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Kill Knight
An outrageously bombastic slaughter-fest with a uniquely demonic presentation—KILL KNIGHT is the latest from Melbourne’s own PlaySide Studios, known for titles like Age of Darkness: Final Stand and Dumb Ways to Die 3. The game is a fast-paced isometric shooter where an onslaught of enemies will take over an evolving...
Reynatis
Reynatis is a new JRPG developed by FURYU, the developer behind Trinity Trigger and The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Despite a compelling premise and worldbuilding courtesy of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts writer Kazushige Nojima and an excellent soundtrack composed by Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura, Reynatis’ repetitive gameplay and backtracking,...
The princess kneels on the cold stone floor, colour slowly returning to her. The hooded man, sheathing his bow after shattering the last remains of her prison, wordlessly turns to her and holds out a kind hand. Before the princess can grasp it, a jagged chasm of shadow tears through...
Since its release on the Nintendo Wii back in 2010, Epic Mickey has been begging for a re-release. Despite getting a sequel that was more widely available, it’s only now that the original game is getting a much-needed update. Announced during a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed finally...
Following a long five and a half years in early access, part automation and part survival game Satisfactory has finally released into 1.0. Having players control a space explorer to mine, gather resources, and create facilities on an alien planet, players were building this game at the same time as developers...
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars certainly knows how to set a mood. The game opens on a black screen of narration from the main character, setting the scene. Then, a gorgeous 2D animated cutscene follows the flight of a crow through Paris in the Fall, stilling above the brightly...
What would it be like if your Funko Pop! Vinyl figures went on an epic adventure? When a villain throws the Funko world into danger, it’s up to the protagonists of several worlds to stop them. It’s your typical platforming adventure that throws in the fun of Funko to spice...
Frostpunk 2 is a survival strategy city-builder game developed and published by 11 bit Studios. The game comes with two modes: a story mode, featuring a campaign split into six different chapters, and the ‘utopia’ mode, which features a sandbox with endless play. It’s a sequel to Frostpunk, which originally...
The year is 2006. The remake of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead has dropped two years earlier, as did its iconic parody in Shaun of the Dead. Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead is still a few years from dominating our TV screens. Zombie horror love is bubbling. Schoolyard debates are...
With great vigour and enthusiasm, the writer of this review sprang into action to get his thoughts down on the proverbial page. Feeling inspired by his time playing The Plucky Squire, the writer was bursting with passion, glee, and the childlike wonderment instilled into him during every minute of the...
Enotria: The Last Song is a beautiful, if imperfect, soulslike developed by Jyamma Games. Set in a fantasy world inspired by Italian folklore, it brings a beautiful art direction and some interesting unique gameplay features to an otherwise rather familiar formula. While not all of these features work as well...
Copycat is the debut title from Australian-Ukranian duo Spoonful of Wonder, made up of Samantha Cable and Kostia Liakhov. It’s an emotional, narrative-driven game where you play as Dawn, a shelter cat adopted by an aging woman named Olive. It’s a short and tightly controlled experience, and while you’re occasionally...
