Aussie readers of DDNet, have we got a treat for you! (Note: this competition is only open to Australian residents. Apologies, overseas friends, but I’m sure we’ll have another contest for you soon) Stranger Of Paradise is one of the finest, and smartest, games in Square Enix’s storied series. As we wrote in our 4.5/5 review: Do you know that…
Nintendo has forecast some pretty depressed financial results for the year – it has revised down its FY11 expectations, and is now expecting an operating loss of 45,000 million Yen. The company has blamed the results on two things – lower than expected 3DS sales, and a too-strong yen on…
Read MoreData from Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE), shows that the Xbox 360 had a bumper year for sales, with XBLA revenue hitting a record $US144 million for the year. Surprisingly, perhaps, the brilliant but somewhat forgotten work of art, From Dust, topped the revenue intake for the year,…
Read MoreData from Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE), shows that the Xbox 360 had a bumper year for sales, with XBLA revenue hitting a record $US144 million for the year. Surprisingly, perhaps, the brilliant but somewhat forgotten work of art, From Dust, topped the revenue intake for the year,…
Read MoreSometimes, as a critic, it’s important to recognise when a game’s ambition is worthy, even when the execution is not. These instances are difficult reviews to write, but in Amy’s instance, I’m going to give the game the benefit of the doubt; I enjoyed this little horror tale. Amy would…
Read MoreSometimes, as a critic, it’s important to recognise when a game’s ambition is worthy, even when the execution is not. These instances are difficult reviews to write, but in Amy’s instance, I’m going to give the game the benefit of the doubt; I enjoyed this little horror tale. Amy would…
Read MoreAs the console-owning world looks forward to the fifth game in the long-running Soul Calibur series, iPhone and iPad owners get a bit of their own action, getting to enjoy the classic, original game in the series. And what a classic this game is. While later games expanded the character…
Read MoreAs the console-owning world looks forward to the fifth game in the long-running Soul Calibur series, iPhone and iPad owners get a bit of their own action, getting to enjoy the classic, original game in the series. And what a classic this game is. While later games expanded the character…
Read MoreRemember Tamogotchi? The maddening little virtual pet that would whine at you, get itself all dirty, and perish if you left it alone to do something selfish, like sleep? That little thing was a worldwide phenomenon, despite being housed on hardware that would have found pong too complex. It makes…
Read MoreRemember Tamogotchi? The maddening little virtual pet that would whine at you, get itself all dirty, and perish if you left it alone to do something selfish, like sleep? That little thing was a worldwide phenomenon, despite being housed on hardware that would have found pong too complex. It makes…
Read MoreWhile 3DS ambassadors received their ten free NES games back in early September last year, a new game is en route for the handheld Virtual Console in Japan – Punch Out. Indeed, the game is not a 3D classic, but a basic port of the original sports-puzzle hybrid. So long as this is…
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