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…
Seriously, as soon as Return to Zanarkand started to play? This trailer hit a sweet spot for me. Sure, the X-2 one? Not as much, but this brief trailer did it’s job – I am now even more anxious for the re-release of my favorite Final Fantasy title.…
Read MoreAs critics, we should ideally be looking inwards at ourselves constantly – looking to redefine ourselves and questioning why we are writing our reviews the way that we are. That’s how we improve our craft and, in turn, provide our readers with better information. So in a bit of personal…
Read MoreI think I have played Hungry Giraffe four times now. Let’s count them; PlayStation Minis, iPhone, PlayStation Mobile, and now PlayStation Vita. Yep, four times. I was not the greatest fan of the game the first time I played it, and yet I keep coming back for more. Every single…
Read MoreLast year we saw a bit of a unfortunate circumstance in the Australian games industry. Paul Turbett, the man behind Black Lab Games and the very enjoyable Star Hammer Tactics, was essentially driven out of the industry after his game flopped on the Apple iOS app store. It would seem…
Read MoreWhile it’s hard to deny that 2013 has been off to a great start with new games, it’s also great fun to go back to the classics. Whether those classics are from the PlayStation 1 or Nintendo 64 era, the Super Nintendo or Sega Mega Drive, or even classic handhelds…
Read MoreValhalla Knights 3 from Marvelous AQL for the PlayStation Vita looks and sounds pretty good so far. The game sounds like a lot will be going on and these screenshots seem to support that notion. The number ‘seven’ will appear a lot as battles take place with up to seven…
Read MoreEveryone 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…
Read MoreDisgaea blends a wacky sense of humor with deep visuals and deeply deserves its cult status among fans. Well we have gotten an early look at both screenshots and character art. The colors are more vivid and the characters larger and more detailed than we have seen in the past.…
Read MoreJoshua Boggs If I was to mention that developers behind the following games: SPY mouse, The Movies, Populous, Theme Hospital, Syndicate Wars (as in, the Bullfrog one), Rolling with Katamari and Real Racing 2 and 3, had come together to start a new studio, you’d be pretty excited about the…
Read MoreIt’s a good kind of surprise, but Silent Hill Book of Memories is actually getting some new content and there’s Epic Mickey 2, Deus Ex, and Deadly Premonition news a plenty this week. Ports! Folks love ’em! …what do you mean ‘no’? Porting games that are already proven to new…
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