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 Rob P. Pity the poor reviewer, faced with the task of appraising yet another mechanical keyboard. The problem is, for the most part, these things are boring. While gaming-oriented membrane keyboards verge on the wild, wacky and innovative, there’s an unwritten rule which says that mechanical devices must…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Wonder Festival happens twice per year in Japan, and it’s an opportunity for the various hobby companies that produce figures for anime characters and the like to come along and share with the public what they’re working on. The E3 of plastic collectibles, if you will.…
Read MoreNews 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…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Spike Volleyball is the first attempt to make a serious volleyball simulation on console. Unfortunately, it’s not a great game, but that raises a greater challenge that niche sports games face; how to compete with the mammoth budgets of the likes of EA and 2K Games.…
Read MoreNews by Matt C. 2019 continues the trend of seemingly every game ever made getting a Switch port. That’s great news for Switch owners, bad news for our wallets, and awful news for DDNet’s News Editor. Here are all the Switch port and release date announcements (that we know of)…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Song of Memories is certainly an eye-opening little visual novel. In fact, it’s greatest strength is its ability to constantly knock you off guard by doing the least expected thing possible. It tries hard (though ultimately fails) to hide some glaring weaknesses behind that penchant for…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has finally given us a release date for Atelier Lulua, the fourth game in the ongoing Arland sub-series within the franchise. It launches on May 21 in North America, and May 24 in Europe and Australia. Atelier Lulua will actually be the second Atelier…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We recently mentioned that PQube, the publisher that has been kicking around for ten years now, was creating its very own game. At the time we only had the one screenshot, but now we’ve got more details, and whoo does this game look like it could…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is coming to us from FromSoftware and Activision, and it’s certainly one of the biggest and most exciting Japanese games on the agenda for 2019. A new “story trailer” has landed for the game. It’s only a minute long, but it is…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Myana is the princess of Laarz, a nation of cat-people (“luccretias”) who live in near isolation. Ludovic is an aloof king’s guard in Eroolia, a human kingdom with a long history of tension with Laarz. The two hardly seem like a perfect match, but the fates…
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