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…
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Everyone on the DDNet team would like to wish all of our readers a very happy and safe Christmas. We hope that you have a great day with family, friends, children and Miku dolls (what…?), filled with great food, drinks, and gifts. Most of all, enjoy the time!…
Read More‘Twas the night before release, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The headsets were hung by the chimney with care, In anticipation that our queen, Miku, soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of…
Read MoreHo, ho, ho, and Merry Christmas! Christmas is a wonderful time of year. If you’re in the north then you get to enjoy snow, hot drinks, the wonderful colours of decorations and the smell of a freshly-cut Christmas tree. If you’re south of the equator, it means blistering hot weather,…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. What does Santa do when someone steals all the Christmas presents? A regular old St Nick might give up, or work extra hard to create a new stash of gifts. Not Aru, the bunny-eared, anime girl Santa, though – no, when someone steals her presents, she…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I recorded some footage of me singing along to We Sing. One of the tracks in the game is Eternal Flame by The Bangles. That there is my tune. I sing it virtually every time I go karaoke (the ultimate drinking event if ever there is…
Read MoreWelcome to the DDNet Awards, our annual celebration of the best and brightest games that we’ve been playing throughout the year. It has been a really good year for games in 2016, with great examples of every genre popping up through the year. Across 15 categories over the next three…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. The treatment of the Australian games industry throughout 2016 by the government is the great unspoken proof of how weak, false, and ineffective the leadership of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been. In lacking the insight to realise just how valuable this industry could be to…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Ever since I played Theme Park on the Sega Geneses I have been hooked on amusement park simulation games. Back then I had no idea what I was doing, I just really liked building my own park and would always run out of money. Later in…
Read MoreHo, ho, ho, and Merry Christmas! Christmas is a wonderful time of year. If you’re in the north then you get to enjoy snow, hot drinks, the wonderful colours of decorations and the smell of a freshly-cut Christmas tree. If you’re south of the equator, it means blistering hot weather,…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. There are some games that play brilliantly regardless of the platform they’re released on. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is as good on mobile as it ever was on PC. Mini Metro likewise. XCOM works as well on PC and console as it does…
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