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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…

The DDNet Saturday Crossword!

December 17, 2016

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Is there a better way to kick off the weekend than with a good cup of coffee and a good crossword puzzle? We might not be able to give you the coffee, but we now have you covered with the crosswords. Welcome to our new weekly crossword puzzle! Each week…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #17: King of Fighters XIV

December 16, 2016

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Ho, 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,…

The Friday Ten: Ten games we’re really (really) looking forward to in 2017

December 16, 2016

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List by Matt S. It’s the last Friday Ten of the year! Don’t worry, we’re still around to the end of next week, but with Christmas coming next weekend we’ll be having a couple of well-earned days off this time next week. Otherwise we’ll go insane, and you don’t want…

Review: Rome: Total War (Apple iPad)

December 16, 2016

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Review by Matt S. As a platform, the Apple iPad and other tablet devices are perfect for strategy games. The immediacy of interaction, through touching units and characters to direct them about, has an experiential element that helps strategy games as well, making you feel like an omnipresent commander with…

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December 16, 2016

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News by Matt S. When I was in Japan earlier in the year, I went along to the Hatsune Miku concert and exhibition, and one of the exhibitors really caught my eye. Gatebox, it was called, and it was promising to put a Miku hologram in your living room.Related reading:…

The DDNet Awards! Nintendo 3DS Game of the Year

December 16, 2016

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Welcome 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…

The catch-up coffee: December 16, 2016

December 15, 2016

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News by Britta S, 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 news anchor,…

The 24 games of Christmas! Game #16: Fibbage XL

December 15, 2016

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Review: Crystal Rift (Sony PlayStation VR)

December 15, 2016

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Review by Matt S. If you had asked me before I started playing around with Virtual Reality, “What genres are best suited to VR?” I would have said racing, horror, space games, arcade-style rail shooters and, of course, rhythm games. Despite my love for the RPG genre, however, I wouldn’t…

Aussies are making a super sexy Japanese visual novel, and it looks awesome

December 15, 2016

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News by Matt S. If you didn’t know better, you’d take one look at Alluna and Brie and the Tentacle Menace and assume it was made by a small Japanese development outfit with a real love of sexy, sexy fanservice. But the game actually comes from a developer from rural…

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