Deceit 2 has finally been released and I was excited to play! After I had the opportunity to test it out during the Beta, I’m back for the full release, developed and published by World Makers, and I was not let down. The biggest thing to keep in mind is

In His Time is a new Indie puzzle game created by Tearyhand Studio and published by Kodansha that focuses on Olly, a young boy dealing with a lot going on in his life. After losing his father and his mother becoming sick, Olly has to deal with a lot of

The time is upon us. Wizard with a Gun has been unleashed, and I had the pleasure of setting out into The Shatter a few months back during the preview. I was keen to get back out into the wilderness, and it happened a lot sooner than expected. Galvanic Games’

Developed by Byte Barrel, Forgive Me Father has just been released on console, and it brings classic Doom-like gameplay to current times. Published by Fulqrum Publishing, it creates an amazing and picturesque gaming experience that not many have dared chase after. You begin this story by going to meet your

Minecraft’s newest DLC is the Dungeons & Dragons crossover between Everbloom Games and Wizards of the Coast, and players will be able to jump into this new adventure mode to experience the Forgotten Realms, visiting iconic locations like Candlekeep. While this DLC is focused on the widely popular D&D game,

The Last Oricru graced us with its presence in 2022 to a mixed reception, but now, almost a year later, we have the “Final Cut” update. This update boasts a lot of new features and gameplay changes based on feedback given by the player base, but how does it stack

I tend to picture golf in the great outdoors, poised with a club in hand, ready to take the shot out on the green. Alas, I find myself in a dungeon, as an undead influencer named Jimmy Fibula wielding my very own leg, ready to tee off. This isn’t just

We all love a good single-player, retro, first-person shooter. Ones that will throw back to the times of the likes of ‘Doom’ or ‘Quake’, you know, the classics. Well, the people at Crest Helm Studios have brought us that gritty and dark atmosphere with such a modern feel to it.

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

Once again, MKAU Gaming was invited to a hand-off preview of the upcoming sixth season for Battlefield 2042, Dark Creations, hosted by DICE’s Community Manager Tom Straatman. It opens with scenes of a lone soldier answering a radio call as one of his comrades desperately calls for help, and as

After what feels like eons, 2014 to be specific, since their last venture, the devs at Croteam and the gift that keeps on giving, Devolver Digital are returning with a long-awaited sequel to the Talos Principle. Like its predecessor, The Talos Principle 2 is a narrative-based puzzle game that questions

Venture with me to the depths of Hell as we strive to conquer the desolate landscape and rule the underworld with blood, cruelty, and schemes. Solium Infernum is a turn-based grand strategy game, developed and produced by League of Geeks, a Melbourne-based game company, and creators of a little game

I am not one to play survival games much, and typically need to be in a very specific mood to play them. Those that I have played in the past skew either toward brutally hard or mind-numbingly boring. Developer Muse Games and Publisher Kwalee have brought us ‘Wildmender’, a survival

Assassin’s Creed Mirage has taken it back to 861CE (Common Era) with a cunning street thief by the name of Basim Ibn Is’Haq on the streets of 9th Century Baghdad, and it’s based nine centuries after the events of Assassin’s Creed Origins, and eleven years before the events of Assassin’s

The development team, Parallel Studios, and Publisher, Quantic Dream, have brought us this narrative-driven adventure game about how grief can engulf your life. Set in the depths of the North Sea during the 1970s, you are a professional diver by the name of Stan, living with the grief of some

Finally, we come to the conclusion of ‘The Expanse’, a Telltale Series. Is it what we expected or is it something more? The 5th and final episode of The Expanse has finally come to end our space adventure. Beginning straight from where we left off in the previous episode, it

It’s been a while since I last reviewed a game, and with PAX AUS just around the corner, I was reminiscing on time gone by. Last year, as I strolled around the indie developer section waiting for an interview I had booked, I stumbled upon a team excitedly talking about

The publishing and development teams of Night Blood Interactive, Apogee Software, and Nightdive Studios are back with Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition for your Xbox. So, if you are on Team Green and looking for an old-school first-person shooter to scratch that nostalgic itch, they’ve got you covered. As

Publisher 3D Realms is back doing what they do best – first-person shooters. In tandem with developer Slipgate Ironworks, the company that brought us Rise of the Triad 2013, Phantom Fury is in good hands. With both companies not unfamiliar with the genre, I was excited to play the demo

I can’t say I’ve ever felt compelled to pursue a life of crime, especially not running a massive drug empire, but Cartel Tycoon, by tinyBuild, made this wildly unethical life quite entrancing. The aforementioned title published by MoonMoose released in 2022 and has you overseeing the daily running of your

Do you have what it takes to survive a trip to Hell? Developed by Mixed Realms and published by Vertigo Games, the highly anticipated Hellsweeper VR has finally arrived. It’s time to clean house in this first-person action-combat game that will have you descend into the depths of Hell. Traverse

Players will once again take the role of Travis Baker (Michael Madsen) as he sets his eyes on the next big score, but he’s going to need some help along the way. Teaming up with rival gang member, Dollar Dragon (Danny Trejo), this is the first story expansion to the

Fate/Samurai Remnant is the newest game from Omega Force, published by Koei Tecmo, and it takes place in Japan during the Keian Era uprising in 1651. Players are placed in the world of Miyamoto Iori as he finds himself caught in the conflict and surrounded by supernatural situations, fighting for

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a first-person shooter created by Auroch Digital and published by Focus Entertainment, taking a retro-style approach like older games such as DOOM, but it’s set within the Warhammer 40K universe. Fans of old 90s-style shooters will love Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, even if you have no understanding

Published by Flynns Arcade and developed by Crashable Studios, Sentry City is a cyberpunk-themed, 2D platforming, shoot ’em-up indie game that encourages speedrunning. It was originally released on PC and Android devices in 2022, and it’s now available on Nintendo Switch. The unnamed protagonist must traverse the city, blasting his

Hunting Pearl Creek seems like a game that can be fun for those types of players who enjoy playing 2D Platformers, but it doesn’t seem like a game that has much replayability as it’s the exact same 9 levels over and over again. It would be nice to see more levels added to give it more of a variety. The music is difficult to deal with when playing after a long time, however and is quick to be muted. I couldn’t return to Hunting Pearl Creek after finishing it, which is just disappointing.

Hunting Pearl Creek seems like a game that can be fun for those types of players who enjoy playing 2D Platformers, but it doesn’t seem like a game that has much replayability as it’s the exact same 9 levels over and over again. It would be nice to see more levels added to give it more of a variety. The music is difficult to deal with when playing after a long time, however and is quick to be muted. I couldn’t return to Hunting Pearl Creek after finishing it, which is just disappointing.

The music is simple, but after listening for an hour or two, it became too annoying to leave on. The sound effects, however, from its beeping and booping as characters talk, the sound of explosions, and the pew pews from the laser guns, were all great.

Grab your face paint and red noses it is time to visit the circus, if that circus was in the form of a clown having a horrific mental breakdown in a creepy mansion. I know right, sounds like fun. From the twisted minds of Indiesruption and produced by Blowfish, this

It’s time to mask up and land the greatest heist known to man. The Payday series is back with the third installment, PayDay 3, following the gang after the events of PayDay 2, where they thought they could retire rich, happy, and safe, but that is never the case. They