Nintendo’s Amiibos have always been worthy collectibles, if for no other reason than the company seems committed to manufacturing scarcity so that not every fan will be able to find their favourite miniatures. But to date they have been complete misfires in terms of adding anything to the gameplay experience…
Read MoreI was worried going in to Highschool DxD New Season 2. After all, I hadn’t seen the original season, and I was certain that a series with such a complex and in-depth narrative such as this one would make it difficult for me to catch up with the events and…
Read MoreFor people like me who have spent over 500 hours playing the Hatsune Miku rhythm games (that’s right, I can actually get perfect scores with my eyes closed on some tracks), the idea of buying Miku figurines isn’t so strange. I actually already have four. But this new 1/7th scale…
Read MoreLast year’s Never Alone was a breathtaking game. In a similar vein to what Whale Rider achieved in cinema, Never Alone used a popular entertainment form – that of videogames – to both preserve and represent a native culture – in that case, the Inupiat people of Alaska. In my…
Read MoreWithout a doubt one of the most anticipated games of this year is CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3. We’ve already had some hands-on time with the game itself, which we absolutely loved, and while there’s a while to wait before the game is released, thanks to CD Projekt Red’s…
Read MorePacked in as a rather neat bonus to purchasing Final Fantasy Type-0 HD was a demo for Final Fantasy XV, the long (long) awaited next game in Square Enix’s most valuable franchise. Having thoroughly devoured Type-0, I set about this demo, which is extended and gives players a really good sense…
Read MoreI am without a doubt one of the biggest fans of Telltale Games here at Digitally Downloaded. Its short slices of narrative gaming resonate with me, and I have had the pleasure of playing everything it has released so far. Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 – Atlus Mugged is…
Read MoreWhat happens if you take an already solid keyboard, make a few improvements to the overall design and add some considerable flash? You wind up with an even better overall package, which is the best way for me to describe the Tesoro Excalibur Spectrum Gaming Keyboard. Several months ago, I…
Read MoreI thought we could do something a little different this week to our usual game-based countdowns, and have a look at some games that would be perfect as films. Of course, there haven’t been that many good video game movie adaptations out there. There’s a couple of decent ones, for…
Read MoreThanks to the good people at eastasiasoft, we have three copies of the manic, action-heavy SHMUP, Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype to give away. The codes are for the European PSN (which means they will also work in Australia, New Zealand, and other countries that use the EU PSN as the…
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