Review by Matt S. A couple of years ago I had all but given up on playing newer editions of Koei Tecmo’s serious strategy games. Both the Nobunaga’s Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchises, which have been around for almost as long as games have been, stopped being…
Read MoreScreenshots by Matt S. At E3, we saw an announcement trailer for Berserk Warriors that didn’t actually show any gameplay, but certainly managed to catch our attention nonetheless. Now we’ve got some screens, and whoo boy is this game looking visceral in its violence. Related reading: The Berserk Warriors E3…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has been teasing a brand new Warriors title in the lead up to E3. We had been thinking it might have been based on a western franchise, which naturally led us to stuff like Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, but as it…
Read MoreList by Matt C. Next week at E3, Koei Tecmo will announce a new Musou (or Warriors, if you prefer) game, and it’s looking likely that it’ll be another crossover – like Dragon Quest Heroes, One Piece Pirate Warriors, and Hyrule Warriors – but with a “prominent overseas IP”. In…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Do you know what I love so much about the Atelier games? The thing that elevates the series well beyond almost any other JRPG out there, in my estimation? It’s not the combat, though I have witnessed that go from being functional in the Atelier Arland…
Read MoreRetro Reflections by Nick H. I have had the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series on my mind a great deal of late. There are multiple reasons for that. Recently I wrote about a classic strategy/RPG hybrid Shining Force, so clearly the tactical genre is in the forefront of my…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This was inevitable, I guess. Koei Tecmo’s marquee franchise, Dynasty Warriors, is coming to mobile, and from the looks of things it looks like it’s attempting to take the hard-and-fast action of the 3D games and distill it down to a 2D plane. That’s probably for…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. 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 MoreVideo by Matt S. Dead or Alive 5: Last Round has embarked on its fourth season of DLC costumes, stages and, occasionally, characters. Some people think that’s ridiculous, when the changes are cosmetic, and, to those people, expensive. You’re looking at over $100 for the season pass. For each season.…
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…
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