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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…

Contest: Win Ohno Odyssey and toys!

November 16, 2013

Competition/contest/Ohno Odyssey

Ohno Odyssey is an upcoming 3DS downloadable title that looks like it’s all kinds of charming. Staring a little green blob, here’s a game that will dripping with personality, and it’s shaping up to be a hit when it releases. The developers have been good enough to provide us with…

so-that-contrast-game-is-bit-of-killer

November 15, 2013

Contrast/Hands-On Impressions/PC/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/Preview

Preview by Matt S. At a PlayStation 4 launch event today I kept being drawn back to the same game. I played it on a nice big TV, with the slick new PS4 controller in my hand. I walked away and played something else for a bit. But then I…

Review: Final Exam (PS3)

November 15, 2013

action/Final Exam/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/sidescroller

Review by Rexly P. Imagine Left 4 Dead as a 3D side-scrolling game and give it a more comical polish and you get Final Exam, which follows the adventures of four characters as they return to their hometown for a high school reunion only to be welcomed by a horde…

Review: Lego: The Lord Of The Rings (iPad)

November 15, 2013

adventure game/Apple/iPad/Lego/LEGO Lord Of The Rings/Reviews/Warner Bros

Review by Andrew M. Developing a game around a legacy like The Lord of the Rings is a not easy. Sure, it helps to have some of the most famous characters in the history of literature, television, film and comics on your side but still, it’s also so easy up…

Review: Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies (PC)

November 14, 2013

2K Games/Ace Patrol/PC/Reviews/Sid Meier/Strategy/tactics game

Review by Matt S. The only criticism I could possibly come up with with the original Ace Patrol game was that its free-to-play structure was a little expensive and didn’t really gel with the serious strategy game structure. So the fact that Pacific Skies is content to charge a small…

the-idea-that-nintendo-doesnt-need

November 14, 2013

business/Financial results/Nintendo/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. Recently, Gamesindustry.biz published an opinion piece that looked at the state of Nintendo and frankly, it was terrible. The crux of the argument was “Nintendo was once the bee’s knees of the games industry, and even though it doesn’t sell as much stuff now as it…

Review: Hexodius (Xbox 360)

November 14, 2013

dual-stick shooter/Hexodius/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox 360/Reviews/Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox Live

Review by Jason M. Namco and Brain Slap Studio’s Hexodius bolts a hex-based overworld onto a would-be fast paced, spaceship shooter, but does it work? Well, the answer is both ‘yes and no’. There’s actually a lot to like about this little blast-a-thon, but it gets weighed down by the…

Interview: Slitherine Director on the trials and opportunities for niche publishers

November 13, 2013

Interview/Interviews/JD McNeil/Matrix Games/Slitherine/Strategy

Interview by Matt S. You likely haven’t heard of Slitherine or Matrix Games (they’re the the same company), unless you’re an aficionado of serious strategy games. If being a armchair general appeals to you, however, it is very likely that you’ve played a title like Battle Academy, or one of…

Review: CastleStorm (Vita)

November 13, 2013

action/Castlestorm/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/Sony/Zen Studios

Review by Matt S. CastleStorm bustles with energy, creativity, and humour. It combines Zen Studios’ impeccable sense of aesthetics with a combination of some of the most popular gameplay systems that we’ve seen in recent years. There’s a bit of Angry Birds in there, as well as some button-mashing action…

The indie development bubble; when will it burst?

November 13, 2013

development/Financial results/Indie/Jeff Vogel/Opinion/Spiderweb Software

Opinion by Matt S. Jeff Vogel, one of the true veterans of the industry, has survived as an independent developer for longer than most AAA-studios have been around. His company, Spiderweb Software, was founded in 1994, when shareware was still king and the games industry looked very different to it…

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