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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…

What we’re looking forward to in 2021: Lindsay’s big five

December 24, 2020

list/Top 10/top 5

What an unmitigated nightmare of a year 2020 has been. Between the natural disasters that went large this year, over to COVID-19 and the horrors of a pandemic, very few people will look back at this year with fond memories. Typically at the end of the year we look back…

Review: Drawn To Life: Two Realms (Nintendo Switch)

December 24, 2020

2D platformer/505 Games/Drawn to Life/Nintendo Switch/platformer/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. The Drawn to Life property has such amazing potential. Think about it; they’re platformers, where you get to be creative and draw your own characters and experience into the thing. The first Drawn to Life, way back on the Nintendo DS, and the sequel (DS and…

The 24 Games of Christmas! Day #24: Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix

December 24, 2020

24 games of Christmas/Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix

It’s the big countdown! Just as you pull out your advent calendars to count down the 24 days to Christmas, so too are we going to count down in our own way, by highlighting 24 games that you could play this month to get into the spirit of the season.…

Pixel art: Why it’s better than realism

December 23, 2020

Dragon Quest/Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy Legend/JRPG/Opinion/Retro/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. I’ve been playing a lot of retro and retro-styled games recently, and it has reminded me that in a lot of ways pixel art is the perfect aesthetic for video games. The way it inspires the imagination is like a good book, and adds to the…

What we’re looking forward to in 2021: Brad’s big five

December 23, 2020

list/Top 10/top 5

The latest couple of Hatsune Miku games on mobile are painfully adorable

December 23, 2020

Android/Crypton/F2P/Free-to-play/Hatsune Miku/iOS/Miku/mobile

Article by Matt S. I must admit that I don’t check the mobile gaming space nearly as often as I probably should (especially since I subscribe to that Apple Arcade thing and don’t even check what games I’ve got to play on it). However, with this time of year being…

The 24 Games of Christmas! Day #23: Sonic at the 2020 Olympic Games

December 22, 2020

24 days of Christmas/Sonic at the 2020 Olympic games

Review: Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend (Nintendo Switch)

December 22, 2020

Collection of SaGa/compilation/Final Fantasy Legend/Game Boy/JRPG/Nintendo Switch/Retro/Reviews/Square Enix/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. Square Enix was quite strategic about the release timing of Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend. The company released this late into the year so they can pick up some easy cash from the nostalgic with what is a very cheap retro collection, without too much…

What we’re looking forward to in 2021: Clark’s big five

December 22, 2020

list/Top 10/top 5

How many of the best games of 2020 did you play?

December 22, 2020

awards/Awards 2020/DDNet Awards

Article by Matt S. It’s finally done for another year! We’ve given awards to all our top games in 2020, and looking back, it has been a surprisingly good year, despite the disruption. Even with one or two high-profile failures, the depth and breadth of the video game industry continues…

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