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…
Bethesda kicked off the E3 presentations this year with its first ever press conference and game showcase. Didn’t catch the hour and a half of action live? Fine details slip your mind? Here are all of this year’s highlights below. – The show opened with various Bethesda employees discussing their…
Read MoreFor some, today is but a lazy Sunday before E3 madness kicks into full force with its slew of conferences. For a devout few, though, it’s a miraculous day tear-jerking celebrations over twenty years in the making. EarthBound, Nintendo’s cult-classic JRPG for the Super Nintendo (the game that introduced Ness…
Read MoreDespite all the leaks that happened last week, Bethesda was meant to effectively open E3 with its floorshow in an hour or so. But Nintendo beat it to the punch, using its 2015 Nintendo World Championships to announce a new game, Blast Ball, which could only be described as soccer…
Read MoreKebabs. Everyone loves them, even the Vikings, according to Ronimo Game’s latest adventure. Swords & Soldiers 2 once again follows the Viking Redbeard, as he fights against demons, Persians and his nemesis, Blackbeard, so save the world (and his lunch). The original Swords & Soldiers was released back in 2009,…
Read MoreSharing screenshots is fun. In fact, the screenshot feature is in many ways the best feature that has been added in to this generation of consoles. It’s fun to share gameplay experiences, amusing anecdotes from the games, a indulge a little of the inner photographer in us. With that in…
Read More… Actually, not really. Or are we? I’m not actually going to declare categorically a “winner” of E3, but I’ve got to admit that this past week has been one of the most frustrating experiences as a fan of games and gaming. See, this week has seen an almost endless…
Read MoreAs most of you know, I’ve been working on a book for the last year and a bit. It’s been a major project, but now it’s at the printers and in just a few short months it will be in the stores (look out for it in late August/ early…
Read MoreNormally I wouldn’t care about a game like Shadow Warrior. Flying Wild Hog had decided to remake a classic, albeit controversial FPS, and the resulting release was being positioned as a bit of lighthearted, inexpensive, nostalgic fun. It’s not my kind of game, nor is it my kind of genre,…
Read MoreForty ballpoint pens, two packets of post-its, a Captain America bobblehead, headphones, a Nintendo 3DS, chocolate, water, a thick book on the history of the Plantagenet kings, an Android tablet and (bizarrely) ten packets of instant ramen. No, not the shopping list of a deranged geek, but the contents of…
Read MoreAtlus has published a couple of games by Chilean developer, ACE Team. Rock of Ages was fun, and Abyss Odyssey is a mild classic, and now the dynamic duo are back together for The Deadly Tower Of Monsters. This game will be an action adventure that looks a little like…
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