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 C. Empathy: Path of Whispers wears its inspirations on its sleeve. It draws heavily on games like Dear Esther and Gone Home in terms of presentation, atmosphere, and approach to storytelling, and – as the title suggests – is similarly interested in emotional, personal tales about people.…
Read MoreNews by Britta S., Ginny W., 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…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. And just like that, E3 is done for another year. Another show of ups and downs, with plenty to get excited about to do with plenty of disappointment. Be sure to let us know what you thought of the event in the comments, but in the…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. As I sit down to review The Town of Light, a wave of extreme pressure is washing over me. Not only are the topics tackled in this walking simulator extremely heavy, the events are based on documented cases at a real European asylum (Volterra) early in…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Australia has such a vibrant community of game developers! We might not have any large developers of AAA-games any longer, but we have many indie developers, doing many interesting and creative things. The fast five series of interviews is designed to highlight some of Australia’s creative…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Thea: The Awakening looks like it should be an indie take on Civilization. It’s got the same hexagonal map design, and you’re looking down on villages and units of characters from an omnipresent point of view that looks every bit the Civilization clone. That in itself…
Read MoreReview by Lachlan W. H. P. Lovecraft. The titan of written horror. The father of an entire subgenre of horror. The creator of a beloved fictional universe. Regardless of his meanderingly overwrought prose and his often very objectionable personal views (to call him “racist” would be putting it mildly), Lovecraft…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Did you ever play “Roseball”? In the wake of the console release of Street Fighter IV way back in 2009, this mini-game emerged where people would play what was effectively Pong, but played in a Street Fighter setting. Each player would pick Rose, a character with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the publishers that you’re not going to hear too much about is Kalypso. It’s largely a simulator specialist, and doesn’t get a whole lot of media coverage; not when there are games featuring evisceration for the media to talk about instead. Railway Empire But…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Rayark is a Japanese mobile developer known primarily for its rhythm games. This is the team that created Deemo, Cytus, and Voez – the latter of which is also on Nintendo Switch and is indeed one of the best games on the platform. What Rayark is…
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