Video by Matt S. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is one of the most overtly Australian games that we’ve seen… across the entire history of video games. The distinctively Australian mascot character, locations, aesthetics and humour has helped the series stick in people’s minds, from as far back as the PlayStation…
Read MoreThe concept of a puzzle game built around moving into a new house and unpacking boxes is a neat one. The process of finding just the right spot for every little object, piece of clothing, book, and so on is oddly soothing—especially in the context of a game, where you…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. It has been a big couple of years for the local games industry. The industry weathered COVID-19 well, despite it hitting so many other sectors so hard, with people turning to games as a way of staying socially connected and entertained through long lock downs and…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Publisher, Team17, has announced that it will publish Age of Darkness: Final Stand for Australian studio, PlaySide Studios. This dark fantasy RTS looks like it has a lot of promise, and it’s not long away now – the Early Access release of the game is on…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Nintendo can’t stop selling Switches: https://www.siliconera.com/nintendo-switch-sales-worldwide/ 2) Some great news for the Aussie games industry: https://twitter.com/dippizuka/status/1390127610449981443 3) EA’s bought into baseball: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1390081320340975620 4) Good Smile Company turns 20: https://twitter.com/GoodSmile_US/status/1388330056901029889 5) Judgment sequel leaked: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/judgment-sequel-lost-judgment-reveal-leaked-by-japanese-playstation-store – Matt S. Editor-in-Chief…
Read MoreFor years now the games industry, media, and community has been calling for the Australian government to do something to support the games industry. We look over at places like Poland and Canada, which have become thriving hubs of game development and the arts thanks to government investment, and can’t…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s refreshing to see a developer turn things around like this. The original Clea was a noble idea and effort, but struggled in execution. Clea 2 takes the same basic idea that powered the original, but finds interesting ways to iterate and build on it, and…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. One thing I love about the indie games space is that if you like something, you’ll always be able to find more of it. Room to Grow is an elegantly designed puzzle game that instantly reminded me of modern puzzle triumphs like Snakebird, The Witness and…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. It always does my heart good to see an independent developer from Australia be able to break out and create something, and that’s exactly what Mischka Kamener from Melbourne has been able to do. In just a day or two Kamener will release Room To Grow,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S.There are three games in the Choices That Matter, which come to us from Aussie outfit, Tin Man Games. Over the last couple of months, the company has been quietly dropping them on the Nintendo Switch, and while they look modest (being pure text adventures), there is…
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