All Reviews

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Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening – Review

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

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VanillaBeast: Retro Knock-Out! (PC) – Review

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

7

Homeseek – Review

‘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

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Forever Skies (Early Access) – Review

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

5

Death From Above (Early Access) – Review

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

7

Park Beyond (PC) – Review

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

F1 23 (Steam) – Preview

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

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Shardpunk: Verminfall – Review

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.

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Rough Justice: ’84 – Review

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

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VOYAGER – Review

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

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Voidtrain – Review

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 – Hands-On Preview

‘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

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Castle Renovator (Nintendo Switch) – Review

Castle Renovator’ is a simulator game published by UltimateGames. This version of the game was played on the Nintendo Switch. Players will be tasked with accepting quests to renovate, clean and repair properties which is very similar to ‘House Flipper’ titles. The game starts off by placing you in front

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Battle Ram – Review

‘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

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Interference: Dead Air – Review

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

Tape To Tape – Preview

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

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The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation – Review

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

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Sail Forth (Nintendo Switch) – Review

Published by The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and developed by Festive Vector, Sail Forth is a nautical adventure game, where players can raise their sails to explore the open seas, upgrade their ships, recruit new crew members and engage in naval battles. This unique indie game is now available on PC,

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