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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…

New Little King’s Story dated in North America

September 17, 2012

New Little Kings Story/PS Vita/PS3/Sony

King Corobo strikes out against the Devil King early next month on the PS Vita. Any day that the PSV gets a solid new release is a good one, and it looks like October 2nd is going to be a very good one indeed. That’s provided you like whimsical 2D/3D…

Review: Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart (iPad)

September 17, 2012

Apple/G5 Games/Hidden Object/iPad/Nightmares from the Deep/Reviews

It is an odd quirk that so many hidden object games seem to come from a horror background. This genre allows for a lot of fun for developers to build themed settings in which to hide those pesky objects. Halloween with all its ghost stories, haunted houses, dark cemeteries and…

Pre-order Train Simulator 2013, get a discount

September 17, 2012

PC/Steam/Train Simulator 2013

Aspiring engineers who are looking to pick up a copy of Train Simulator 2013 might want to plunk down their order on Steam now. RailSimulator has just announced that the sequel to Train Simulator 2012 is just about ready to roll out onto the tracks for PC. As a bonus,…

insomniacs-overstrike-changes-gears

September 17, 2012

Fuse/Insomniac Games/Overstrike/PS3/Xbox 360

Developer Insomniac Games announced this past week that its forthcoming four player action shooter Overstrike is getting a name change – but thats not all. Fuse is the name of the game now, and it’s a game that has a little bit of an uproar around it at the moment.…

DLC review: Battlefield 3: Armored Kill (PS3)

September 17, 2012

armored kill/Battlefield 3/DLC/FPS/PC/PlayStation/PS3/Reviews

The battlefield just got bigger than ever. No, really. Armored Kill, the third DLC instalment to DICE’s Battlefield 3 brings with it four brand new maps, and they are boy are they big. You might remember a few months ago we did a review of Battlefield 3 and the second…

Video review: Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise (Wii)

September 17, 2012

Beat the Beat/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii/Reviews/rhythm game

Beat the Beat has finally arrived in Australia, and while the Wii might not be getting many new game releases these days, this game continues the fine tradition of quality over quantity in the Wii’s final year. Taking a deceptively simple idea, throwing in some insane minigames and crazy-fun music,…

The weekly discussion: all about U… Wii U

September 14, 2012

weekly chat

The dust has settled (well, more-or-less), and we now know almost everything there is to know about the Nintendo Wii U – when it will launch how much it will cost, what games will be available on it. There’s been controversies, of course. I’m not entirely sold on the console…

Original Killzone coming to PSN in HD

September 14, 2012

Killzone HD/PS3/Sony

An HD remake of the original Killzone was already on the way in next month’s Trilogy Collection, now Sony has announced that the game will also be available (sans parts 2&3) on the PSN. It’s true, the first game in the Killzone series (billed as a Halo-killer by some before…

an-old-friend-returns-for-nintendo

September 14, 2012

Fractured Soul/Mystical Ninja/Nintendo 3DS/nintendo download/Nintendo DSi

The 1998 GameBoy incarnation of Mystical ninja posts to the eShop’s Virtual Console this week along with a solid looking new title with Fractured Souls. How long has it been since there’s been a new Mystical Ninja game anyway? Aside from a few mobile titles and a DS game that…

Review: War of the Human Tanks (PC)

September 14, 2012

Fruitbat Factory/PC/Reviews/War of the Human Tanks

Chances are, you’ve taken part in a video game war of some sort. It could have been simulated through the tactical affairs of Advance Wars, the more accessible Call of Duty, or even the historical action in Dynasty Warriors. Regardless, video games about human conflict seem to be here to stay.…

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