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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…

Looking Back: Warsong, the Genesis game that beat Fire Emblem to the punch

February 26, 2013

3DS/Fire Emblem/NCS/Nintendo/Retro/Retro Reviews/Sega Genesis/Treco/Warsong

With the recent release of Fire Emblem Awakening, a lot of players are really getting their first serious look at this RPG-strategy series. There are around a dozen Fire Emblem games with the series’ first release way back in 1990, though many of those were released only in Japan. My…

Aliens vs Predator stalks iOS and Android

February 26, 2013

Aliens vs Predator/Apple/AVP Evolution/iOS

Aliens: Colonial Marines got you down? Maybe a little Aliens vs Predator is what you need. AVP: Evolution is a third-person action title on the way for iOS and Android from Fox Digital Entertainment and Angry Mob Games (Predators) that actually sounds kind of neat. Now you might be thinking that…

Review: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)

February 25, 2013

Level-5/Namco Bandai Games/PlayStation/PS3/review/Second Opinion/Studio Ghibli

In our original Ni No Kuni review, our Editor-in-Chief, Matt Sainsbury, awarded the title a perfect score in his glowing review. The intention of this second opinion review isn’t to criticise the game or the differences in our opinions of it, but to share the experience from another perspective. Just…

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix – Announcement and Screens

February 25, 2013

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix/Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories/Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days/Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix/Release Information/screenshots/Square Enix

It looks like Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix will be arriving in North America and Europe sometime this fall. The package will include a cinematic story that covers Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and also the re-release of the original Kingdom Hearts known as Kingdom Hearts Final Mix – previously only…

This might just be the coolest nerd-cool site ever

February 25, 2013

archive/awesome/maps

OK, so this isn’t technically video gaming news, but anyone who grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons and other pen-and-paper RPGs will realise instantly how awesome the following site is: http://plagmada.org/Welcome.html The Play Generated Map & Document Archive is – wait for it – an archive for people’s old RPG…

Review: Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection (PSP)

February 25, 2013

Generation of Chaos/Generation of Chaos Pandora's Reflection/NISA/PlayStation/PSP/Reviews

You wouldn’t know it, but Generation of Chaos: Pandora’s Reflection is actually the sixth main entry in a relatively niche JRPG franchise. This makes it tough to appreciate just how dramatically Pandora’s Reflection shakes up the established formulas of the previous titles. If there’s an advantage to this though, it’s…

talented-developer-arkedo-has-dropped

February 24, 2013

Arkedo/Arkedo Series/Financial results/sad news

Though not technically bankrupt, Arkedo, the team behind some great games including the Arkedo series on the PlayStation Network, no longer has any employees. The team will be producing no more games moving forwards, in other words. So that sequel to Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit that we…

Interview: Firemonkeys on Real Racing 3; “quality is key for mobile gaming”

February 24, 2013

EA/Firemonkeys/Interview/Interviews/Kynan Woodman/Real Racing/Real Racing 3

As Australia’s most prominent developer, and one of the largest working on the Apple iOS platforms, all eyes have been on Firemonkeys as it has geared up for the hotly-anticipated Real Racing 3. And it has largely succeeded. Some issues with the microtranastion model aside, Real Racing 3 is a…

review-sela-space-pirate-ipad

February 24, 2013

Apple/iPad/review/The Game Atelier

Arrr! This game is tougher than pirate’s pegged leg matey. Sela the Space Pirate is a punk. I mean this not only in a nice way, but in a literal sense as well. She’s the epitome of what it is to be “steampunk.” Err… just without the “steam,” that is.…

The weekly discussion: The best console launch of all time

February 22, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

With the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 this week, we’re all in the mood to talk about new consoles, I think. But since we’ve already discussed the PS4 to death, let’s talk about console launches instead. Of the consoles that you’ve bought at launch, which have impressed you most, and…

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