Platform(s): PC (version played), PS4 Genre: 2.5D action adventure with high-flying combat In Anno: Mutationem, the latest action-adventure title from China-based developer ThinkingStars, you play mysterious past-laden anime girl protagonist Ann. She's on a task to find her rapscallion of a brother while also comin

Prime Matter and Massive Work Studio have announced that Dolmen – the Souls-like third-person action RPG with a unique cosmic horror sci-fi setting – will be released on 20 May 2022. It is now available for pre-order and will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Players will be a

In The Adam Project, after accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-travelling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. This science-fiction time travelling movie reunites director Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds after 2021’s Free Guy. Courtesy of Netflix

The popular Hiro Mashima manga Edens Zero will be getting a mobile game made courtesy of Konami, everybody's favourite publisher and developer who got rich from Castlevania NFTs. Edens Zero: Pocket Galaxy will be out for iOS and Android on their respective app stores on 24 February. Here's an overview of the gacha m

Platform(s): PC (version played), Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5 Genre: Co-op PvE first-person shooter with military guns and aliens(?) under the Tom Clancy brand(??) Sometimes I wonder what they're smoking at the Tom Clancy estate; surely the license holders would not greenlight a story where a bunch of realistic

It’s only one more week until the live-action adaptation of the revered sci-fi space bounty hunter show Cowboy Bebop shows up on Netflix. The show stars a trio of mercenaries trying to get by -Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, and Faye Valentine- as trouble catches up with them. Courtesy of Netflix Malaysia, we were

It’s a bumper PlayStation Plus lineup this November, with six titles in total available to add to your game library starting Tuesday, November 2. Partake in an epic dodgeball tournament with Knockout City, play sleuth and spot imposters in social deduction game First Class Trouble, then wield weapons and battle

Review originally published on 7th October. Denis Villeneuve is shaping up to be this generation's Ridley Scott with a string of great science fiction movies under his belt. These include 2016's Arrival and 2017's Blade Runner 2049, all good films in their own right. Now he can add 2021's Dune to the list, arguably

During Tokyo Game Show 2021, a new publisher by the name of 110 Industries made its presence known by announcing a slew of sleek new titles. One of them is a 3D action game that piqued my interest; one that's made by ex-Team Ninja folks. The game is called Wanted: Dead and it puts you in the shoes of a cyborg police

Publisher Assemble Entertainment and developer Tiny Roar just revealed a lovely-looking action-adventure game in the veins of The Legend of Zelda, except it's sci-fi and the main character isn't mute. The game is called XEL and will be out for PC and consoles in 2022. You play a blue-haired explorer thrust in a stra

It seems like the Star Wars non-theatrical film vehicles and spin-offs are doing a better job at capturing the essence of pulp action sci-fi battles & narratives than the recent trilogy. Star Wars: Visions continues that upward trend but in anime form. Disney just released the official trailer: close to 2 minute

Publisher Jagex and developer Flying Wild Hog have announced Space Punks, a new isometric action RPG set in a bonkers sci-fi world. Flying Wild Hog is best known for making the Shadow Warrior games published by Devolver Digital. According to IGN (who exclusively debuted the trailer for the game), the game features f

Platform(s): Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC Genre: Action RPG with sci-fi and loads of loveable anime tropes In the first hour or so of Bandai Namco's action RPG entry Scarlet Nexus, it goes out of its way with its anime tropes. The plucky earnest male protagonist, the tsundere female who you can also choose t

If you get a number of directors and game designers of the Tales of series working on a new IP, chances are the apple will not fall far from the tree. Playing Scarlet Nexus for an hour or so led me to believe that Bandai Namco Studios is just focusing on the action RPG bits while dolling it up with a sci-fi open-world

There's a leak going about regarding the next Rainbow Six game, and it features something out of left field. At least for the tone of the whole series anyway. The leak of Rainbow Six Parasite/Rainbow Six Quarantine gameplay footage is out on YouTube, and it features main character Ela shooting down creepy aliens whi

Chaos Walking is an upcoming new sci-fi action thriller that stars Tom Holland (the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man) and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars' Rey). Directed by Edge Of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, Chaos Walking is based on the novel by Patrick Ness, who also co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with Chris

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Genre: 2D Action Game With Metroidvania & Diablo Hooks Remember 2018's Metroidvania Dark Souls wombo combo Dead Cells? Yes, that was an incredibly challenging but fun 2D action title that's sure to influence many indie game designers to come. One can assume that Big Blue

I'm not sure who else apart from hardcore 80s/90s comedy and sci-fi aficionados asked for a follow-up to the Bill & Ted duo of films. While it has stood the test of time in some sense due to its premise, aesthetics, and chemistry between its leads Alex Winters and Keanu Reeves, I hardly doubt many Asians clamoure

HBO Asia Original's Dream Raider is the network's first science-fiction series and it may seem like simply an Asian version of Christopher Nolan's Inception, but there's a lot more to it than that. You see, Dream Raider is set in the near future, featuring a misfit team of scientists and cops that are trying to get to

Subverse is an upcoming "kinky" sci-fi RPG that combines shoot-em-up and turn-based tactic segments with spaceship sex. The game, which has so far amassed £1,668,626 (RM8,983,634) worth of funds on Kickstarter, recently released its roadmap for 2020. It's not all kinky stuff, just so you know. For Q1 2020, develope