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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…

Preview: Conquer Mars (PC)

August 12, 2013

browser based game/Conquer Mars/Indie/PC/Preview/RTS/Strategy

Let me begin by saying that I’m always a little wary of browser based Real Time Strategy games. I’m a big fan of the genre and yet many RTS games aimed at casual audiences abandon strategic depth for accessibility. In essence, the idea of a simplified strategy game is oxymoronic.…

Review: Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar (iPad)

August 11, 2013

Apple/EA/Free-to-play/iPad/MMO/Mythic/Reviews/RPG/Ultima/Ultima Forever

EA’s track record with free-to-play mobile games has been spotty. At one end of the spectrum is Real Racing 3, which manages to be a good racing game despite the monetisation model. At the other end of the spectrum is Tetris Blitz and Plants Vs. Zombies 2 – games that…

The weekly discussion: Come say hello in our forums!

August 10, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

We’ve got some great discussions going on in our forums – everything from your favourite PS Plus freebie to Yoshi plushies and otaku miniatures. So this week, instead of having a discussion on our website itself, let’s take the weekly chats into the forums – our challenge this week is…

Friday 10s: Ten must-own 3DS Virtual Console games

August 9, 2013

Friday 10s/Game and Watch Gallery 2/Harvest Moon/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Shantae/Shining Force/Super Mario Land/Sword of Hope/The Legend of Zelda/Trip World/Virtual Console/Wario Land

Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week 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 in the world and this…

Hardware Review: SteelSeries Flux In-Ear Pro headset

August 9, 2013

Hardware/Hardware Review/headsets/SteelSeries

Only the laziest of writers would quote from a press release in the first paragraph of their review. So, now that we know where we stand, here’s what SteelSeries have to say about their Flux In-Ear Pro headset: “The balanced armature driver requires no external air to produce sound. This…

Review: Deathmatch Village (PS3)

August 8, 2013

2D shooter/Deathmatch Village/Free-to-play/Multiplayer/Multiplayer shooter/platformer/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews

There hasn’t been that many free-to-play games on the PS3 to date, but those that are there are generally definable as console games. Titles like From Dust and DC Universe Online are free-to-play, and haven’t necessarily been well received by the PS3 gaming community, but they are at least on…

Review: Cloudberry Kingdom (PS3)

August 8, 2013

Cloudberry Kingdom/hard game/kickstarter/platformer/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Pwnee Studios/Reviews

From the moment “Press Start” appears on the screen, players get a glimpse of what awaits them in Cloudberry Kingdom. The Kickstarter-funded side-scrolling platformer by Pwnee Studios features the customisable hero Bob as he traverses his way through various levels of increasing difficulty to the point of near-impossibility. The first…

have-you-dropped-by-our-forums-yet

August 8, 2013

digitallydownloaded.net/forums

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a forum for our readers to come and chat about pretty much everything they could think about – games or anything else, really. The forum’s now filled with great conversations and a group of great people – if you haven’t signed up yet…

Review: SteamWorld Dig (3DS)

August 7, 2013

3DS eShop/eShop/Image and Form/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/puzzle platformer/Reviews/SteamWorld/SteamWorld Dig

Nintendo’s first attempt at a handheld download platform, DSiWare, wasn’t one that put up many classic or memorable games. There were a handful, though, such as the Art Style games or more experimental puzzlers like Spin Six. SteamWorld Tower Defence was one that came so, so close. As its name…

Aussie indie developer, Nnooo, has become a publisher

August 7, 2013

Australia/Cubemen/Financial results/Nnooo/publishing

Well, this is a neat bit of news for the Australian game development industry; Australian indie developer, Nnooo, has just announced its first foray into third-party game publishing. The developer, behind such hits as escapeVektor and Spirit Hunters, is lending another Australian developer, 3 Sprockets, its Nintendo expertise to get…

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