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…
Review by Matt S. Competition around the “retro compilation” space has become surprisingly fierce. It’s no longer enough to simply drop emulations of a handful of random arcade titles from the backlog and call it a day. As the likes of Capcom, Konami and SNK have shown, players are really…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The latest compilations of classic games to land on our consoles comes from Namco, the makers of some of the most beloved retro classics of all. As you’ll see, these packages (there are two volumes) show an impressive range and even some treasures that we haven’t…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you had played the Yomawari series then you probably were interested to see what the director, Mizokami Yu, would come up with next. They are two of the most distinctive, interesting horror games in the past decade, after all. You probably weren’t imaging a punk…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I started playing Desperados III without having done too much research ahead of time. I know about the series itself, of course, but the last one of those was back in 2007, and it was produced by the now-defunct Spellbound Entertainment. That’s a long time ago…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Having originally released in early 2016, XCOM 2 has seen several ports and additions over the years. Compiling all of that into one neat package, fans can now take it with them whenever they go on the Nintendo Switch. This includes XCOM 2: War of the…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Kairosoft has been around for a long time now – they’ve just released their 26th port to Nintendo Switch (no, that’s not a typo). What makes this developer/publisher so enduring, even as every game follows such a familiar formula? Well, that’s what we discuss in this…
Read MoreFeature by Harvard L. This is a long-form essay covering the three BioShock games in the lens of art criticism. Spoilers abound. And, also, the focus on art criticism means there will be little assessment of how well the games are made or how fun they are to play, there…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kingdom Hearts is a terrible, terrible series. It’s so in love with its own lore that it is impossibly lost within it, and putting to focus so completely on that (intensely dull) lore has come at the expense of everything the series could have been doing…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. I know a lot of people have struggled with fitness over the last couple of months. Between lockdowns and social distancing, keeping up a fitness regimen has been difficult. Whether you’ve technically been allowed to go out or been on hard lockdown, motivation to put yourself…
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