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. Way of the Samurai 3 is the third title in a series of very Japanese open world adventure games developed by Acquire, and currently being updated and rereleased on Steam by Ghostlight. Originally a game on PS3, Way of the Samurai plays like no other open…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I had seen this rumoured, but SEGA has now confirmed that Hatsune Miku’s other upcoming PlayStation 4 game, Future Tone, is so big that it’s being split into two separate releases, and together they’ll total a whopping 220 music tracks. To put that in context I…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really expected Naotora Ii to be a token character thrown in to eke some additional life out of the already excellent Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Something to convince players to throw one more wad of cash into the hat as Koei Tecmo prepares…
Read MoreNews by Dylan C. Telltale has revealed that the fifth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode will be released next Tuesday, March 29. Related reading: Our review of Story Mode’s first episode on Xbox One. The fifth episode, titled “Order Up!”, was originally planned to be the final episode of the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Sadame very much slots into the category of “kinds of games I really like to play. An action JRPG set in an alternative universe where the heroes of the Sengoku period have turned into monstrous demons, it has a strong theme and setting, and the way…
Read MoreAnd the new DDNet podcast, Digitally Uploaded, is now live! And this week, we’re talking about a subject that is very special for us all; the JRPG genre. Chris, Alan, and Matt highlight some of their favourite JRPGs of all time, discussing what those games mean for each of them,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I write the following without the slightest hint of hyperbole or aggression; it is a simple fact that Steel Rivals is the worst game I have ever played. Bar none. It’s a shoddy and poorly conceived fighting game that fails to have any personality or value…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. Click. Click click click. Clickclickclick. Clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick. And so begins Plantera, an adorable clicker for PC. Plantera is like a clicker on crack. And the only clicker I’ve ever played that I was intrigued in from the beginning. That being said, in the back of my mind…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Ever wonder what music looks like? I’m sure we all have some idea; mine is formed from those old visualizers in Windows Media Player. But what happens if you touch the visualized music? Developed by DNV and published by Nicalis, Dimensional Intersection explores just that. The…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Trulon is a game based on an upcoming novel called Shadow Gears by Johan Lillbacka and Jak Koke. The game is also a port as it was originally released as a mobile game. Trulon tells the story of a young monster hunter named Gladia as she…
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