Demakes are love-letters to low-poly, low-fi experiences that take contemporary games and basically remakes them (or parts of them), as if they existed on machines far less powerful than the ones we have now. Naturally with Dead Space Remake and even to a lesser extent The Callisto Protocol running point on all things sci-fi survival horror, someone was going have a crack at a new modern demake in the same subgenre, and thanfully someone did.
If you're at all familiar with the anime and manga series, Attack on Titan, you'll know just how significant it is that the Omni-Direction Mobility Gear and the Thunder Spear are now coming to Fortnite, which seems like a very good fit, in particular with the ODM Gear as far as traversal goes.
In addition, the shop will now have the Captain Levi and Mikasa Ackermann outfits available to purchase, while the Eren Jaeger outfit is unlockable in Battle Pass.
Debuting at the recently-wrapped Star Wars Celebration that took place in London, Respawn's hotly anticipated sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has wowed Star Warsophiles with a new and final gameplay trailer. Featuring stunning vistas, an expanded cast and the return of Cal Kestis who, alongside his trusty droid, BD-1 has, strictly from a story point of view, become a fan-favourite in a short amount of time. And we can't wait for the game at this point.
And it's unique and comes from the Red Bull Gaming team based here in Australia, and will be taking place in May at the Star Casino, but will feature a different type of qualifiers in the lead up at the freshly-minted Fortress Sydney in Ultimo as well as online.
The concept, which isn't meant to be a part of a 'pro'-style circuit brings amateur players into an event with an opportunity to captain a team that can then feature actual pros and content creators.
Rhythm-based action games are a little bit the rage at the moment, and publisher Raw Fury wants some of that jam. Which is why it teamed up with developer Jaw Drop Games to give us Gun Jam, an action-FPS with a rhythm-reward gameplay bases, that is all about timing.
The AMD Ryzen 7800X3D is the latest CPU to join the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series of processors, and with its innovative vertical cache it's designed to deliver the best in gaming performance while being more power efficient. We compare it to the non-3D and more expensive AMD Ryzen 7900X we reviewed last year.
NVIDIA and CD Projekt Red are finally ready to debut the new Ray-Tracing: Overdrive Mode for Cyberpunk 2077, and the results are stunning to say the least. The new mode introduces full ray-traced lighting for the already demanding game, replacing the existing lighting and RT effects with what's called path tracing.
"Meta-narrative surrealist boomer shooter" is a game description we've not come across before, and we've been at this caper awhile. So our interest in this so-called meta-narrative surrealist experience was piqued, and upon first glance, Ghostware: Arena of the Dead is nothing if not unique.
Which is to say it graduated from its preview program to become a fully fledged retail release. Published by PLAION and developed by Australian-based Playcorp Studios, Beyond Contact is a sci-fi survival game set on a hostile alien world that, much like Australia, is always trying to kill you.
Must be an inside joke from the devs.
Overnight Microsoft revealed new games coming to Game Pass (console, cloud and PC) that include a now cult classic, a fresh-to-Xbox release, a sporting title with a niche but dedicated following here in Australia, a tower defence title from Double Fine and a Microsoft staple played by millions the world over.
You could almost make a case for this announcement timing itself perfectly given we're basically in the domestic off-season for cricket. And with a June release window, it gives cricket fans plenty to salivate over before it's bowled into our lives, let's just hope its pitch is a bit less wonky than what the Aussies faced earlier this year on the subcontinent.
And it's a match-4 puzzler, just in keeping with the studio not always doing things as you'd expect. A new demo for the game is also available now on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store for free, while the game proper is intended for release sometime this year on the above platforms, as well as the main consoles.
And I say that from the perspective of being a Diablo super-fan. After seeing the news that there was an "Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle" coming June 6, 2023, for AUD 849, my mind quickly wondered what the console would look like. And if it would be coming with one of those new red Xbox Elite Wireless controllers.
The recent Diablo IV beta was the largest in franchise history, with Blizzard revealing some of the tasty stats from two weekends of access to Sanctuary. The result was close to 62 million hours played and 3 billion monsters slayed. However, the Butcher did his best to even the score by butchering 1.7 million players.
One of 2023's darling indies, Dredge is out today, capping off a successful demo, preview and review period among media, content creators and the community alike.
A debut original IP from New Zealand-based Black Salt Games, Dredge immediately grabbed us with its focus on fishing with an eldritch twist, and we can't recommend it highly enough for its tone and the simple joy of taking your boat out each and every day to challenge the seas around you.
Despite constant updates from new custodians of the E3 brand and expo, ReedPop, surrounding the 'full steam ahead' mantra of E3 definitely happening in 2023, the company overnight confirmed that it won't be taking place at all, including any all-digital form of it as well.
Major publishers and companies such as Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft never committed to the event leaving a gaping hole in its potential for the traditional 'showcase', with many other big publishers also shy on jumping on in.
PlayStation Plus subscribers will have access to a few games over the month of April with Sony revealing three new PS4 and PS5 games coming to the service, headlined by Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Sony also reminds us you still have until April 3 to download March's PS Plus titkes, so get in quick if you haven't already.
New DLC for the critically acclaimed Forza Horizon 5 has recently dropped, and its title says it all -- Rally Adventure. The new content takes place in Sierra Nueva and features six unique biomes and myriad challenges as well as all the open-world driving any good offroader can handle.
In a lengthy interview with Tekken boss, Katsuhiro Harada, one of our very own in Adam "Griz" Mathew" got to ask the chief about a number of things for the upcoming Tekken 8. Among the take-aways expect new character models, new hairstyles and a renewed focus on what makes the fighting game genre so great.
Theme park sims and tycoon games are a subgenre unto themselves, and have proven very popular over the years. I mean, who doesn't at one time or another in life dream of not only owning their own theme park, but also designing it?
Park Beyond from Bandai Namco is a theme park sim that lets you do all of the above, in a very pretty game-world, as witnessed at the game's recent showing at the Future Game Show.
