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Star Wars: Galactic Racer brings Star Wars back to racing after a two decade absence from the genre. But, somehow, has Burnout returned as well? Check out our review.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Review
The announcement of Star Wars: Galactic Racer not only roused the interest of the legions of Star Wars fans with fond memories of the original Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, but also that of folks who paid attention to who was developing the new racing game. Fuse Games is a new studio founded by talent
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October 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Star Wars: Galactic Racer brings Star Wars back to racing after a two decade absence from the genre. But, somehow, has Burnout returned as well? Check out our review.
Just in time for the spooky season, Silent Hill: Townfall moves the action to Scotland, the perspective to first-person, and the gameplay to the stealth genre. How successful is it? Check out our review.
Silent Hill: Townfall Review
Silent Hill: Townfall is the last remaining project announced in the eventful 2022 ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ livestream, which revived Konami’s long-dormant Silent Hill series with a number of announcements. These have ranged from the dreadful (Silent Hill: Ascension/Return to Silent Hill), to the
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October 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Just in time for the spooky season, Silent Hill: Townfall moves the action to Scotland, the perspective to first-person, and the gameplay to the stealth genre. How successful is it? Check out our review.
🚶♂️➡️Popping out for a casual walk
We wrangled up some friends and tried out Big Walk, the latest game from House House. Check it out.
We wrangled up some friends and tried out Big Walk, the latest game from House House. Check it out.
Big Walk Review
The walking simulator as a type of game hadn't reached the popular consciousness until recently, and while it wouldn't be the first, Big Walk has stepped boldly into the genre by leaning into the simple activity of going on a walk with friends. Does Big Walk hit its stride as a walking adventure gam
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September 30, 2026 at 5:31 AM
🚶♂️➡️Popping out for a casual walk
We wrangled up some friends and tried out Big Walk, the latest game from House House. Check it out.
We wrangled up some friends and tried out Big Walk, the latest game from House House. Check it out.
Break out of Arkham and unleash pure mayhem across Gotham as The Joker and Harley Quinn!
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Mayhem Collection DLC Review
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launched four months ago to mostly positive reviews from critics and fans alike, scoring 83 and 8.3 on Metacritic respectively, and with the launch of the Nintendo Switch version on September 18th, the Mayhem Collection DLC has officially dropped across all pla
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September 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Break out of Arkham and unleash pure mayhem across Gotham as The Joker and Harley Quinn!
Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition is another super solid version of Devil May Cry 5.
Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition Review
Once upon a time, Nintendo consoles were almost bereft of large-scale third party support. There were plenty of low-budget spin-offs or extremely late, and often terrible, late ports, but ongoing support would always dry up quickly. That seems to be changing with the Nintendo Switch 2. The console i
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September 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition is another super solid version of Devil May Cry 5.
📆 Two weeks!
Only a fortnight until doors open at PAX Australia 2026. We went through and picked out some of the best bits announced so far.
Only a fortnight until doors open at PAX Australia 2026. We went through and picked out some of the best bits announced so far.
What to See & Do at PAX Australia 2026
Melbourne is gearing up for a busy season of gaming, and with PAX Australia 2026 just two weeks away we've decided to unpack everything that's been announced for this year's show. As with every year at PAX Australia there is so much happening, even beyond the big headline events. This year's storyti
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September 25, 2026 at 12:31 AM
📆 Two weeks!
Only a fortnight until doors open at PAX Australia 2026. We went through and picked out some of the best bits announced so far.
Only a fortnight until doors open at PAX Australia 2026. We went through and picked out some of the best bits announced so far.
Isabelle and Blathers have taken over SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium! 🦈✨
From photo ops to exclusive 2026 merch and stamp rallies, here’s our full look inside the returning Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience.
From photo ops to exclusive 2026 merch and stamp rallies, here’s our full look inside the returning Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Swims Back into SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Are you looking for something to do with the kids these school holidays? Look no further than a special collaboration between Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium. At 'Sea Life Island', your little ones (and you!) can explore the various biomes and amazing mar
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September 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Isabelle and Blathers have taken over SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium! 🦈✨
From photo ops to exclusive 2026 merch and stamp rallies, here’s our full look inside the returning Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience.
From photo ops to exclusive 2026 merch and stamp rallies, here’s our full look inside the returning Animal Crossing: New Horizons experience.
Marvel's Wolverine is Insomniac's mega blockbuster exclusive for PS5. Is it the best at what it does?
Marvel’s Wolverine Review
Marvel’s Wolverine has a lot riding on it, given it’s one of the few true PS5 exclusives this generation, which haven’t been ported to PC or other platforms. Developed by Insomniac, the beloved team behind Marvel’s Spider-Man and the Ratchet and Clank series, you’d think another mega-budget, cinemat
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September 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Marvel's Wolverine is Insomniac's mega blockbuster exclusive for PS5. Is it the best at what it does?
🖼️ Steam-in-a-Frame 👀
Valve have released Australian pricing and pre-order information for their upcoming VR-headset, the Steam Frame. Check out all the details here!
Valve have released Australian pricing and pre-order information for their upcoming VR-headset, the Steam Frame. Check out all the details here!
Steam Frame Starts at $1,609 in Australia, Lottery Opens for Pre-Orders
Following a similar process the Steam Machine, Valve have today announced the Australian pricing for the upcoming Steam Frame, the successor to the Valve Index VR headset launched in 2019. Overnight, Valve have published a store page for the Steam Frame with the price starting at $1,609 AUD for the
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September 15, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🖼️ Steam-in-a-Frame 👀
Valve have released Australian pricing and pre-order information for their upcoming VR-headset, the Steam Frame. Check out all the details here!
Valve have released Australian pricing and pre-order information for their upcoming VR-headset, the Steam Frame. Check out all the details here!
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.2 bundles three classic Metal Gear games together. It's a far cry from the nine in Vol. 1, but when one of those games is MGS4, can we really complain?
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 Review
After a three year wait, Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Master Collection project continues, bringing Hideo Kojima’s iconic Metal Gear series to modern hardware to be enjoyed by new generations. While the first volume had a pretty comprehensive collection of Metal Gear’s first two decades, including nine
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September 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol.2 bundles three classic Metal Gear games together. It's a far cry from the nine in Vol. 1, but when one of those games is MGS4, can we really complain?
🔅 No mellow-yellow here.
This Battle-Worn Yellow Gravastar keyboard and mouse combo is striking, but does it perform?
This Battle-Worn Yellow Gravastar keyboard and mouse combo is striking, but does it perform?
Gravastar Mercury K1 Pro & X Pro Review
There's a real sense that since 2020 gaming keyboards and mice have grown up a bit. Gone are the hard angles and the strong hues of red and blue, and in their place are a line-up of peripherals from the major brands with a more buttoned-down, work but also play vibe, that Gravastar's Mercury X
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September 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
🔅 No mellow-yellow here.
This Battle-Worn Yellow Gravastar keyboard and mouse combo is striking, but does it perform?
This Battle-Worn Yellow Gravastar keyboard and mouse combo is striking, but does it perform?
👀Even more from Nintendo.
From new Kirby and Metroid games, to more news about Professor Layton and plenty of games, old and new, porting across to the Switch 2.
Here are all the biggest reveals from last night's Direct!
From new Kirby and Metroid games, to more news about Professor Layton and plenty of games, old and new, porting across to the Switch 2.
Here are all the biggest reveals from last night's Direct!
Nintendo Direct September 2026 Roundup
Not to be outdone by Sony last week, Nintendo split up all their big reveals for this month's Nintendo Direct across two events on separate nights. With last night's Nintendo Direct following on from the Zelda 40th Anniversary livestream the previous night. There were a huge number of reveals, annou
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September 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
👀Even more from Nintendo.
From new Kirby and Metroid games, to more news about Professor Layton and plenty of games, old and new, porting across to the Switch 2.
Here are all the biggest reveals from last night's Direct!
From new Kirby and Metroid games, to more news about Professor Layton and plenty of games, old and new, porting across to the Switch 2.
Here are all the biggest reveals from last night's Direct!
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is an incredible samurai action game, and revives Capcom's long-dormant series in a huge way. Check out our review.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Review
It’s been two decades since a new Onimusha release, so you’d be forgiven for thinking the series had been long dead and buried by Capcom. Outside of a couple of remasters of the old games, there hasn't really hasn’t been much activity in the samurai action series whose roots, like Devil May Cry, beg
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September 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is an incredible samurai action game, and revives Capcom's long-dormant series in a huge way. Check out our review.
Reality Fracture is Magic: The Gathering's newest set, brining a new, yet familiar universe along with plenty to collect.
Reality Fracture shatters the Magic universe with new mechanics and story
Reality Fracture, the new set from Magic: The Gathering was unveiled in a livestream this morning shown on YouTube, with a cinematic introduction and further details about what to expect when it enters full release on 2 October. Revolving around the character Jace and his 'Echoverse', a mirror versi
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September 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Reality Fracture is Magic: The Gathering's newest set, brining a new, yet familiar universe along with plenty to collect.
🔞Are you old enough?
Have have implemented mandatory age verification checks on their Steam platform.
Find out more here.
Have have implemented mandatory age verification checks on their Steam platform.
Find out more here.
Steam Age Verification Comes Into Effect for Australians
Australian users have begun to report new restrictions in place for browsing and purchasing age-restricted games on the Steam storefront, indicating Valve have begun to roll out their age verification policy for their Australian Steam users. It appears both sales and storefront browsing of MA15+ / R
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September 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🔞Are you old enough?
Have have implemented mandatory age verification checks on their Steam platform.
Find out more here.
Have have implemented mandatory age verification checks on their Steam platform.
Find out more here.
Hyah! ⚔️
Link does a forward roll onto the Switch 2 with a launch date and gameplay shown off for the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake as part of Zelda series turning 40. Side hop into it!
Link does a forward roll onto the Switch 2 with a launch date and gameplay shown off for the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake as part of Zelda series turning 40. Side hop into it!
Ocarina of Time Remake Detailed & Launch Date Announced
As part of Nintendo's livestream for Zelda's 40th anniversary, Nintendo showcased gameplay of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, along with features coming in the Switch 2 release and a launch date of November 5th, 2026. Producer Eiji Aonuma demonstrated some of the gameplay f
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September 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Hyah! ⚔️
Link does a forward roll onto the Switch 2 with a launch date and gameplay shown off for the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake as part of Zelda series turning 40. Side hop into it!
Link does a forward roll onto the Switch 2 with a launch date and gameplay shown off for the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake as part of Zelda series turning 40. Side hop into it!
Mortal Shell II is a great twist on the souls like formula, with great visuals and a range of classes to play with. Check out our review!
Mortal Shell II Review
Mortal Shell II joins a long list of souls-like games that play around with the mechanics established by FromSoftware’s iconic Souls series, but still offer the rewarding challenge that makes those games so memorable. As a standalone sequel to Cold Symmetry’s original Mortal Shell, this game doesn’t
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September 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Mortal Shell II is a great twist on the souls like formula, with great visuals and a range of classes to play with. Check out our review!
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting capped. 🧢
Existing tiers of Xbox Game Pass will have their own per-month playtime limits, going as low as 5 hours a month for some subscribers.
Existing tiers of Xbox Game Pass will have their own per-month playtime limits, going as low as 5 hours a month for some subscribers.
Hourly Caps Coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming in November
Starting in November, new and existing Xbox Game Pass subscribers will be subject to new monthly playtime caps on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Previously, players who'd subscribed to Game Pass Ultimate were given unlimited access to the online game streaming service launched in late 2020. Announced today, the
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September 4, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting capped. 🧢
Existing tiers of Xbox Game Pass will have their own per-month playtime limits, going as low as 5 hours a month for some subscribers.
Existing tiers of Xbox Game Pass will have their own per-month playtime limits, going as low as 5 hours a month for some subscribers.
The State of Play!
Playstation's State of Play has come and gone, we've gone through and picked out all the best bits from last night's livestream!
Playstation's State of Play has come and gone, we've gone through and picked out all the best bits from last night's livestream!
State of Play September 2026 Roundup
Last night's State of Play was a bit of a different affair, with the online showcase of upcoming Sony-published and soon-to-be released Playstation titles split between a regular showcase and a Japanese-specific State of Play Japan. As usual we stayed up for the event and picked out the most notable
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September 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM
The State of Play!
Playstation's State of Play has come and gone, we've gone through and picked out all the best bits from last night's livestream!
Playstation's State of Play has come and gone, we've gone through and picked out all the best bits from last night's livestream!
Star Wars Zero Company has landed! ✴️
Does this Star Wars hone the powers of the force, or does it belong in a galaxy far far away? Read our full review here.
Does this Star Wars hone the powers of the force, or does it belong in a galaxy far far away? Read our full review here.
Star Wars Zero Company Review
James straps into the adventures of Zero Company as they tear through the galaxy, but does this Star Wars adaption stick the landing, or fall to the dark side?
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September 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Star Wars Zero Company has landed! ✴️
Does this Star Wars hone the powers of the force, or does it belong in a galaxy far far away? Read our full review here.
Does this Star Wars hone the powers of the force, or does it belong in a galaxy far far away? Read our full review here.
Gamescom has wrapped up for another year, so we've gone through and picked out some of our favorite announcements from this year's show.
Gamescom 2026 Roundup
Gamescom 2026 has now wrapped up, so we’ve gone through and picked out some of the most exciting announcements from this year’s show.
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August 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Gamescom has wrapped up for another year, so we've gone through and picked out some of our favorite announcements from this year's show.
Jumanji joins Zero Latency VR this December, with a new experience featuring hand-tracking.
Zero Latency VR levels up with new Jumanji game this December
Just in time for the release of the next Jumanji film this December (Jumanji: Open World), Zero Latency VR have announced that a new game based on the film franchise will be available at all their…
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August 26, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Jumanji joins Zero Latency VR this December, with a new experience featuring hand-tracking.
Pokopia is back!
We dive into the Expansion Pass and explore Bubbly Basin, the new underwater town, alongside new Pokémon, the Dive mechanic and more.
🌊 Is it a worthy return to Pokopia? Read our full review:
We dive into the Expansion Pass and explore Bubbly Basin, the new underwater town, alongside new Pokémon, the Dive mechanic and more.
🌊 Is it a worthy return to Pokopia? Read our full review:
Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass Pt. 1 Review
Is Pokémon Pokopia’s first DLC worth the $54.95 price tag? We dive into Bubbly Basin and find out if the Expansion Pass is worth it.
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August 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pokopia is back!
We dive into the Expansion Pass and explore Bubbly Basin, the new underwater town, alongside new Pokémon, the Dive mechanic and more.
🌊 Is it a worthy return to Pokopia? Read our full review:
We dive into the Expansion Pass and explore Bubbly Basin, the new underwater town, alongside new Pokémon, the Dive mechanic and more.
🌊 Is it a worthy return to Pokopia? Read our full review:
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls brings 4v4 fighting to the Marvel Universe, with anime-styled visuals and a ton of personality. Check out our review!
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Review
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls joins an illustrious roster of Marvel fighting games that are largely dominated by the Capcom-developed Marvel Super Heroes series, which eventually led to the massively…
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August 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls brings 4v4 fighting to the Marvel Universe, with anime-styled visuals and a ton of personality. Check out our review!
Pro Jank Footy aims to finally bring Aussie rules footy together with fast, arcade gameplay, and a big focus on comedy. Does it finally deliver the definitive footy game for the people?
Pro Jank Footy Review
While Aussie rules football is a massive part of the culture for us living in Australia (and of course, the best game in the world), on a global scale it is considered a niche sport.
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August 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Pro Jank Footy aims to finally bring Aussie rules footy together with fast, arcade gameplay, and a big focus on comedy. Does it finally deliver the definitive footy game for the people?