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by DDNet News Desk
August 29, 2023
Fighting game/Guide

How to get into fighting games for the first time

Without a doubt, the fighting game genre is the most intimidating to get into for the first time. It’s a genre that people take seriously and fiercely, and while they can be incredibly friendly, they can easily forget what it’s like to be new and overwhelmed by the technical nature of these games. So here’s a quick and easy guide…

DigitallyDownloaded.net reviews the Final Fantasy I through VI Pixel Remaster Series
JRPG/list/Top 10

The nine best classic, retro JRPGs to play for the first time in 2023

Looking to get into vintage JRPGs for the first time? Perhaps you discovered how great the genre is with Persona 5 or Final Fantasy XVI and are interested in delving into its roots. Or perhaps you were a fan of action games when you were younger, but now that you’re…

DigitallyDownloaded.net lists the top 10 pieces of Final Fantasy music.

Getting started with JRPGs? Here’s ten tips to get you going

If you’re new to the genre of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs), you…

Rikku (Final Fantasy X) Screenshot

The ten most beautiful Japanese game characters

In the realm of video games, characters serve as the vibrant heart…

Take a summer vacation in Japan courtesy of Crayon Shin-chan coming to PS4!

August 16, 2022
News/PlayStation 4/trailer/Trailers

Boku no Natsuyasumi, known in English as the ‘My Summer Vacation’ series has been in development by Millennium Kitchen and has been around since 2000, though never with an English release. That all changed with a Switch title last week, and now it’s coming to PlayStation 4 too. According to…

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Possibly the most wholesome Metroidvania of 2022 is imminent!

August 12, 2022
Indie/News/trailer/Trailers

A lot of people, especially a bunch of the DDNet team, have long and winding roots of fond memories of the golden age of Flash browser games, so it is quite pleasing to see Armor Games Studio still publishing games that look like they were from that era. Games like…

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The third entry in the Sonic-inspired Spark the Electric Jester series lands on August 15!

August 11, 2022
Indie/News/trailer/Trailers

That’s right! The original Spark the Electric Jester action-platformer is getting a threequel! Feperd Games, an indie-development “team” (it’s really just comprised of a single developer) is responsible for the quite excellent series over the past five years. With the third instalment landing in under a week on August 15…

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Embark Studio’s upcoming free-to-play shooter, ARC Raiders, has been delayed to 2023

August 10, 2022
game delay/News

Who’s Embark Studios? What’s ARC Raiders? Why is it delayed until 2023? All will be revealed! Embark Studios is a Stockholm-based indie game development studio that was founded back in November 2018 by six industry experts, and although as a team they haven’t had any previously released titles, ARC Raiders…

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Alice Gear Aegis is jumping from mobile to consoles on September 8 (in Japan)!

August 10, 2022
News/trailer/Trailers

For the past two weeks now, we’ve received a bunch of news from the publisher of Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix. If you’re not familiar with the release’s title, we’ll quickly fill you in on a brief history of Alice Gear Aegis development… It all started back in…

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Inti Creates Announces Grim Guardians

Inti Creates has announced a new Castlevania-inspired 2D action platformer

August 6, 2022
Inti Creates/News/trailer/Trailers

It would be a bit of an understatement to describe Inti Creates as a fan-favourite development studio. Since its founding in 1996 by ten former members of Capcom, the company has been responsible, especially, for the Mega Man Zero series, amongst many others (Gal*Gun!). Although this news isn’t Mega Man-related,…

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MIT Ph.D. students are working on an up-and-coming original puzzle game concept!

August 5, 2022
News/PC/trailer/Trailers

This excitingly innovative open-world multiplayer puzzle game has the potential to do more than its fair share of rounds when it releases in 2023! Although the name is subject to change, Project S has been officially announced, and is currently available to wishlist on Steam. The announcement comes as a…

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Konami’s new “rhythm” Bomberman title will only be available for Apple users.

August 4, 2022
Apple Arcade/Bomberman/iOS/Konami/News

It’s safe to say that over the years just about everyone has played a Bomberman game – or at least a knock-off alternative. Whether your mouth begins to froth up at a new release in the franchise, or it provides a sizeable kick of nostalgia, the latest instance of Bomberman,…

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Deathverse: Let it Die is being delayed after beta testing

August 3, 2022
Delay/News

Whether you’re up to date with the Let it Die lore or not, the upcoming release of a new free melee fighting game for PS4 and PS5 might be enough to pique your interest. It’s not all good news, however! Shuji Ishikawa, producer of Supertrick Games, the development team behind…

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Massage Freaks becomes “beat refle,” but there’s sad news in here…

August 1, 2022
News/Nintendo Switch/PC

A few weeks ago, Qureate, a video game publisher and developer based in Tokyo, and a fine purveyor of the smuttiest of fan service, announced Massage Freaks, a rhythm game that was all about touching big-boobed girls all over in time to the music. That game has now been renamed…

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