News by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)! Square…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Square Enix really has a hit a groove with its remakes – Final Fantasy VII Remake demonstrated just how effectively the company could take a beloved classic and rework it in a way that manages to enhance and complement the original. Trials of Mana, meanwhile, is…
Read MoreList by Matt S. We often get so wrapped up in the ongoing technology development of video games, that we celebrate enhancements in raw processing power and “realism” that we forget that, as an art form, art direction is as important, if not more so, in giving us a beautiful…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. It must be hard to make a game based on the aesthetics, approach to storytelling, and design of opera. It must be really, really hard. Games and film are common bedfellows. There’s plenty of literature that has been adapted into video games, as well. Every art…
Read MoreGame theory by Matt S. While I wasn’t overly enamoured with the SNES Mini when it launched last year, the device did have Final Fantasy VI on it (or Final Fantasy III, as it was originally known in the west), and that is inarguably one of the best Final Fantasy…
Read MoreBlog by Lindsay M. With the month coming to a close — this is my second to last post — I’ve realized I’ve been playing all these awesome games on my iPhone (and iPad, due to limited storage on my phone) and I’ve only written about Severed. For shame! With…
Read MoreThere are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…
Read MoreList by Jedediah H. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often 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…
Read MoreNews by Shaan J. Square Enix has made a very noticeable effort to break into the mobile market over the past few years, and its latest title has just arrived on the Android marketplace, in the form of the much beloved Final Fantasy VI. While some hardcore fans might not…
Read MoreIt’s quite a big week for digital downloads on the PlayStation Network; games like Persona 2 and Resident Evil 4 are releasing, but Square Enix fans are in for a treat as well. The PlayStation Blog announced that two of the finest RPGs of the 1990s will be available this…
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