News by Shaan J. Square Enix has made a very noticeable effort to break into the mobile market over the past few years, and its latest title has just arrived on the Android marketplace, in the form of the much beloved Final Fantasy VI. While some hardcore fans might not…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Of all the next gen games I’m looking forward to, the one I’m most keen to experience is The Witcher 3. It’s not just because the developer is part of our games as art Kickstarter project; The Witcher 2 was one of the most brilliant games…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Good news, RPG fans! Baldur’s Gate II, which is arguably the finest RPG ever built (though Planescape: Torment and the original Baldur’s Gate, as well as Morrowind, are all close behind), is now on the iPad! This is the enhanced version of the game that was…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. As our regular readers would know by now, last week we launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of a book on the topic of games as art. And core to that book will be interviews with some of the games industry’s most prominent artistic game developers. With…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. The Walking Dead is a monumental staple of modern culture. The effects have seemed to reverberate throughout almost every medium with zombie stories being even more common now than they were before. While I don’t know if Overlive – Zombie Survival RPG was directly influenced by…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. The sun has stopped in the sky, creating an endless winter in a land that was ravaged by war. Towns that were once trading hubs are now being attacked by an undead army, and it’s up to the men and women in your caravan to stop…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Playdek is best known for its digital board games and the occasional weird card game. So you can imagine my surprise when it took to Kickstarter for a truly ambitious project – a full-fledged RPG, featuring the involvement of Yasumi Matsuno, no less! I was surprised,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It amazes me that the sequel to Conception is getting localised. It did sell well in its homeland, but its a game about having children with anime girls and sending them into dungeons to do battle. I’m actually not making that up. The goal of the…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J. Following up on its award-winning Europa Universalis IV (you can check out our review here, written by our resident strategy expert Matt), developer Paradox Interactive has just released the first expansion for the game, titled “Conquest of Paradise”. The expansion provides players with a brand new…
Read MoreBG’s news wrap returns to DDNet for 2014 with a look at some of the biggest news stories of this young year. On tap; SimCity goes offline, the big two (ahem) release their sales figures, Razer debuts the Nabu and Activision and Marvel Comics part ways. SimCity offline mode has…
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