Tactics & Strategy Deep-Dives
Build orders, macro plans and boss patterns for the games that reward thinking twice.
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Melbourne · Gaming Blog · Est. 2016
Chart the terrain of every game worth playing.
Deep strategy guides, honest reviews and the tactics behind the games we can't put down — mapped out from our desk in Fitzroy.
Who we are
A small crew that plays too much, so you play the right things.
Steel Battle Heroes started in 2016 as a shared Google Doc between five friends arguing about tier lists over pints on Brunswick Street. Nine years on, we're still argumentative — but now we log every playthrough, timestamp every boss fight and back our calls with hours on the clock.
We cover strategy, RPGs, co-op and the indie scene. No review score goes live under 20 hours of play, no guide ships untested, and no publisher pays for a verdict. Just Melbourne gamers mapping the good stuff.
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How we work
Every article follows the same trail.
Four steps between a fresh release and a verdict you can trust. No skipping to base camp.
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Playthrough log
We play to the credits and beyond, logging hours, difficulty and every bug we trip over.
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Second pair of hands
A second contributor replays the tricky sections so guides work on more than one setup.
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Draft & fact-check
We write it up, cross-check patch notes and confirm prices in AUD before anything is published.
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Publish & revisit
Guides get updated after major patches, so a bookmark from launch still holds a year later.
What we cover
Columns we publish every week.
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Honest, Unpaid Reviews
20-hour-minimum verdicts with a clear buy / wait / skip call and the AUD launch price.
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Interviews and first looks at local studios from Melbourne, Brisbane and beyond.
Monthly feature · dev Q&As · demo links included
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