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

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

MKAU Gaming recently attended an online press event for “World of Warships”, presented by Wargaming and Franchise Community Manager Joey Snyder-Kloos. With great ANZAC pride, we can now share the details of the long-awaited bolstering of Commonwealth cruisers. Alongside the brand-new line of ships, we also heard about a new

‘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

The Spanish development team, Norarama, is back with another title, but unlike their others, UNITED 1944 is based on WWII, and it combines weapon crafting, base building, and team strategy. As it stands, there are currently two playable game modes; Domination and Survival. Domination is a 16 vs 16 urban

Mines and Magic is a tower defence auto-battler with a resource economy-focused game style. It was developed and produced by Zolden Games and initially released in 2018, but before that, it was a game mode in Starcraft II. Apparently. I never played it. Mines and Magic is currently in early

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

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

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

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 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

Back in August this year, I was fortunate enough to be able to cover the early access release of Blood West, developed and published by Hyperstrange. Before we dive in, you can check out my Early Access review HERE. Let’s recap before we dive into what you can expect from

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

If you have ever wanted to dip your toes in the Real Estate game, or if you think yourself a bit of a negotiation wizard, then Kiki Games has made your dream a reality with Estate Agent Simulator. The main objective of this title is to buy, sell, and rent

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

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

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

Electronic Arts is back with 25 years of rally-game heritage built into one game, and coming from someone who has been playing rally games for as long as I can remember, this is one you don’t want to miss. MKAU Gaming was lucky enough to be sent a preview build,

Developed by Galaxy Grove and published by Prismatika, LEGO, and trains come together on a whole new level. This game brings strategy and money saving to the max, and it will have you cutting costs to find the best route possible, and the playing field opens up in a world