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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…

Review: Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble (Nintendo Switch)

July 24, 2019

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Strategy/Switch Review/tactics/Tiny Metal/Tiny Metal: Full Metal Rumble

Review by James T. The year is 2008. Twitter has just exploded into the stratosphere, Instagram doesn’t exist, people still used their phones to actually call people and fans, are eagerly awaiting the release of Half Life 2: Episode Three. It’s a crazy time. But maybe most important of all,…

video-oninaki-melancholic-poetic

July 24, 2019

JRPG/Oninaki/Square Enix/Tokyo RPG Factory/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Oninaki is the latest from Tokyo RPG Factory, published by Square Enix. As with Tokyo RPG Factory’s previous efforts, it’s a retro JRPG throwback with a modern presentation. Also, as with previous titles from the studio, it’s a beautifully melancholic game, with an almost poetic rhythm,…

Here’s a bittersweet teaser for the Defiant Development game that may never be finished

July 24, 2019

A World In My Attic/Australia/Defiant Development/News/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. The Australian games industry was rocked by the news today that one of its most prominent and respected developers, Defiant Development, is closing up shop. The team behind Hand of Fate and its sequel are packing up their desks, and the industry just lost one of…

One of Australia’s finest game developers is winding down

July 24, 2019

Australia/Defiant Development/Financial results/Hand Of Fate/Hand of Fate 2/News/sad news

Sad News by Matt S. Defiant Development, the incredibly talented team behind the brilliant Hand of Fate and its sequel, has announced today that it has ceased ongoing development. In caretaker mode it will continue to support existing games, but Hand of Fate 2 will be the last release from…

Two Point Hospital is coming to console!

July 24, 2019

Microsoft Xbox One/News/Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/Sega/simulation/Two Point Hospital

News by Matt S. This is what we like to see! More simulators on our consoles, please! Two Point Hospital, the previously PC-only hospital management game, is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The release will be both physical and digital, and will land in late 2019.…

Review: Archlion Saga (Nintendo Switch)

July 23, 2019

Archlion Saga/Hit-Point/JRPG/Kemco/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. No. No. No. No. Nononononononono. No. Hit-Point is a great developer when working on cute cat and frog casual interaction games (play Neko Atsume if you haven’t before), but purveyors of utter trash when it comes to JRPGs. Kemco, meanwhile, is the publisher of the aforementioned trash.…

Video: Hands-on with The Surge 2!

July 23, 2019

action RPG/PC/PC Preview/Preview/RPG/Souls Clone/The Surge/The Surge 2/Video/Video review

Video by Pierre-Yves L. DDNet contributor, Pierre-Yves, had the opportunity to get some good time in with a preview build of the latest effort to bring the Soulsborne formula to dark sci-fi, with The Surge 2. Is it all that? Well… it’s certainly off to a good start! Stay tuned…

play-tokyo-rpg-factorys-latest-right-now

July 23, 2019

Demo/JRPG/News/Oninaki/Square Enix/Tokyo RPG Factory

News by Matt S. Developed by Tokyo RPG Factory (I Am Setsuna, Lost Sphear), and published by Square Enix, Oninaki is one really good looking retro-themed JRPG, from one of the up-and-coming leaders in that particular aesthetic. The full game isn’t out until August 22, but you’ll be able to…

marvel-fire-emblem-and-that-stranger

July 23, 2019

Digitally Uploaded/digitallydownloaded.net/Fire Emblem Three Houses/Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order/Netflix/Overwatch/podbean/podcast/Stranger Things 3: The Game/Team Fortress 2

Welcome back! We had a week’s hiatus to get some other things done, but we’re back this week, in style. Nintendo’s had a whole lot of stuff out to talk about, Netflix tried its best to ruin Stranger Things on us all, and we have a good chat about games…

Tears of Avia gets release information

July 22, 2019

Indie/JRPG/Microsoft Xbox One/News/PC/Tactics RPG/Tears of Avia

News by Matt S. Developed by an English indie team that go by the name CooCooSqueaky, Tears of Avia aims to be a classical turn-based tactics JRPG for fans of the genre, by fans of the genre, and will land in the last quarter of the year. This one has…

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