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Aussie-Made Point-And-Click The Drifter Gets A July Release Date

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Zach Jackson

Aussie-made point-and-click adventure The Drifter has been given a July 18 (July 17 globally) release date for PC via Steam. Developed by Melbourne’s Powerhoof, The Drifter is billed as a “pulp adventure” that sees Mick Carter trying to solve his own murder. Powerhoof promises a fast-paced story with investigative-style puzzles and shadowy corporations. I’ve been hands-on with the game previously and loved what I played. If you want to check it before July 18, there’s a demo on Steam.
Death Stranding 2 Is Getting A Live Game Premiere With A Panel Hosted By Geoff Keighley

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

Kojima Productions has announced that a Death Stranding 2: On the Beach live game premiere will be taking place on Saturday, June 9 at 12pm AEST. Kicking off Kojima’s World Strand Tour, a run that includes the panel to be held during the Sydney Film Festival, the Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Live Game Premiere will be a live-streamed event featuring a panel to discuss the game and a live demonstration of the title itself.
EA Has Cancelled Its Black Panther Game And Shuttered The Studio Working On It

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

Electronic Arts has cancelled the in-development Black Panther title and closed Cliffhanger Games, the studio helming the project.
Win One Of Three Prize Packs With RoadCraft On PS5 And An Epic Lego Construction Crane Set

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Zach Jackson

To celebrate the launch of RoadCraft, the legends at Five Star Games, Focus Entertainment and Lego have hooked us up with three copies of the game on PS5 and three Yellow Mobile Construction Crane sets to give away to three people hailing from Australia or New Zealand. If you’re not sure what RoadCraft is, it’s the new title from Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive where you run a disaster recovery company, specialising in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters.
Pokémon Legends Z-A Gets An October Release Date

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have announced that Pokémon Legends Z-A will launch on October 16 for the Switch and Switch 2. After its initial announcement in February of last year, as well as the reveal that the Switch 2 would run the game in an enhanced mode, information on the next Legends title has been sparse.
June 2025’s PlayStation Plus Essential Games Have Been Revealed

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

PlayStation’s Days of Play celebration has started for 2025, so our monthly blue brand update looks a little different in June. By different, I mostly mean that we’re getting an extra game added to our regular three, but there are a few other bonuses scattered around here and there are well. As announced on the PlayStation Blog, the PlayStation Plus Essentials games for June are NBA 2K25, Alone in the Dark, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and Destiny 2: The Final Shape.
Lords Of The Fallen Creative Director Has Departed From Hexworks As Sequel Looms

1 week ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

Cezar Virtosu, the creative director of the Lords of the Fallen, has announced that he no longer holds the position and has departed from Hexworks altogether. The announcement came by way of a LinkedIn post from Virtosu himself, where he joked about being able to sleep in on weekdays. However, the nature of this post leads us to believe that the decision to move on from Lords of the Fallen may not have been Virtosu’s at all. “Well… it finally happened.
Star Wars Unlimited Jump To Lightspeed Review

2 weeks ago | well-played.com.au | Adam Ryan

I actively tried to avoid the allure of Star Wars Unlimited, knowing full well that I would fall into obsession if I dipped as much as a toe into its collectable card game depths. But, if I search my feelings, I know it to be true: this was inevitable. Within its first year, Unlimited saw the release of three new sets, each focusing on a specific Star Wars era, all while introducing new mechanics and adding depth to the core gameplay.
Lushfoil Photography Sim Review

2 weeks ago | well-played.com.au | Kieron Verbrugge

With modern advancements in video game visuals, the idea of a built-in “photo mode” is almost ubiquitous now in AAA titles. I’ll admit to spending way too many hours definitely not progressing in some games for want of capturing every jaw-dropping vista or impossibly-detailed set decoration I possibly can – it almost feels like a waste of all of those development hours if I’m not taking the time to truly appreciate everything.
The Midnight Walk Review

2 weeks ago | well-played.com.au | Kieron Verbrugge

Fire is one of the oldest and most transformative phenomena in studied history. It’s a force that’s shaped our world and countless others, given us warmth and energy and power, some might even suggest our world was birthed in it. But for as much as it gives, it also indiscriminately takes away, making it something to be feared as much as embraced.