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The Last Stand: Aftermath is the newest entry of Melbourne-based developer Con Artist Games’ The Last Stand series. The Last Stand: Aftermath, crowdfunded via Kickstarter, pulls the series in an isometric roguelike direction, putting the player in the shoes of an ultimately doomed survivor as they make their way across...
In pop culture, few figures in literature compare to the influence of Sherlock Holmes. No matter their moniker, mystery games are no stranger to the great detective. Frogwares has been leading the charge when it comes to Sherlock Holmes games; the 13th and the latest entrant, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One,...
The Riftbreaker is a base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements. You are an elite scientist/commando inside an advanced Mecha-Suit capable of dimensional rift travel. Hack & slash countless enemies. Build up your base, collect samples and research new inventions to survive.
Most people have grown at least familiar with the name Demon Slayer over the last few years. This popular manga-turned-anime has progressed through TV series, to movies, and now into this battle arena game titled Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles. With the buzz of season two’s release...
Welcome to Battlefield 2042, the seventeenth instalment in the long-running and fan favourite war franchise. The first-person shooter and tactics game is multiplayer-focused, being the first entry not to include a single-player campaign since Battlefield 2142 in 2006. It’s clear developers DICE and publishers EA want to make an impact...
Folks, it’s been a long time since the golden age of the platformer collectathon. We’ve had solid entries over the years, such as the Yooka Laylee series and last year’s return of Crash Bandicoot. Still, it’s safe to say the age of that type of platformer, encouraging you to tick over that...
Riders Republic is an onslaught of speed and mayhem, which can lead to excitement, frustration, and often both simultaneously. It offers a high octane and adrenaline-fueled sporting experience that can challenge or relax you in equal measure. And after a not too insignificant delay earlier in the year, Riders Republic...
Age of Empires IV is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and World’s Edge and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game was originally announced at Gamescom in 2017, and is the latest entry in the beloved Age of Empire series. The game comes with a campaign mode,...
Tunche
Tunche is a side-scrolling roguelike beat-em-up from LEAP Game Studios, an indie developer based in Peru. The game follows a cast of five characters as they search the magic rainforest for Tunche, a powerful and terrifying being from Peruvian lore. Along with your quest, you’ll fight through rooms of enemies...
Yoko Taro, most known for helming the NieR series, is certainly a unique figure in the gaming sphere. Often considered an auteur (something wrought with its own problems itself), entries that this man works on often have a unique style to them. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, released earlier this year, for example,...
There’s no other escapism quite like the one provided in Forza Horizon, the long-running open-world racing series that started as a spin-off of Forza Motorsport, but has now completely evolved into “its own thing”. Forza Horizon 4 has been wonderful running on the Xbox Series X, but now three years...
I’ve been looking forward to playing Unpacking since I first played the demo at PAX Australia 2019, what feels like a thousand years ago. I loved its simple premise: you take things out of boxes and place them around a home. After playing its 2-level demo a few times, I...
