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. Amazing Brick Breaker is shovelware, just so we’re clear here. This is a game with no fresh ideas, it’s not presented in a way that could be called “interesting”, and it probably took around a month to make. But on the other hand it works and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Damn it, I so badly wanted to love Lost Ember. It’s a beautiful and heartfelt project that weaves together concepts of ancestry and memory, nature and preservation, and does so in a completely non-violent manner. It’s a game of exploration and discovery, and it is truly…
Read MoreAwards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Setting out to make Dark Zelda: Breath of the Souls, and then throwing a dash of Princess Mononoke in there, is certainly a brave and bold move. Portugese-based developer, Amplify Creations, is probably better known within the industry than it is within the gaming community, as…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yes, I’m reviewing a shooty shooty bang bang. Perhaps an even bigger shock is that it is one that I genuinely enjoyed. Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts is not even the most high profile or critically lauded in its genre this year, but then given that so…
Read MoreAwards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. When you’ve had a tough week, you need to just zen out sometimes. You’d never think that a vroom vroom racing game would be the tool to do that, but as Harvard explains in this Let’s Play of indie masterpiece, Absolute Drift, that’s exactly what you…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Just yesterday I wrote a review for Black Future ’88, a game that I criticised for being far too beholden to the indie trend of making everything into a “roguelike.” Well, Black Future ’88 looks like a masterpiece of innovation when compared to Labyrinth of the…
Read MoreAwards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s not always fair when a video game – or any other art work, for that matter – belongs to a genre that has become so saturated that it’s hard to muster up enthusiasm for it. It’s often not the game’s fault, in isolation, and many…
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