Gamescom 2021 was back online this year and the opening days of the convention has seen more news about a stack of new titles.
Here are all the Australian made games shown off at Gamescom and it's companion events, with more to come in the next couple of days we'll update this story as more news comes to hand.
Broken Roads is a tactical roleplaying game set in a ruined Western Australia after an apocalyptic collapse. Centred around the real town of Brookton you'll follow the lives of the survivors as they scratch together a living. Since we last saw Broken Roads, it's release date has been pushed back to 2022 but it's picked up a publisher in UK based label Team 17 (Moving Out, Before We Leave, Worms). Check out the new trailer below featuring narration by legendary actor Uncle Jack Charles.
The chill organising puzzle game Unpacking by Queensland developers Witch Beam (Assault Android Cactus) will be making it's way to Xbox Games Pass on day one with ten other titles from Humble Games. Tim Dawson and Wren Brier of Witch Beam said at Freeplay Parallels this game was inspired by the experience of moving in with a partner for the first time.
We've long been fans of Massive Monster and they've joined us to talk about their first couple of games The Adventure Pals and Never Give Up and this time they've hit upon something that meshes those styles beautifully. They've teamed up with Devolver Digital for Cult of The Lamb which is a colony manager and dungeon crawler all mixed into one. It's out in 2022.
The World War 1 trench warfare survival game Conscript released an extended gameplay trailer as part of IGN's daily Gamescom coverage. Developed in the main by Melbourne based developer Jordan Mochi Conscript is stylised top down game inspired by the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill complete with tank controls and FMV interstitial sequences.
Prideful Sloth is back with another beautiful adventure game after their first title Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles found a lovely place in player's hearts. In Grow build out a village while tending to nature and revitilising the Evertree. Grow Song of the Evertree is out on 16 November 2021
We're planning a big showcase for Melbourne International Games Week this year on Saturday 2nd October featuring interviews and gameplay demos of these games and more including Craig Ritchie from Drop Bear Bytes, and Julian Wilton and Jay Armstrong from Massive Monster, and Jordan Mochi from Catchweight Studios!
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