Reviews

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Terra Nil – Review

Industrial development is humanity’s way forward and there’s an abundance of city-builder games about it, but there aren’t many that focus on nature until Terra Nil. The last thing I expected from the creators of Broforce and a game about jousting with certain appendages was a game about rebuilding ecosystems,

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Omen Of Sorrow (Nintendo Switch) – Review

Originally released in 2018 exclusively for PlayStation 4, Omen of Sorrow is an indie 2.5D, horror-themed, 1v1 fighting game published and developed by Chilean-based studio, AOne Games. The game was later ported to Xbox One in 2021 and is now available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, this time

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Blade Assault – Review

‘Blade Assault’ is a 2D rouge-like platformer that is beautifully designed with some stunning pixel-style art in a sci-fi, cyberpunk-looking world. The game was developed by TeamSunEat and published by the team over at NEOWIZ. The game was originally released on Steam back in January 2022 and has finally made

Redfall – Hands-On Preview

Last week I was lucky enough to get a chance to visit the Bethesda ANZ office to get an early hands-on preview of Redfall. During this experience, I was able to play a story mission that takes place about 30% into the campaign, and I was able to pick from

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Post Void – Review

‘Post’ and ‘Void’, two words both with a multitude of different meanings. Post can be an upright support, an action to display information, or can even mean something that is after an event. Void can render something invalid, refer to the emptiness of space or be an action of draining

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WWE 2K23 (Xbox Series X) – Review

Visual Concepts and 2K Studios are back for another year of World Wrestling Entertainment, more commonly known as WWE 2K23, and this year is no joke. It’s action-packed with content and the developers have not held back to make this the best title to date. ‘Hustle’, ‘Loyalty’, and ‘Respect’ are

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Shazam! Fury Of The Gods – Review

Zachary Levi returns once again to reprise his unlikely superhero role as Billy Batson, the boy who can turn into Shazam. In the midst of the DCEU facing a potential overhaul, the franchise is continuing in the Zack Snyder-created universe for now, while Warner Bros work on the next era

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Intruders: Hide And Seek – Review

We all loved playing hide and seek when we were kids, but what if doing so becomes a matter of life and death? Hiding and sneaking around might be the only way you get out alive and save your family. Developed by Tessera Studios, ‘Intruders: Hide and Seek’ is a

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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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Octopath Traveler II – Review

Octopath Traveler 2 is now available after a smashing success back in 2018 when Octopath Traveler first came out, and Square Enix has done it yet again with the sequel. It is available on Switch, PC, and PlayStation 4 and 5, but sadly, Xbox fans will be missing out this

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TILL – Review

To capture the audience’s attention, you need a hook. Usually, “Based on a true story” is enough to gain interest, but when the true story is so affecting and culturally significant that it changes the course of history for an entire country, that should be a flashing billboard to see

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Destiny 2: Lightfall – Review

The long-running FPS-MMO, Destiny 2, has released its fifth major expansion, Lightfall, which has us creeping ever closer to the final act in the Light and Dark saga. On the back of last year’s Witch Queen expansion, which reinvented the campaign structure and teased the imposing entity known as the

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Champions – Review

Feel-good stories and sports often go hand in hand when it comes to filmmaking, and ‘Champions’ follows this formula with a comedic spin. Woody Harrelson stars as Marcus, a disgraced basketball coach that is going to need to sharpen his people skills to connect with his new team. Based on

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Zapling Bygone – Review

If you’re looking for a ‘Metroidvania” that you can finish in a weekend then ‘Zapling Bygone’ is for you. Developed and published by 9FingerGames, this indie carries all the standard tropes you’ve come to expect from the genre. Zap is a hive mind and is under attack from a parasite.

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