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 Harvard L. I had my qualms about Guilty Gear Xrd when it was first announced. After years of updates for Guilty Gear XX, this would be Arc System Work’s next generation for their flagship fighter. When the first entry of Xrd, -SIGN-, came out, it was met with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m always wary of games that try to offer completely different control schemes; especially when more traditional inputs work just as well. There Came An Echo is a squad-based tactical strategy game, and other than being in real time (on console they’re generally turn based), it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. So, Australia’s delightful censorship bureau, the Classification Board, has struck again, and once again it has struck a tiny Japanese game that was not going to offend anyone. This time around it is Idea Factory’s MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death; that has been refused classification (the dreaded…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. At the moment, VR is all the rage. It’s new technology. It’s promising a lot. The units are selling out, despite their high cost, and people are looking forward to interacting with their games in a new way. But will the technology prove to be more…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. While Steam and the major consoles don’t allow for the sale of adults-only games (in terms of sexual content – AO games for their violence are wholesome entertainment), in recent years we’ve seen an emerging trend among localisers and publishers looking to bring adult games from…
Read More‘Twas the night before release, when all through the houseNot 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 cherry…
Read MoreGame theory by Matt S.“One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realise that having more and more won’t solve the problem, and happiness does not lie in possessions, or even relationship: The answer lies within…
Read MoreWelcome to the latest episode of the Digitally Uploaded podcast, companion podcast to the www.digitallydownloaded.net website. We recorded this week’s podcast ahead of E3, but we felt that there was no point talking about anything else, because that is all anyone is going to be talking about this week. So,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As all Australians know, there’s a federal election coming up in a little under two weeks now. Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t hold much interest to a gaming website, but as we’re an Australian publication, and as one political party has just announced something of intense…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. The first thing that struck me about Soul Axiom is what a beautiful game it is. Set within a “digital afterlife”, it blends surreal, Tron-like neon mesh effects with with more realistic locations, to great effect. There’s something oddly captivating about the contrast of, say, a…
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