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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…

Friday 10s: The ten must-own iPad games for serious gamers

April 11, 2014

Avadon/Baldur's Gate/Baroque/Battle Academy/Final Fantasy IV/FTL/list/Opinion/Romance of the Three Kingdoms/The Shadow Sun/Top 10/Transport Tycoon/XCOM Enemy Within

List by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

Transistor set to arrive on PC and PS4 on May 20

April 11, 2014

Bastion/News/PC/PlayStation/PlayStation 4/Supergiant Games/Transistor

News by Shaan J. Supergiant Games has announced that its upcoming title, Transistor, will launch both for PC and PlayStation 4 on May 20th, as detailed on the game’s blog. This futuristic turn-based strategy follows Red, a young singer who comes into possession of a mysterious and powerful sword called…

Looking for some iOS or Vita gaming on the cheap? Game Atelier has you covered!

April 11, 2014

Discount/discounts/Flying Hamster/Flying Hamster II/kickstarter/News/The Game Atelier

News by Shaan J. Game Atelier’s Kickstarter campaign for Flying Hamster II, the often-requested sequel to the ever-addicting Flying Hamster (check out our review of the original here) is off to a great start, and now, Game Atelier has sweetened the deal by offering up its catalogue of games for dirt cheap, and…

Review: LEGO The Hobbit (Xbox One)

April 11, 2014

Action Adventure/Lego/LEGO The Hobbit/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox One/Reviews/TT Games/XB1/Xbox 360/Xbox One review

Review by Nick H. LEGO The Hobbit ticks all of the boxes I have come to expect from the LEGO titles by TT Games. There are recognisable places and faces from an existing property, lots of jumping and button mashing action, plenty of puzzles and a great deal of humour…

Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers is predictably announced… with a nasty surprise

April 11, 2014

Magic 2015/Magic the Gathering/News

News by Matt S. We’re in the habit now of looking forward to a new Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers game each year. These games are a reliably entertaining way of distilling down the Magic the Gathering formula into a fast paced and beautiful card game, liberating people of the…

if-her-flag-breaks-coming-to

April 11, 2014

anime/anime news/Crunchyroll/harem/If Her Flag Breaks/NISA/Romantic Comedy

News by Clark A. Romantic comedy If Her Flag Breaks (known natively as Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara) is making its way to Crunchyroll in North America, courtesy of publisher NIS America. Adapted from the light novel of the same name, the show follows the exploits of Hatagaya Academy transfer student,…

Review: Weapon of Mass Reflection: RefleX (PC)

April 10, 2014

bullet hell/Indie/PC/RefleX/Reviews/SHMUP/Steam/Weapon of Mass Reflection

Review by Jim S. Although I am not good at SHMUPs, I really enjoy playing them and RefleX is one of the finest I have played in a long while. Weirdly enough, RefleX is the second chapter of the Japanese game series The Tale of ALLTYNEX with the first and…

dear-publishers-please-start-respecting

April 10, 2014

embargo/embargoes/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. One of the most interesting press releases I’ve ever seen has just landed in my inbox. The game it was trying to sell to me, a member of the press, looked decent enough, but that’s not why I found the release so interesting. Oh no. The…

Want a copy of Demon Gaze on PlayStation Vita? We have two to give away!

April 10, 2014

contest/contests/Demon Gaze/NISA

Competition by Matt S. Demon Gaze is an upcoming dungeon crawler that is being brought to us by NISA. As with classics such as Wizardry, or more modern takes such as Etrian Odyssey, players explore deep, dangerous dungeons, slaughtering monsters and earning loot that helps them delve even deeper. Demon…

Review: Hearthstone (iPad)

April 10, 2014

Apple/Blizzard/CCG/collectible card game/digital CCG/Free-to-play/Hearthstone/iOS/iPad/Reviews

Review by Matt S. You just knew that when Blizzard finally decided to step into free-to-play that it would do something that would be both spectacular and expensive. Hearthstone is that; both spectacular and expensive. I want to warn those with addictive personalities in advance; stay well away from this…

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