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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…

Well, the Xbox Series X is getting one Japanese game at least…

May 7, 2020

Bandai Namco/Microsoft/News/Scarlet Nexus/trailer/Trailers/Xbox Series X

News by Matt S. Last night (for us Aussies), Microsoft held a digital event where it showed off a lot of content that is coming to the Xbox Series X. There’s some interesting stuff in there – I’ll leave it to our esteemed coffee catch-up writer, Lindsay, to refresh the…

Spirit of the North: A beautiful attempt to recapture Journey’s magic

May 7, 2020

Art Game/Indie/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Spirit of the North/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Spirit of the North has released on the Nintendo Switch and PC, having previously been released on PlayStation 4 (I mention in my video that it’s on Xbox One. It’s not, sorry about that!). It’s a gorgeous, heartfelt game that takes heavy inspiration from Journey, and…

Review: Spirit of the North (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2020

Art Game/Indie/narrative/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Spirit of the North/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. I love foxes. They’re smart, fluffy, and noble animals, like wolves but more petite and less terrifying if you happen to just come across one (yes I know that wolves aren’t actually the dangerous monsters that popular culture likes to depict them as, but they are…

SEGA announces the last DLC pack for Hatsune Miku on Switch (for now)

May 7, 2020

DLC/Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku Project Diva MegaMix/News/Nintendo Switch/rhythm game/Sega

News by Matt S. If you were like me and purchased Hatsune Miku Project Diva Mega Mix from the Japanese eShop store on day one, then you’ve been looking forward to the DLC drops that have been drip-fed in the months since. We’re up to our sixth DLC pack now,…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, May 7, 2020

May 6, 2020

Big Brother: The Game/catch-up coffee/Evergate/game announcement/game trailer/Indie Game/News/Shantae and the Seven Sirens/The Almost Gone

News 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…

Review: SNK Gals’ Fighters (Nintendo Switch)

May 6, 2020

2D fighter/Fighting game/fighting games/Nintendo Switch/Retro/Reviews/SNK Gals' Fighters/SNK Playmore/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Fighting games tend to age poorly. There’s a lot to the genre, from the need for intricate animation and precise physics, through to the consumer demand for expansive rosters and characterisation. That means it’s a rare fighter indeed that hasn’t been completely superseded a console generation…

SNK Gals’ Fighters Vs. SNK Heroines – all girl fan service action

May 6, 2020

fan service/fanservice/Fighting game/fighting games/SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy/SNK Playmore/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Just last week, SNK Gals’ Fighters was released on Nintendo Switch. A brilliant port of an old Neo Geo Pocket Color title, Fighters preempted SNK Heroines from 2018. And yet, despite the super-modest hardware and two-button approach to fighting, Gals’ Fighters is arguably the superior of…

The artist behind the smartest brawler is back with a new project

May 6, 2020

Uncategorized

News by Matt S. If you haven’t played The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa yet, you really, really need to. Even if you’re not a fan of brawlers (and I certainly am not), you need to look beyond the screenshots and actually play this thing, because its greatest secret is that…

nisas-void-terrarium-is-looking-gorgeous

May 5, 2020

News/NISA/Roguelike/trailer/Trailers/Void Terrarium/void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium

News by Matt S. NISA has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming Void Terrarium, a roguelike thing that looks like it’ll also have plenty of smarts behind it. You play as a robot-thing and your job is to protect Toriko – a young girl that badly needs supplies…

Square Enix is in a remakes groove right now… here are five more to do next

May 5, 2020

Chrono Trigger/Drakengard/Final Fantasy 1/Final Fantasy VI/Ogre Battle/Square Enix

List by Matt S. Square Enix really has a hit a groove with its remakes – Final Fantasy VII Remake demonstrated just how effectively the company could take a beloved classic and rework it in a way that manages to enhance and complement the original. Trials of Mana, meanwhile, is…

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