Jody Macgregor, Weekend/AU Editor(Image credit: Future)This week: Between obsessing over the trailers for Mandrake and Innkeep, I’ve been trying to finish Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And failing.I was watching the Frosty Games Fest, a showcase of upcoming games from Australia…
Street Fighter 5 didn’t have the best of plot threads spread throughout the game, however a key exception was Sagat’s story and arcade mode, as they…
Tyrese Haliburton will have to decide, in this series, if he can put his stamp on the game with his scoring early on. It’s always been a little out of his comfort zone to hunt his own shot in his…
Sunless Sea and Mask of the Rose developer Failbetter Games has unveiled Mandrake, its very first project away from the Fallen London universe. It’s a rural life sim set in a “world of old, wild powers” where horticulture is forbidden,…
Continuing the event train this weekend, Microsoft and Xbox just wrapped up their Xbox Games Showcase on June 9, 2025. As an almost hour-long livestream, we saw a plethora of new titles, including sequels and new IPs, alongside an interesting…
“Now the Kombat kontinues,” reads the intro for 1993’s Mortal Kombat II. The dead pool of the Midway arcade game expanded with a roster of new playable fighters like Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero II, the assassin Kitana and cloned “twin…
After numerous reports and speculation, Microsoft has finally come up with its very first Xbox handheld. Well, sort of. The company has paired up with Asus to launch the new ROG Xbox Ally and the ROG Xbox Ally X at…
Indy fans, it’s time for your next adventure! Revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase today, Bethesda, and MachineGames, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, debuted an all-new teaser trailer and release date for the first downloadable content (DLC) for Indiana Jones…
Amid all the spectacle of the Xbox Games Showcase and the upcoming goodies, we’ve officially reached a day nobody is excited for.The $80 Xbox games have arrived. Insert sad face emoji here.As soon as Nintendo decided to go down this…
In Gambrinous’ co-op gothic horror game Eyes of Hellfire, players are brought together by a curse, but are torn apart by fear. In the dark halls showcased at the PC Gaming Show 2025, players will have to figure out who…
Hyper Games has announced Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth, a cozy, story-rich adventure game and follow-up to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley. It will be available for unspecified consoles and PC via Steam in 2026. “We’re so excited to finally be able to…
If you were tuning into Xbox Games Showcase 2025 hoping to see Gears of War: E-Day, you may have been left disappointed. Today’s show was light on Microsoft’s biggest franchises — with nothing from Forza, Halo or the upcoming Fable…