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July 30, 2022

Competition

LAST CHANCE! Win one of FIVE RIG 800 PRO headsets & Stranger Of Paradise (+DLC)

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…

psychological horror

Why I can’t review Martha is Dead

I don’t believe topics should be ignored in games, but I do believe that certain issues need to be handled delicately; things like mental illness, sexual assault, and war are not topics to be taken lightly. LKA is, to me, best known for approaching some very sensitive topics in The…

Review: Elex II (Sony PlayStation 5)

I’m not sure there’s ever a precisely right time to release a…

Review: Gran Turismo 7 (Sony PlayStation 5)

I really wish I loved anything as much as Yamauchi Kazunori loves…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 5, 2020

October 4, 2020

catch-up coffee/News

News by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue, we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…

oh-my-theres-new-japanese-publisher-and

October 2, 2020

Clouded Leopard Entertainment/Indie/News/Nintendo Switch/PC/PlayStation 4

News by Matt S. Clouded Leopard Entertainment is a new Japanese publisher, founded in 2019 by CEO Yuen-Yuen Chen. The company has just launched an indie-focused venture to bring some creative games from within Japan to the world and based on the first two… this is a publisher you want…

Review: Warsaw (Nintendo Switch)

October 2, 2020

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Roguelike/RPG/Switch Review/turn based/Warsaw

Review by Harvard L. In Warsaw, players take the role of the Polish resistance against the occupying Nazi forces towards the end of World War 2. It’s a tactical role-playing game which is heavily weighted towards combat and resource management. Developers Pixelated Milk set out to make a harrowing game…

aussie-telco-looking-to-screw-over-any

October 2, 2020

Australia/News/Optus/Telco

News by Matt S. Optus, a telecommunications company in Australia that still hasn’t managed to figure out how to provide a mobile phone signal for the hour-long train ride between Australia’s #1 and #10 largest cities, has decided to launch an application that gives a big-time advantage to gamers… provided…

On making a game about life in rural Indonesia

October 1, 2020

A Space For The Unbound/Indie/Indonesia/Interview/Interviews/PQube

Interview by Matt S. Earlier this week we ran an interview with Geraint Evans, from PQube, one of the most eclectic publishers going. PQube has been highly active in finding games from unusual development markets across Asia-Pacific, publishing Ciel Fledge from Indonesia, and AeternoBlade II, which came from Thailand. Another…

genshin-impact-is-delight-and-also

October 1, 2020

action RPG/F2P/Free-to-play/Genshin Impact/JRPG/PC/PlayStation 4

Article by Matt S. I’m going to say this up-front: these comparisons between The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact highlight just how superficial we can be in the way that we talk about games. Structurally, thematically, narratively, in terms of character design and in almost…

Ghost of a Tale lands on Switch on October 8

September 30, 2020

Ghost of a Tale/News/Nintendo Switch/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. We need more games that make a hero out of a mouse. We felt that Ghost of a Tale did that with style, and was a truly delightful little stealth puzzle game when we played it on PlayStation 4 last year. Now it’s going to get…

crunch-culture-how-developer-exhaustion

September 30, 2020

CD Projekt Red/Crunch/Cyberpunk 2077/Opinion/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Crunch culture kills creativity in video games. The human cost is the biggest priority – and that cost is discussed at great length and excellent detail by many outlets – but there’s a secondary casualty, and that’s creativity and artistry. In this video, I outline why…

Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)

September 30, 2020

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/RollerCoaster Tycoon/RollerCoaster Tycoon 3/simulator/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a beloved simulator, and with Atari since driving the property into the dirt, it’s the one that people look to as the classic in the theme park sub-genre (eclipsed, perhaps, only by the very recent Planet Coaster). With a better-than-pedestrian port to…

good-mobile-news-dragon-quest-tact-is

September 29, 2020

Android/Dragon Quest Tact/iOS/News/Square Enix/Strategy/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Dragon Quest Tact is one of those mobile games that I think I’m going to like a whole lot. It’s a simple tactics strategy game, and it uses the Dragon Quest series’ iconic characters and visuals. What about that is not a good idea? (I also…

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