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 Nick H. Simply put, the HyperX Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset from Kingston is one of the best headsets I have had the opportunity to experience. It not only checks off a bunch of the normal boxes I normally look for in a headset, but manages to surprise or…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. While the rest of the world ponders and scratches their heads in confusion waiting for the Nintendo NX to actually be properly announced, developers seem to be actively making games compatible with the upcoming mystery console. Gematsu has translated an article from Nintendo Dream’s October issue,…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. A flame is burning on the inside of SNK’s corporate belly. Between rebranding the company in an effort to restore its former prestige and the developers within the company outright proclaiming their intent to make the latest King of Fighters game an accessible and popular one,…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Nick H. …Or perhaps the title should have said ‘Phantasy’ RPG series. Specifically, for my retro reflections this week, I want to talk about Phantasy Star II, though I spent ample time with parts three and four as well and will likely talk about them down the…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreList by Matt S. If you’ve been a game critic for as long as I have (and, without giving away ages because it’s quite embarrassing; I’d actually be well past my time for long service leave if I had been working for the one place all this time), one of…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Australia’s largest game developer is Melbourne’s Firemonkeys. The company was formed when Firemint, the developer behind the superb Flight Control, acquired Infinite Interactive (Puzzle Quest) and then merged with IronMonkey after EA required the two of them, which gave the game developer with its current name.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ian Bogost surely didn’t think this was going to happen. Back in 2010, Bogost – an academic, game developer, and writer – reacted to the utter pointlessness of games like Farmville by developing Cow Clicker, which boiled these “casual” games down to their very core. You…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Its Kickstarter was a success, so developer XERO and publisher MiKandi Japan have opened up preorders of Libra of the Vampire Princess in English. The crowdfunding campaign was actually so successful that it hit three if its stretch goals! Related reading: We were excited when Libra…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. A long time ago I rented SimAnt by Maxis on the Super Nintendo, and fell in love with it. I loved it so much that I begged my mom to buy me the PC version of the game, and she held out for a long time…
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