Reviews

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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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Ship Graveyard Simulator – Review

‘Ship Graveyard Simulator’ is a first-person sim where you dismantle parts of ships for scrap. Developed by Games Incubator and published by PlayWay S.A as well as Games Incubator, released originally on the PC in November 2021, it has now made it to the PS5. Like some other simulator games,

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty – Review

Wo Long, created by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, is a new rogue souls-like title from the team that brought us Nioh. With a new direction and setting, Wo Long takes place in China during the later Han dynasty. The story starts as the Yellow Turban Rebellion is taking place

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Creed III – Review

Michael B. Jordan has been nothing short of a phenomenon in his acting career and has done the seemingly insurmountable job of taking over where the Rocky Balboa stories have left off. This time though, he will be responsible for what happens in front and behind the camera as he

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After The Fall (PS VR2) – Review

It’s Launch Season for the new PS VR2, and I’ve gotta say, this past week has been the most fun I’ve had in the VR space in quite some time. I’ve been totally chilled to my core this week and already finding it difficult to contain the excitement of being

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Scars Above – Review

Developed by Mad Head Games, Scars Above is a challenging sci-fi third-person shooter set on a mysterious alien world. Feel rewarded as you fight through and overcome the difficulties as you embark on a compelling and intricate story. You play as Kate, an astronaut, and scientist working for the Sentient

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Tentacular (PS VR2) – Review

With the launch of the new Playstation VR2 headset comes a plethora of new VR experiences to get absorbed in, and this past week I’ve been able to get my slimy tentacles on Tentacular. Tentacular, created by Firepunchd Games UG and published by Devovler Digital, originally released on 24th March

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Like A Dragon: Ishin! – Review

The Yakuza series is one of SEGA’s premiere franchises developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, which began all the way back in 2005 on PlayStation 2. Now renamed as Like a Dragon, which is also the rough English translation of its Japanese name Ryū ga Gotoku, the series has seen

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Cocaine Bear – Review

I never thought I would be in a situation where I would utter the words “cocaine bear” and “true story” in the same sentence, but here we go. Based on true events, the film “Cocaine Bear” takes us back in time to 1985 to relive a greatly exaggerated tale of

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SpellForce: Conquest Of Eo – Review

Spellforce: Conquest of EO is a turn-based strategy game, or, as they’re more commonly referred to, a 4X strategy. Developed by Owned by Gravity, and published by THQ Nordic, Spellforce: Conquest of Eo is only available on PC and released on 4th February 2023. Conquest of Eo is the newest

Bleak Sword DX (DEMO) – Preview

Power always corrupts. Yes, it does, as Apple exclusive ‘Bleak Sword DX’ by more8bit, curses its way onto PC and Nintendo Switch. With no announced release date, MKAU got their hands on the DEMO to see what we are in store for! The Bleak Sword has corrupted King Rhael and

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Atomic Heart – Review

If there is one game that I’ve had my eye on since it was first announced, it would have to be Atomic Heart by the folks over at Mundfish. With a very Bioshock feel to it, Atomic Heart is set in an alternate vision of the USSR where a scientist

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Winter Survival: Prologue – Review

Drago Development and Movie Games have brought us the latest in survival titles with ‘Winter Survival: Prologue’. It’s based in Mount Washington State Park, with a group of friends lost and it all goes terribly wrong from the start. It’s you against the elements. You begin the adventure by talking

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Returnal (PC) – Review

As you probably already know, Returnal has been out on PS5 for a couple of years now, and you can check out that review HERE. Now it’s released on PC, and we get to dive in once again, but this time, we get to see how it runs with a

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