, and now, just over three years later, it’s back again with the latest version of this title, Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee Of The Month Edition. This title includes the base game

If there is one game that I’ve had my eye on since it was first announced, it would have to be Atomic Heart by the folks over at Mundfish. With a very Bioshock feel to it, Atomic Heart is set in an alternate vision of the USSR where a scientist

Drago Development and Movie Games have brought us the latest in survival titles with ‘Winter Survival: Prologue’. It’s based in Mount Washington State Park, with a group of friends lost and it all goes terribly wrong from the start. It’s you against the elements. You begin the adventure by talking

Shadow Warrior 3 recently had its own Definitive Edition, almost 12 months after the original release of the game. I originally reviewed the base game, which you can check out HERE. The definitive edition has a bunch of new goodies for you to hack and slash through, including harder difficulties,

Thanks to Koei Tecmo and Electronic Arts, we’ve been checking out their newest action-adventure, role-playing game, ‘Wild Hearts’ set in a fantasy world inspired by Feudal Japan called Azuma. Players will play as a hunter in the land of Azuma and after a short introduction to controls, you are able