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…
Warner Bros. has had a patchy track record with Middle Earth since acquiring the license. Where EA gave us some classic games (I maintain that Battle For Middle Earth 2 is one of the finest RTS games I’ve ever played), Warner Bros has lumped us with tripe like War In…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ever since the original Super Mario Kart, it’s been far to easy to throw a collection of loved characters together in a package where they race around tracks in karts throwing random weapons at one another. Typically these games have been less than successful because a…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. G5 Entertainment definitely knows its niche in developing games that have worked well for years as time-wasters on computers. Whether they are games for people that aren’t inclined to dedicate the time that an AAA game demands or that don’t really see the appeal of more…
Read MoreKonami has released a new developer diary to give players insight into the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. This is a game that we have been keeping our eyes on, because we rather liked the first and playing as Dracula is always good value. Developer diaries often provide tantalising…
Read MoreFor many of us at Digitally Downloaded, Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64 was one of the finest games created for that very fine console. It’s available on the Virtual Console right now if you’ve got a Wii or Wii U, and we consider it one of the most essential…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. Recently I succumbed to the advertising on several of the Podcasts I listen to and started playing Lumosity. It’s a good app, a little restricted for people who don’t want to buy a yearly subscription, but overall pretty good. Basically the idea is brain training by…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. One of the oldest independent game developer/ publishers in Eastern Europe, Invictus Games has been operating our of Hungary since 1992. It fulfils two roles – to develop its own games, and then to also port and publish third party games and has worked with some…
Read MoreDo you remember Worlds of Power? Probably not, but to sum it up for you; these were truly horrible novels that were published back in the day that were based on popular NES-era video games. Those books were fan fiction, with money involved, basically. So here’s a nostalgic rush for…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the recently released Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures on the PlayStation 3. It offered some neat throwbacks to Sonic or Mario in there with its 3D platforming and power-ups. Namco Bandai made a game with the same name…
Read MoreWritten by Michael B. Game collection titles are an interesting oddity. From an uninformed viewpoint they seem like the best of both worlds, as developers are given the freedom to mess around with several dozen different mechanics and players are given more variety for their money. Unfortunately, most game collections…
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