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…
Mortal Kombat X has just released. It is really a very good game, as I highlighted in my review. It’s also incredibly violent. Mortal Kombat X is as excessively violent as Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, released a few short months ago, is excessively sexualised. What I have found…
Read MoreDotEmu is a very productive developer and publisher, and has been responsible for some really great games on mobile devices. Remember that mild addiction that all of us at Digitally Downloaded had to Heroes of Might & Magic 3 HD on the iPad at the start of the year? That…
Read MoreOften in my dreams, I find myself running at high speeds and jumping impossible heights. Always from a first-person perspective, these so-called “free running” dreams of mine always leave me with this adrenaline rush that continues to flow throughout my body even long hours after I’ve woken up. Needless to…
Read MoreSEGA’s kept us waiting. Way back at the release of Hastune Miku: Project Diva f 2nd the company promised that as part of its extensive DLC plans there would be swimwear for all the characters. Now, with the latest batch of upcoming DLC, that promise is finally being followed through.…
Read MoreWithin the first twenty seconds, small cute hugbots emitting pink love hearts float affectionately towards you. Peaceful and placid they just want to be your friend. But you, merciless to the extreme, aim and pull the trigger, scattering their parts into a hailstorm of loot. This then is the intent…
Read MoreCassie Cage, a new fighter in the Mortal Kombat ring and the daughter of Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage (surely Sonya could have done better for herself), has a move where she punches a guy between the legs so hard that his testicles explode. And Mortal Kombat X is kind…
Read MoreOnce of Square Enix’s “lesser” franchises, Star Ocean has provided some truly epic experiences over the years. Mixing fantasy and sci-fi elements together, and focusing on a strategic action combat system, the series has developed a relatively small, but very dedicated following. Star Ocean 3: Til the End of Time…
Read MoreBlue Estate is an rails shooter much in the vein of the the House of the Dead series. It is also based on a comic by Viktor Kalvachev & Kosta Yanev. Now, I have never read the comics so I can’t say if this game stays true to the story…
Read MoreStealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones is a creative puzzler in which players will find themselves in the shoes of a clone who, after running through a training facility, finds out that all of the testing, all of the deaths of his fellow comrades, was for nothing more than…
Read MoreThe first thing that came to when I picked up the Mortal Kombat X Fight Pad by PDP was this: “Well this sure feels different.” I mean that in a good way, however. Certainly everyone has their favourite controllers for different reasons, but I think most fight fans can agree…
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