News by Shaan J. Big Finish Games is winding down on Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure; the reboot of the long-running cult-hit FMV adventure series that was brought back to life with a Kickstarter project nearly two years ago. Tesla Effect marks the return of Tex Murphy, a hardboiled…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To explain who Don Bradman is for our American and Japanese readers, I’ll talk in terms of sports more familiar in those nations; In basketball, Michael Jordan has the most points per game on average in NBA history, at 30.12. His nearest rival was Wilt Chamberlain…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…
Read MoreToday in the News Wrap; we take a closer look at what’s new in Mario Kart 8, peek at the mobile incarnation of the forthcoming Hellraid, meet the Broken Lords in Endless Legend, and look at a game that’s updating the action/RPG genre with Void Expanse. Mario Kart 8 brings…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This is unbelievable, but a very, very welcome surprise; idol games aren’t exactly a well known genre in the west, but NISA has decided to localise and publish an idol game based on the Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise in the west. Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (or PP…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There is something deeply unpleasant, but darkly humorous about Deception IV. In a similar way that most good slasher and goreporn horror films have unpleasant content, but are less interested in being horrific as much as providing some darkly funny social commentary, Deception IV is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Persona 4 is one of the finest JRPGs ever released. Combining a dating sim-style social game with some rich JRPG combat mechanics, the game is enthralling for every moment over its 70+ hour run time. In fact, there is so much to do and see in…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Chess has never been a spectacle of a sport in the same way as other great games are but that hasn’t impeded its capacity to deliver high-stakes, strategic action over a period lengthier than a millennium. So given that Digitally Downloaded’s editor-in-chief has practically gushed over…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. TowerFall Ascension is a title that feels right at home next to Mario Kart, Tiny Brains or any other kind of party game. The idea is simple, but the execution is almost flawless. You and some friends are dropped into one of more than a hundred…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Good news, folks! One of the more interesting PlayStation 4 games currently under development in Japan has been confirmed for an English release. NAtURAL DOCtRINE is a tactics RPG from Kadokawa Games Studio, it will be published locally by NISA. The game will also be released…
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