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…
News by Matt S. Publisher, Raw Fury and developer Plausible Concept, have announced a new game, Bad North. Bad North bills itself as a “real time tactics roguelite,” and while I’ve become instantly wary of any game calling itself a “roguelike” (most developers don’t seem to have actually played Rogue),…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Amid Evil is Heretic, in some alternate universe where FPS games stayed weird, niche and mechanics focused. I’ll admit when the game arrived in my inbox I did a double take, since I had reviewed DUSK mere weeks ago and many of the praises I can…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. It’s quiet in outer space. Deafeningly so. But inside space stations, all becomes bustling again. The whir of machines. Voices traveling down hallways. Doors opening and closing. Beeping computers. Cutlery clanking. So when you enter a large research station to only the sound of the engines,…
Read MoreThis week’s podcast was an eclectic mix! First up, we talked about Tomb Raider; the games, the movie, and the IP in general. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Lara and her adventures. Then we talked about rhythm games, in light of DJ Max turning us a bit…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Gust, the best JRPG developer of them all (not an opinion, an actual fact), recently held a special broadcast. Ostensibly it was a broadcast all about the upcoming Atelier Lydie & Suelle (which actually released in Japan a while back), but the developer also took the…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Violence in video games is a hot button topic nowadays. Whether it’s a gory decapitation or a continuous slaughterfest of screaming enemies, gratuitous murder is the order of the day for a lot of titles, both old and new. I don’t have a problem with the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last month we reported that the mind behind Harvest Moon and Birthdays, Yasuhiro Wada, was hard at work on his next game, a charming shop simulation called Little Dragons Cafe. Now we have the first screenshots, and the game is indeed shaping up to be gorgeous.…
Read MoreList by Lachlan W. The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia is coming to Soul Calibur 6 later this year. While Soul Calibur has an illustrious history when it comes to franchise crossovers (I got so many ring outs with Link in Soul Calibur 2 on the Gamecube), this is the very…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Betrayal is a common theme in Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. We first meet our young king protagonist as he desperately flees a coup organised by one of the chief retainers of his father. A few hours later, our team of intrepid heroes prove their…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Think back to when the PlayStation 4 was new and shiny. People were excited about what Ubisoft would do with the extra power of the hardware with its moneymaker Assassin’s Creed franchise. After all, a series that is all about massive open worlds and historical epic…
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