Games

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, the eagerly awaited follow-up to Disco Elysium, stands with the very best of spy fiction.

The iconic queer characters in the time-travel game Life Is Strange: Reunion are allowed to grow up together – a necessary affirmation in these difficult days.

Now in its second year, ALT: GAMES, run by Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, offers a vision of gaming as a cultural touchstone of community.

Across the Unknown, the newest game in the Star Trek franchise, will delight fans of the television series – and maybe those who have never watched it.

After two decades of raging against the machine, Freeplay – once the flagship for indie Australian games – has announced that this year will probably be its last.

A treat for the patient gamer, The Outer Worlds 2 brings a new sincerity to its trademark dark satire.

The hotly anticipated game sequel Hades II presents a rare and elegant meld of design and expressiveness.

Hollow Knight: Silksong – the sequel to 2017’s popular Hollow Knight, from an Adelaide indie studio – lives up to the hype.