Kou Shibusawa’s well-known series ‘NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION’ is back again for its sixteenth installment into the historical simulation franchise. With the first being released back in 1983 back on the SEGA Genesis and having shipped over ten million units worldwide, it’s becoming a well-known virtual, turn-based, military strategist game throughout the

VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out! is a parody adult-themed boxing game that follows the boxing career of Vanilla as he fights his way up to champion status against a ton of parody names, cross-boxing pop-culture, and actual boxers with cameo appearances from horror movies and TV shows. The story starts with Vanilla

‘Homeseek’ is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game created by Traptics and published by The Iterative Collective. In Homeseek, the world has been destroyed by overpopulation, exploitation of the environment, and disregard for natural resources such as water, which is now worth more than gold. It is up to the player

Forever Skies is a first-person, post-apocalyptic survival game set in a future Earth no longer habitable by humans, forcing people to leave the planet or live atop skyscrapers to conduct research. Forever Skies was developed and produced by Far From Home, a Polish game studio newly established in 2020, and

Developed by Rockodile, ‘Death From Above’ is an arcade-style, drone sim set during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Your objective is to take control of your drone and give back the freedom and safety of the Ukrainian people. You are tasked with taking down military personnel and their operations using

Limbic Entertainment and BANDAI NAMCO have teamed up to bring us Park Beyond, a fun-filled rollercoaster theme-park creation simulator. Let your imagination and creative juices free and build your dream theme park, filling it with custom rollercoasters while taking in some beautiful environments and listening to the excited shouts of

Codemasters and EA are back for another year of Formula One madness with this year’s title, F1 23. MKAU was lucky enough to get our hands on a preview build of the game, and even in early access, it looks and plays amazingly. It’s the sixteenth Formula One game Codemasters

Polish developers, Clockwork Pile, and publisher, Retrovibe, have brought the developer’s first game to life, “Shardpunk: Verminfall,” a turn-based tactical RPG with survival and resource management built into the game. You will need to decide everything from battle tactics to which one of your troops is taking the last Medkit.

Excellent Rectangle Inc. is bringing the ice back to our PCs in 2023 with their newest title, ‘Tape to Tape’, a rogue-like ice hockey game where you need to make sure you make all the correct decisions to earn the G.O.A.T. title. With your beginner hockey team, you are given

It’s 1984 and I feel like I’m in the middle of Miami Vice with corrupt police and crime running rampant in Seneca City. Every move you make could be your last as you try and build a Private Secret Agency with Hank. Detective Jim Baylor was falsely imprisoned, but once

Developed by Plantery Gear and Logical Extremes, Voyager is a minimalistic space sim where players take on the role of Voyager; essentially a little space probe. Your task is to bring back the light once more, venturing through and discovering little solar systems, and unlocking levels while relaxing to original

Voidtrain is a new survival crafting game from HyperTrain Digital, and it’s due for release on the 10th of May 2023 on PC. Players can take on the Void World, either solo or with friends in the 4-player co-op experience, taking on the role of engineers that have been thrown

‘Park Beyond’ is an up-and-coming promising theme park simulator and management game by Limbic Entertainment. Due for release 16th of June, 2023, MKAU got to have a hands-on preview of what’s to come and the future looks exciting. You are but a lowly designer, doodling and inventing mechanical feats only

Milestone is back for another year with their latest title MotoGP 23 which is on track for release on the 8th of June. MKAU was lucky enough to get a hands-on preview of this year’s title and it’s bigger and better than ever. MotoGP 23 includes all the riders from

The Sims, made by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, has been a mainstay of simulators since 2000 and continues its long life with the new The Sims 4 expansion, “Growing Together”. The Sims have never shied away from emulating reality, and here they take it even further, exploring significant

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

‘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

Kerbal Space Program has become nothing short of a beloved game over the years. Being able to build your own spaceships, rovers, planes, and much more was a fantastic experience, whether you send them into orbit or out into space to find planets, the possibilities felt endless. Now with a

Developed by Fear of Corn, ‘Interference: Dead Air’ is a psychological thriller set in the ‘80s. After wanting a bit of change in your life with a new job and location, you get a call from a good friend who has managed to find you a new job at her

Excellent Rectangle Inc. is bringing the ice back to our PCs in 2023 with their newest title, Tape to Tape, a roguelike ice hockey game where you need to make sure you make all the correct decisions to earn the G.O.A.T. title. With your beginner hockey team, you are given

Developed and published by Supercube, The Pioneers Surviving Desolation offers a simple-to-understand, yet challenging survival base-building game. Survival games, in general, are one of my favorite genres. This game is no exception, and even with it still in development and early access, there are some bugs here and there, yet

Have you ever dreamed of being a pilot? Then this is the review for you, and we can all thank Laminar Research, the team who brought the next level of flight simulation to our screens with their latest installment into the X-Plane series. X-Plane 12. The updates in this title

Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game created by Traptics and published by The Iterative Collective. I first saw this game in action at PAXAUS 22, but now, it has a demo available on Steam for everyone to try out. In Homeseek, the world has been destroyed by overpopulation, exploitation

Knights Of Honour 2: Sovereign is a real-time strategy historical war game based between 1110 to 1360 AD in medieval Europe. Developed by Black Sea Games and published by THQ Nordic, this complex and engaging strategy game gives you an in-depth experience that covers a vast array of tactical mechanics

Developed by Paradox Games and set in the exciting and transformative 19th-century Victorian era, balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the world of Victoria 3. It offers a crazy in-depth world, full of opportunities and possibly many downfalls based on the decisions you make.

Forest Grove, developed by Miga Games and published by Blowfish Studios, is a futuristic crime mystery investigation game, where you use advanced technology to recreate a scene and look for clues. Think Star Trek holodeck, which creates an entire multistorey house that you can walk through, interact with objects, and

PGA Tour 2K23 has returned after a two-year break from its last title, PGA Tour 2K21. Developers HB Studios and 2K have brought this game to life, and for all the die-hard fans or newcomers to the PGA scene, you are not going to be disappointed. PGA Tour 2K23 has

Finally, you can grow your own Weed Empire on consoles. Weedcraft Inc. has been out for quite some time on PC, and now it is pretty dope to see it available from the comfort of your couch. Sorry, I could not see a way to ignore a bad pun. With

Published by Astragon and developed by Weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbH, the Construction Simulator series, known as Bau Simulator in Germany, has been building its way to show the joys of operating various cranes, forklifts, trucks, tractors, and other earth-moving equipment since 2011. The latest game, simply titled Construction Simulator, looks

Ironwolf Studios S.A. and Daedalic Entertainment have brought us this authentic and historically accurate naval simulation called Destroyer: The U-Boat. The game is based in 1942, the time of WW2 during the battle of the Atlantic, which is when the United States Navy created a convoy protection system against the