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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…

Going hands-on with Days Gone; the redneck apocalypse

March 6, 2019

Bend Studio/Days Gone/open world game/PlayStation 4/Preview/Previews/PS4 Preview/Sony

Preview by Matt S. Sony has a developed such a strong formula for its big blockbuster titles. From The Last of Us to Horizon, God of War and Spider-Man, the games produced by Sony-owned studios have wildly disparate themes, but a comfortingly cinematic, structural similarity to one another. Sony does…

Review: Anodyne (Nintendo Switch)

March 6, 2019

Anodyne/Art Game/Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review/Zelda clone

Review by Brad L. An ever-growing trend over the past decade has been a resurgence of games with a decidedly retro feel. We have seen the rise of many titles that represent parts of video game history from the 1980’s and 90’s. Anodyne is certainly one example of that… and…

One Piece is going open world, and its opening cinematic looks good

March 5, 2019

Bandai Namco/Ganbarion/News/One Piece/One Piece World Seeker/open world game/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. If any anime property could benefit from going open world, it is One Piece. The anime is about high adventure on the open seas, after all, and what better way to achieve than than to give you the freedom to get yourself involved in adventure on…

Review: The Caligula Effect: Overdose (Nintendo Switch)

March 5, 2019

Furyu/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/NISA/Reviews/Switch Review/Takuya Yamanaka/The Caligula Effect/The Caligula Effect Overdose

Review by Matt S. The original The Caligula Effect is the NieR (not Automata) of this generation. By that I mean that the game’s smart – genius smart – and has thematic and philosophical depth that few other games even come close to. But the packaging was a bit rough,…

in-depth-previews-of-yakuza-spiritual

March 5, 2019

A Plague Tale/A Plague Tale: Innocence/Digitally Uploaded/digitallydownloaded.net/Dragalia Lost/Judgement/podbean/podcast/Yakuza

It’s all about upcoming games this week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast. First we chat about A Plague Tale – a suspenseful stealth game set during the Black Death that we had a couple of hours hands-on time with. Then we chat about the next game from the studio behind…

AeternoBlade II looks like it might be decent!

March 5, 2019

AeternoBlade/Aeternoblade 2/Corecell/News/Thailand/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. The first AeternoBlade, but Thai developer/publisher Corecell Technologies, didn’t exactly set the world on fire, but you could see that the ideas behind the game were both noble and sound. The sequel to AeternoBlade, AeternoBlade 2, has been in development for a long time now, and…

The hyper-fanservicey Gun Gun Pixies is coming to Nintendo Switch

March 4, 2019

fan service/Gun Gun Pixies/News/Nintendo Switch/PC/PQube

News by Matt S. Upskirts galore in Gun Gun Pixies, a previously Vita-only, Japan-only release produced by Compile Heart that cast you as a tiny little pixie running around a world of full-sized women. You can see where this is going. Now PQube, the publisher that will do what others…

Going hands-on with the distinctive and terrifying A Plague Tale: Innocence

March 4, 2019

A Plague Tale/A Plague Tale: Innocence/Asobo Studio/Focus Home Interactive/Hands-On Impressions/PC/PC Preview/Preview/Previews/Stealth

Preview by Ginny W. A Plague Tale: Innocence is being developed by Asobo Studio, a French outfit perhaps better known for adapting children’s movies into their video game counterparts. Interestingly, its latest endeavour, which takes place during the black death and brings with it all the plague-bearing rats and inquisitors…

no-dead-or-alive-6s-dlc-is-not

March 4, 2019

Dead or Alive/Dead or Alive 6/DLC/Koei Tecmo/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. So, Dead or Alive 6 finally released last week, and it is a particularly good fighting game. The best 3D fighting game ever, as far as I’m concerned, and argued in my review. But, of course, this is the games industry, so rather than talk about…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, March 4, 2019

March 3, 2019

catch-up coffee/Cultist Simulator/News/PlayStation Vita/PS Vita/Weather Factory

News by Lindsay M. and Matt S. 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…

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