What We’re Playing: November 11, 2016
As the weather outside grows colder and the daylight dwindles, we at Power Up Gaming are not lamenting the loss of summer. The winter months provide us with the perfect…
Features
PAX Aus 2016: Day 3 Wrap-Up – More VR, Indie Games, and Final Thoughts
Day three of PAX Aus 2016 brings us to the final stretch and one last chance to play around with some of the titles that may have otherwise been overlooked.…
How Square Enix is Pioneering a New Style of Storytelling
This article contains major spoilers for Bravely Second: End Layer, I am Setsuna, and World of Final Fantasy. Metagaming is a term usually used in the context of MMO gaming.…
The Best PS4 and Xbox One Casino Games
Online casino gaming is a big business. Whether it's playing the virtual slots or roulette for real money, or simply trying your hand at poker for bragging rights with your…
BrambleLash Interview: A Game Of Co-Op And Betrayal
Nestled among the PAX Rising section, away from the absolute chaos and extensive queues of the triple-A area, was ByteSprite. This small indie team from Perth, Australia, brought their debut…
The Best Recent Indie Games
In recent years, there has been a movement away from flashy action-packed shooters and strategy games that have put more focus on shadow detail rather than the elements that comprise…
Death Squared Interview: Work As A SWAT Team Or Argue Every Night
Work together or die together; it's the crux of many multiplayer games, but it carries a particular weight with Death Squared. Players must guide their coloured cubes around stages towards a…
Hand of Fate 2 Interview: Defiant Development Discuss Improvements And Legendary Dealers
Since our early access preview of the original back in 2014, Hand of Fate has been one of Power Up Gaming's favourite indie games. Blending together a card game with dungeon…
PAX Aus 2016: Day 2 Wrap-Up – Horizon Zero Dawn, For Honor, Bad Watch Dogs, and More
With plenty of games still left to try out, day two of PAX Aus was the chance for the big triple-A titles to flex some muscle. There were hits, misses,…
PAX Aus 2016: Day 1 Wrap-Up – A Nosulus Start, Charming Indies and an Eyeful of VR
Yes, Power Up Gaming is back for another year to provide coverage of PAX Aus, the largest video game convention in the southern hemisphere. There are triple-A titles, lots of independent…
The Scariest Moments In Non-Scary Games
'Tis the season to be scary, and as such, us folks at Power Up Gaming have been thinking about the ways in which video games have petrified us over the years.…
Infinite Warfare’s Multiplayer May Repeat Call of Duty’s Bad Habits
Back in 2014 when Activision announced that the Call of Duty franchise would shift to a three year-three studio development cycle, it elicited optimism for the future of Call of…
Dark Souls III DLC: Exploring The Painted World of Ariandel
Today, I booted up Dark Souls III, only to find a strange hooded man keeled over in the Cleansing Chapel. I spoke to him and touched a piece of stained…
What Did We Learn From Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer?
Today, Rockstar Games released the first trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, and while it's only a minute of footage, there is still plenty to look at – and I…
Roundtable: Nintendo Switch is ‘Everything the Wii U Should’ve Been’
So, it's official. The long-awaited 'NX' has finally been revealed, and it's called the Nintendo Switch: a hybrid device that links the worlds of home console and handheld gaming together. It's…
Politicians Should Get a Grip Regarding Mafia III’s IRA Mission
The above message is delivered at the beginning of Mafia 3. It is a note to those that are suffering, have suffered, and to the millions that have never even…
Hilarious Anti-Trump Billboard Claims Presidential Candidate Mains Hanzo in Overwatch
A hilarious billboard campaign has appeared in Florida recently, alleging that Donald Trump 'mains' Hanzo in popular hero shooter Overwatch. In a story somehow not actually destined for The Onion, the…
The 5 Best Indie Titles of Play Expo 2016
Featuring a line-up consisting of a number of playable triple-A titles, including the likes Battlezone and Tekken 7, and an extensive collection of retro systems and arcade machines, Play Expo is the North's largest…
Dragon Bros Interview: Space Lizard on Creating a Metal Slug-Inspired Shooter for the Modern Audience
Side-scrolling, retro-inspired action games have seen something of a resurgence in recent years, from the relatively straight-forward – but critically acclaimed – platforming of Shovel Knight to the bullet hell…
Play Expo 2016: Unbox Interview with Prospect Games
With our only experience of zany platformer-cum-party-game Unbox coming at EGX last year, we were keen to get to grips with the finished title at Play Expo 2016 last weekend. Developed…
