Spiders is surely one of the most underrated developers out there. The French company behind the likes of Bound by Flame, Of Orcs and Men and Mars: War Logs consistently produces RPGs that are conceptually rich and backed up with unique, original gameplay. They don’t always work as well as…
Read MoreIt was bad enough when Disney did it. It was even worse when Nintendo did it, by doing it at such low quantities that there were worldwide scarcity on launch day. What am I talking about? Turning physical toys into physical DLC packs for video games. The Disney Infinity miniatures…
Read MoreOne of our favorite free-to-play games here at Digitally Downloaded is Chain Chronicle. As an addictive mix of JRPG and line defence, it has nearly endless replay value thanks to its weekly events, and the challenge of levelling up the massive cast of characters, and while the combat is simple,…
Read MoreIt’s always a nice way to start a new month; a load of new Hatsune Miku Project Diva f 2nd DLC to keep fans tapping along with the beat. The new pack is Kaito heavy, for people who want to indulge in the masculine tones of the big guy. Kaito…
Read MoreReiner Knizia is a masterful board game designer, and his games make for excellent video game adaptations as well. I still play titles such as Samurai and Through the Desert today on my iPad, years after I downloaded them for the first time. And there’s a Kickstarter that has been…
Read MoreImage & Form’s SteamWorld franchise is rapidly developing into a versatile indie darling. Way back on DSiWare (remember that?), there was a SteamWorld tower defence game, which showed potential, but then there was SteamWorld Dig that has proven to be a remarkably popular game that has now appeared on all…
Read MoreWhen you look beyond the “main” games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, you quickly get a picture that Ubisoft is willing to be quite experimental with its games, both in terms of characters and settings, but also how these games play when compared to the expectations of the main games.…
Read MoreImageepoch is a very niche JRPG developer, responsible for a wide range of creative (and often controversial) games. It is perhaps best known for the Luminous Arc series of tactics games on the Nintendo DS, but it was also involved in the production of Yoshi’s New Island, and was the…
Read MoreAttack on Titan has become a major media franchise, with both the manga and anime lighting up sales charts worldwide. So the natural next step was a live-action film, and this one is shaping up well indeed, based on the early trailer, which you can see below. Of course, manga-to-film…
Read MoreThe release of Mortal Kombat X is just around the corner, and Warner Bros. is blitzing us all with weekly trailers. This week we’ve got one that shows off one of the newcomers, Kung Jin. You’ll also see Kung Lao and Liu Kang doing their thing, and plenty of bone-breaking…
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