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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…

Review: Fire Fu (Apple iPhone)

March 21, 2016

Arcade/Fire Fu/Indie/iPhone/iPhone Review/Reviews

Review by Matt S. I like to write fairly in-depth reviews. Part of it is that I like to think quite deeply about games, and therefore when I have a chance to write about any game, I want to put words to my thoughts about the game. The other reason…

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book finally brings the series to PS4

March 21, 2016

Atelier Sophie/Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book/Gust/Koei Tecmo/News/PlayStation 4/PlayStation Vita/trailer

News by Lindsay M. It’s been a long time coming, and the time to rejoice is now: Gust’s Atelier series is finally coming to the PlayStation 4 after release upon release ignoring the current-gen console. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book will be released for PlayStation 4 and…

Catch-up coffee Monday: March 21

March 20, 2016

catch-up coffee monday/Elsinore/I Am Setsuna/Idea Factory International/News/obsidian entertainment/Paradox Interactive/Project Setsuna/Tokyo RPG Factory/Trillion: God of Destruction/Tyranny

News 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…

Ten years after Final Fantasy XII; please, Square Enix, please can we have a HD remaster?

March 18, 2016

Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy XII/HD re-release/Square Enix

Article by Matt S. One of Square Enix’s finest games ever hit a real milestone this week; Final Fantasy XII turned 10. It’s one of Square Enix’s finest games, and equally it’s a real outlier in the series for many reasons, and one of the most obvious of them is…

The Friday Ten: The top ten reasons to be excited for PlayStation VR

March 18, 2016

Friday 10s/Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku VR/list/PlayStation/PlayStation VR/The Friday 10

List by Matt S. There’s been a lot of news about PlayStation VR this week, after Sony formally announced the release month (October), and price ($550-odd Australian). It’s a premium priced product, so naturally people have been discussing in great depth whether PlayStation VR is “worth it” or not. I’m…

On Hitman Episode 1: Paris; the killing begins!

March 18, 2016

episodic game/Hitman/open world game/PlayStation 4/Square Enix/Stealth

Article by Sam M. Agent 47 is back. The bald man branded with a barcode who is also a master of disguise returns in a new episodic format, an increasingly popular way to release big titles nowadays. Games like Life is Strange and the King’s Quest reboot have implemented episodes…

Review: Tom Clancy’s The Division (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 17, 2016

Massive Entertainment/PS4 Review/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 4/Tom Clancy's The Division/Ubisoft

Review by Nick H. Bleak. This is the primary adjective that comes to mind while I was playing Tom Clancy’s The Division. Not in a bad way, because the game is absolutely worth experiencing, but it is not ‘fun’ the way a lot of people define the term. It is…

Watch the touching tribute to Satoru Iwata shown at the GDC awards

March 17, 2016

animated short/Game Developers Conference/News/Satoru Iwata/Video short

News by Lindsay M. Yesterday was the Game Developers Choice awards, a staple at the annual Game Developers Conference held in San Fransisco. At the ceremony, Satoru Iwata was remembered through a three-minute animated tribute that spans his career from being a programmer to becoming president and CEO of Nintendo.…

Review: Musicverse Electronic Keyboard (Nintendo 3DS)

March 17, 2016

3DS Reviews/Abylight/music/music creation/Musicverse/Musicverse Electronic Keyboard/Nintendo 3DS/non gaming application/Reviews

Review by Harvard L. Musicverse Electronic Keyboard is a new music-making app for the Nintendo 3DS, using all the capabilities of the system to provide a robust composition and performance tool on the go. Developed by Abylight, the team behind the Music Go series for DSiWare, Musicverse comes from a…

supertribes-my-new-ios-free-to-play

March 17, 2016

4X Strategy/Apple iPad/Apple iPhone/Free-to-play/Indie/iOS/Strategy/SuperTribes

Article by Matt S. So here’s an addictive little iPhone game for you. If you were to bring the art aesthetic and focus on simplicity of a game like Crossy Road, and have it meet a 4X strategy game like Civilization half way, you have SuperTribes. And as odd as…

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