News by Matt S. The upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 has an open world, and that’s the focus of this latest trailer/ developer diary from developer MercurySteam. The video stars Dave Cox, Producer of the game, and Enric Alvarez, the Head of Development at MercurySteam. According to the press…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J. It’s been nearly four years since the release of Final Fantasy XIII, and while it won’t mark the end of the ‘Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy’ series, the upcoming release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is set to conclude the story arc of the titular Lightning.…
Read MoreIn today’s news; a new trailer emerges for Telltale’s next Fables installment, a brand new LEGO Star Wars title drops out of lightspeed and onto iOS, Bandai announces Super Mario Bros figures and playsets and Nintendo tries to ease concerns about its financials. Episode 2 trailer for Fables: A Wolf…
Read MoreArticle by Jim S. Welcome to a new DDNet feature! Each month our resident list expert, Jim, will pull together a list of the must-play games for the month – and that means you won’t miss any of them! January was a slow mouth for gaming (as is traditional for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Paper Sorcerer is one of those successful Kickstarter projects that has been released to the exact specifications that were promised in its Kickstarter campaign. If you didn’t back the original campaign, be sure to go and pick up this cheap little indie game. Because it’s ace.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Contrast, the rather exceptional indie title from Compulsion Games, has hit a landmark; it has been downloaded one million times by people playing it on PlayStation hardware (PS3 and PS4). Of course, a big part of that success was due to the fact that it was…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J. While there are definite benefits to releasing games episodically, the one recurring downside is the sometimes long wait between episodes, especially when information regarding release dates can be so scarce. Telltale Games is no stranger to this issue, and the team has even come under fire…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As most of you will know, Digitally Downloaded has been running a Kickstarter to publish a major project; a book that takes the topic of games as works of art seriously and is to feature in-depth interviews with some of the industry’s finest artists. Well, today…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. A couple of ex-EA staff have done something brave indeed; despite having relatively few resources, the team has released Atomic Brawl; a CCG/ miniatures game that is directly taking on a host of other big game developers, not least of which the almighty Blizzard itself. But,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. UPDATE: A big bit of news emerged from the Q & A session following the presentation. It looks like Nintendo is bringing Nintendo DS games to the Wii U via the Virtual Console. Nintendo has held investor’s meeting, where it has outlined its strategy going forward,…
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