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Choose your own adventure games are all the rage right now. Many different developers are using the framework across many different story genres to give players a deeper level of immersion and interactivity with the stories they’re being told. One that does things a little differently though is the debut game from Flavourworks that was stealth dropped during this years’ … Read More

Eight years on from the original release of Catherine on the PS3 and Xbox 360, it seems ATLUS knows that people still love the world and characters that were created and it appears they’re happy to give us more of it all these years later. Earlier this year, the original game made it’s way to the PC for the first … Read More

Just like their movie counterparts, horror video games of recent years have been hit or miss affairs. Many either trying to capitilise on the release of a related film, being a VR title packed with cheap jump-scares or telling a story within a world that isn’t developed, leading to a shallow experience. There are of course some great horror experiences … Read More

Remedy Entertainment are back with another mind bending, supernatural adventure that cleverly blends together high fidelity visuals and live action components. It takes the story-telling techniques, technology and lessons learned so far, refined and combined them to create their latest offering, Control. In Control you play as Jesse Faden as she infiltrates the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a secret … Read More

There are a number of video franchises that due to being around for decades or due to proving their quality or story telling abilities, generate instant excitement. The Wolfenstein series fits this bill on both accounts. It’s a very cross generational series, with it starting it’s run in the early 80’s and rising in popularity with 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D. The … Read More

Earlier this week I got the opportunity to head to PlayStation Australia and go hands on with the upcoming game from PixelOpus, Concrete Genie. Concrete Genie has had my interest since it was first shown at Paris Games Week back in 2017. The game is PixelOpus’ follow up to Entwined and after playing it, it definitely carries that signature PlayStation … Read More

Back in 2016, Square Enix released what initially seemed to be an highly experimental title, blending one of their longest running franchises with the block building mechanics we were seeing pop up in quite a few games at the time. But upon looking a little deeper, it was clear this game was more than just a cash grab Minecraft clone. … Read More

When it comes to games based on anime series, or actually games based on any popular license, they’re often hit-or-miss affairs. Many have the potential to be good but are handed to a developer that doesn’t posses the resources to give the game what it deserves. Other times the games are a clear cash grab, just capitalising on a well … Read More

This time of year is normally packed full of sales and opportunities to pick up some awesome games at great prices. There’s your standard end of financial year sales, many retailers doing their big toy and entertainment sales, the fast approaching Amazon Prime Day and we can’t forget EB Games’ weekly sale. But now it’s even easier to get some … Read More

After gaining funding in a successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, Koji Igarashi was set to make his comeback and produce a spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. Now just over 4 years on, and after numerous delays, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is finally here. But best of all, it seems to have both broken the stigma around KickStarter … Read More