Welcome to the DDNet Awards, our annual celebration of the best and brightest games that we’ve been playing throughout the year. It has been a really good year for games in 2016, with great examples of every genre popping up through the year. Across 15 categories over the next three…
Read MoreList by Matt S. So, the first half of the year is now done. And, to be honest, it has been one of the best starts to a year for games that we’ve ever seen. From the most niche of Japanese otaku games, through to the biggest blockbusters you can…
Read MoreGame theory by Matt S. “If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitably—after careful considerations of their relative merits—choose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and…
Read MoreDespite the superb sales figures, the recent Fire Emblem game has been the subject of some incredibly fierce controversy. The reason for that controversy is that Nintendo, when localising the game, decided to engage in some self-censorship of the material, removing some parts of the game, and changing the dialogue,…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Since its inception in the early nineties, Fire Emblem has been forward-thinking with its humanisation of war. In a period when competing titles had players manipulate generic tanks and infantrymen for glory or without context, Intelligent Systems’ tactics series put a face to each of its…
Read MoreNews by Dylan C. 3DS strategy RPG Fire Emblem Fates has sold an impressive 300,000 copies in its North American opening weekend. These strong sales figures earn a place in the record books as the fastest-selling game in the history of the long-running, critically-acclaimed franchise. Related reading: Discover why Fire…
Read MoreIt is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years for games on record. Developers are now starting to take full advantage of the technology on offer in the current generation of consoles, big guns like Final Fantasy, Zelda and more are on their way, and a vibrant…
Read MoreWe do love our Fire Emblem games at Digitally Downloaded, and one of the genuine bright sparks among the relatively quiet show from Nintendo was the new trailers for the Fire Emblem titles on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. On the 3DS we got to see some of the…
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