Like most boys who grew up watching films bulging with action heroes who wielded seismic pectorals to double-axe hammer arrogant aliens and mercenaries into an explosion of despair-submission, I received most of my formal education from Arnold Schwarzenegger. His lessons are numerous, large, and ubiquitous. And while Arnold’s most important…
Read MoreWelcome 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! This Week in Apple TV…
Read MoreThere have been no shortage of remakes, remasters, and HD thingamabobs since the newest generation of consoles released, and it was only a matter of time until the original Gears of War got the updated treatment. Of the titles that deserved an Ultimate Edition of this nature from the last…
Read MoreWelcome 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! Minecraft is coming to a…
Read MoreLondon Bridge has fallen downIt’s fallen down, fallen downLondon Bridge has fallen downMy fair lady Never before have these words been so haunting they will give you nightmares, yet here we are. At Microsoft’s Gamescom briefing, we got to see a brand-new trailer for Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few. It…
Read MoreWith Gamescom being dubbed the second biggest video games conference after E3 (although we’d argue the Tokyo Game Show should at least have that second-place spot), several industry bigwigs are having briefings at this year’s event. Read on to learn about Microsoft’s briefing. The slogan they are going with? “Jump…
Read MoreSony has utter dominance over Microsoft (and Nintendo, but for different reasons beyond the scope of this opinion piece). Reports are that Sony is claiming as much as 90 per cent of some European markets, and we all know how popular the Xbox business is in Japan (hint: not very).…
Read MoreAfter Bethesda’s big show comes Microsoft, the first of the hardware manufacturers to put on an E3 show. And what are we looking at this year? Halo? Gears of War? New IP (we hope new IP)? Microsoft has got a history of doing some odd things at E3, like the…
Read MoreJust when you think tech news can’t get weirder… Everyone who reads Digitally Downloaded knows of Hatsune Miku, right? The anime girl creation of Crypton that was designed to sell vocaloid software has become such a popular character in her own right that Crypton has even developed special screen technology…
Read MoreWhat’s quite incredible about Spartan Assault is that it has managed to encapsulate the atmosphere and design of the Halo games, previously exclusive to Microsoft systems, into the confines of an iPad. From the way troops behave, to the weapons and locations, it feels like an authentic Halo experience, even…
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