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 Lindsay M. Following the release patterns of its latest titles, Idea Factory is bringing to more PlayStation Vita games to PC via Steam. MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies and Trillion: God of Destruction will both be coming to the selling platform before the end of 2016, ending…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Finally! Finally Circle Entertainment has its name attached to a game that I actually enjoy. That might be because the publisher’s only role in the production of Adventure Bar Labyrinth is that it’s the publisher of the 3DS version of the game (it’s developed and self…
Read MoreRetro reflections by Nick H. If the game mentioned in the headline sounds somewhat familiar, there is a good reason for that. A while back I was on a serious strategy/RPG kick, and was talking at length about the Shining Force series of tactical games. These were among my favourite…
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 Clark A. Nintendo launched amiibo, its answer to the booming toys-to-life market, less than two years ago. What began as a sparse river of 12 figures has rapidly widened into an ocean of eternal plastic success. Now with over 100 miniatures and support for dozens of games, the…
Read MoreExplainer by Matt S. Last week I took a look at three of the key defining features that I felt characterised a good rhythm game. Perhaps surprisingly, none of those features was the music itself. I’m going to do something similar this week in looking at the JRPG genre, because…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the first games that I played on iPhone – way back at version 3, or whatever it was – was a humble little dungeon crawler called The Quest. Inspired heavily by the likes of Might & Magic and Wizardry, it was a very traditional,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Overcooked is Team 17’s latest attempt to prove that as a publisher it has a lot more to offer to the world that one iteration of Worms after the last. Developed by Ghost Town Games, Overcooked is a fairly simple time management game, but it gets…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt C. Welcome to 2016, a year with more amazing game releases than anybody could possibly play, and a year in which people are losing their minds because a highly-anticipated game might be “only” 30 hours long. Someone who allegedly obtained a copy pre-release shared some details about…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. SEGA has today released a new trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 4/ PlayStation Vita rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X. We’ve had the Vita version of the game for some months as an import from Japan, but after realising how well Miku turns out on…
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