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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…

Ace Patrol now on PC

August 27, 2013

Ace Patrol/PC/Sid Meier/Strategy/tactics game

Earlier in the year we reviewed a little iOS exclusive strategy game from the great man himself, Sid Meier. Ace Patrol absolutely blew us away, and now it’s available to people without iPads. Ace Patrol on PC is in-app purchase free, and contains all the content of the iPad game…

Review: Mars: War Logs (PS3)

August 27, 2013

Mars: War Logs/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/RPG/Spiders

Mars: War Logs is one of those games. If you hadn’t played it, and relied on the vast bulk of the reviews out there on the game you’d get the impression that it’s a shortish, generally ugly game hampered by its minimal budget when compared to Bioware and Mass Effect.…

Prepare to lose your Soul – again

August 27, 2013

Dark Souls/Dark Souls II/Demon's Souls/From Software/Microsoft Xbox 360/Namco Bandai/PC/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3

Of course, the real test will come when it is time to play the game. Here everything is visually detailed and interesting, but some of the screenshots certainly help convey the sense of menace and often times oppressive atmosphere. From Software wound up with a hit on its hands with…

Lightning strikes soon

August 27, 2013

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII/Microsoft Xbox 360/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix/trailer

I know that Final Fantasy XIII is not a series everyone enjoys, but I certainly had fun with the first two instalments and am looking forward to this final chapter in the series. Square Enix is slated to release this title in Japan on November 21st, North America on February…

a-deeper-look-into-dead-or-alive-5

August 27, 2013

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate/Release Information/screenshots

Several new features are coming to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, the upcoming iteration on the popular fighting franchise but Tecmo Koei and developer Team Ninja. Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will see a release in Japan, Europe and North America on September 3rd of this year on both the…

review-92-summer-carnival-recca-3ds

August 27, 2013

3DS eShop/92 Summer Carnival/eShop/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Recca/Retro Reviews/Reviews/SHMUP/Virtual Console

As an optimist, I have to believe that at some point in the development of Summer Carnival ’92: Recca, a soft spoken member of the team finally mustered up the guts to ask whether the game was going to be too fast for the average player. After playing the finished…

Review: Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D (3DS eShop)

August 27, 2013

3DS eShop/action/Arcade/eShop/light gun shooter/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Reviews/Teyon

Last year’s 3DS eShop Heavy Fire offerings, Special Operations 3D, fell far short of what Teyon previously delivered on the budget retail PS3 release, Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, even though it chose to stick with the same dusty desert setting. This year, Teyon takes us out of the desert heat and…

ouyas-advertising-gets-edgy

August 26, 2013

advertising/Marketing/MTV/Opinion/Ouya/PR

Ouya has found itself in a spot of bad PR recently. First the company’s official Twitter feed retweeted an enthusiastic fan’s tweet that may or may not have shown Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers (NES) being illegally played on an Ouya console and now it has briefly released an advert on…

Dark Souls II closed Beta looks to start taking PS3 applicants early next month

August 26, 2013

Announcements/Beta/Namco Bandai/Namco Bandai Games/News/PlayStation/PS3/PSN

Namco Bandai Games recently revealed that it will be rolling out new streams of information daily on the Dark Souls II Facebook page, starting September 5th. This closed-beta will allow players to step into one of the most treacherous areas of the game and are stating that only the hardcore…

Review: Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS)

August 26, 2013

3DS Review/Atlus/JRPG/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Reviews/Shin Megami Tensei IV

The Shin Megami Tensei series does not quite have the same reputation for brutal difficulty of the likes of Fire Emblem, though it certainly comes close and the series can be somewhat difficult for newcomers and is rooted very firmly in a lot of the ‘typical’ JRPG principles. You’ll be…

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