The weekend discussion: "If you were stuck on an island, what three games would you play?"

This weekend discussion is the eternal hypothetical: you're stranded on an island, and naturally you've got the resources (electricity, shelter from the element) to play games (it's a hypothetical, not a reality).

Street Fighter x Tekken brawls on iOS

Just as Capcom's Street Fighter 4 made the jump, a mobile version of Street Fighter x Tekken is on the way to iPhones soon.

It's gonna be a long, hot, 8bit Summer on the 3DS

Nintendo has just released a trailer for it's 8bit Summer promo on the eShop and it's Gameboy-tastic!

Nintendo Direct 22-6-2012 roundup

Although our Matt Sainsbury has already given his thoughts on the 3DS XL redesign, we have yet to cover anything else about the Nintendo Direct conferences that happened within the past 12 hours. For those that missed the conferences, here is a summary of the big points that digital gamers might be interested in;

Review: Resistance: Burning Skies (Vita)

While I remain a great fan of the PlayStation Vita, even I’m starting to wonder when the games are going to start coming. There’s a lot of potential in the hardware, but since the spectacular launch, the disappointing sales figures seem to be keeping the developer community away. Sony even kept the console right off centre stage at E3.

Nintendo has really screwed up its 3DS hardware strategy this time

Nintendo held one of those video conferences that it has developed a penchant for – where it unveils new products and gets everyone excited for the games it has coming up.

A big acquisition is coming, it's just a question of who, and when

There’s a fascinating piece over at Gamesindustry that points out that while the media attention is focused firmly on the plight of THQ, almost every major games publisher is genuinely struggling right now.

Second Deadlight dev diary shambles forth

So what's worse than being stuck in Seattle in the '80s with a bunch of slavering undead? Phobias!

Order up some Double Dragon in the Nintendo Download

It's a pretty good week for Wii owners in Nintendo's weekly download update, but then again any week is a good one when Double Dragon is involved.

Review: A Valley Without Wind (PC)

While the category has been around for quite a long time, “Randomly/ Procedurally Generated” games have seen a bit of resurgence. The most current and easily recognized game of this category is Minecraft, a building/adventuring game with a procedurally-generated world. One could argue that Minecraft has been the basis of this resurgence; it was an extremely popular game that used procedural generation in what had been a market dominated by games with pre-made content. While the video game market still is dominated by games with constructed scenes and events, the independent game development scene has really grasped the idea of procedural content and run off with it. One of the products of this movement is A Valley Without Wind, an action-platformer with a procedurally-generated world.

Sine Mora on the way for PS3

Grasshopper Manufacture is bringing it's popular Xbox Live shmup Sine Mora to the Playstation Network.

It's the best of E3 2010 on the PSN update

X-Play's 'best of' series continues this week as their picks of the 2010 E3 get PSN discounts. And is that a PSOne classic I see?

Nintendo Direct announced for tomorrow

It was only a few weeks ago when Nintendo held a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct conference to showcase some of the Wii U's features prior to the actual conference. Even so, another event has been announced for tomorrow, which will feature news on upcoming Nintendo titles.

PSN offline in South Korea

South Korean PSN players are in for a little bit of a dry spell as the service has gone offline in that country- and it has nothing to do with hacking.

The Xbox update is Magic

Magic 2013 hits Xbox Live this week with a deck full of card battling action along with some new Marvel pinball and a blue blur of a sale.

Giving away free games is not doing anyone any favours, Nintendo, Sony, EA

Chances are, if you’ve got a games console or a PC, you’ve been given free games. Nintendo gave early adopters of the 3DS console 20 free games. Sony’s given away 10 free games twice (once as an apology for the massive hack, and at E3 as a gift for PS Plus subscribers). Now EA is giving Origin owners a free game in celebration of the services’ one-year anniversary.

Xbox 360 to miss out on Clan of Champions

Sad news for Xbox fans: NIS America's promising gladiator game, Clan of Champions, is going PS3/ Steam only.

Review: Babel Rising (iPad)

Babel Rising is a cute little take on deific genocide. What is essentially a tower defence game is made weirdly compelling by the simple fact that you’re taking the role of a God, slaughtering people for daring to build a tower.

Review: Curling Super Championship (DSiWare)

Curling is a not a sport you often see adapted into a video game. While it does occasionally appear on platforms, it usually comes as part of a set of mini-games as opposed to an independent release. This makes Cypronia's Curling Super Championship a rather unique entry to the DSiWare library in that respect and while it's a respectable effort, it's also a rather dull one at times unfortunately.

Mystery European developer: Nintendo offering "insane incentives" for digital game downloads

Many people, including myself, will agree that Nintendo's weakest part of its current game console plans have been the online side of things. While the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii both had online functionality, they were very bare-bones compared to what competitors had. Developers wanting to digitally publish their games on Nintendo consoles might have the worst straw; 6,000 unit sales before payment, long certification times, and the 40 MB game limit were the main reasons why developer Beamdog abandoned WiiWare and the rest of Nintendo's future download services. However, according to an unnamed individual working for a European developer, future developers may find a better deal in store for them.

Get thee to GOG for 'free' Witcher & Witcher 2

Ask yourself, 'do I own either The Witcher or The Witcher 2 on PC?' If the answer is yes, then you might want to head over to GOG before the end of the month.

THQ cancels Saint's Row expansion, confirms SR4

Saint's Row fans looking forward to this Fall's Enter the Dominatrix standalone expansion pack will have to wait a little longer, and probably have to pay a little more.

Rumour: Sonic Adventure 2 coming to PSN and XBLA

One of Sonic's more popular titles in the second half of his lifespan was Sonic Adventure 2, originally released on the Sega Dreamcast. Its prequel has already been re-released digitally on the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network services, but it's looking more and more possible that Adventure 2 will pop up as well.

Summer of Arcade dates and prices released

The full lineup of games for Xbox Live's yearly 'Summer of Arcade' promotion has been revealed. Get ready to spend some points this July.

Review: Akane the Kunoichi (iPad)

Way, way back, our (then new) editor, Clark, wrote one of his first reviews for Digitally Downloaded: a little indie game on XBLA called Akane the Kunoichi. He rather liked it, and now it’s finally on the other great indie platform, the iOS App Stores.

Resonance available now on PC

Wadjet Eye and developer Vince Twelve's Resonance is now available for some old school adventuring.

Go CQC in BF3 right now on PS3

But you'll have to wait till next week for Xbox and PC.

Tony Hawk HD rolls in this July

Activision made the announcement over Twitter today that the highly anticipated HD melange that is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD will hit PSN and XBL at mid-Summer.

Review: Devil Band - Rock the Underworld (DSiWare)

Oh look. Another Circle DSiWare game. And you know what? I owe Gameloft an apology. I thought Gameloft was the most offensively cynical developer/ publisher in the games industry, getting away with plagiarism on mere technicalities. But I was wrong. Gameloft’s got nothing on the depth these guys will sink.

Hardware review: 60beat Gamepad (iPad accessory)

One of the regular complaints that we hear regarding the iPad and gaming is: “it needs physical buttons before it can be a real games playing machine!”

Review: Battlefield 3 + Premium Service (PS3)

Battlefield 3 is the latest installment in the very popular Battlefield series by DICE. Most compare it to the equally as popular Call of Duty series, however they are both very different. The multiplayer, (arguably the most important aspect of this game), is a one of a kind and allows for the player to fully immerse themselves in the game.

Skylanders Cloud Patrol levels up

A new level cap and lots more added to the iOS version of everyones favorite cloud hopping adventure.