Review by Nick H. Cut the Rope: Triple Treat is an interesting puzzle game that most of us have played by now in some form or another. Perhaps the most interesting aspect for some people however, is that this is a full retail version of the game most people can…
Read MoreToday in the News Wrap; we take a closer look at what’s new in Mario Kart 8, peek at the mobile incarnation of the forthcoming Hellraid, meet the Broken Lords in Endless Legend, and look at a game that’s updating the action/RPG genre with Void Expanse. Mario Kart 8 brings…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Chess has never been a spectacle of a sport in the same way as other great games are but that hasn’t impeded its capacity to deliver high-stakes, strategic action over a period lengthier than a millennium. So given that Digitally Downloaded’s editor-in-chief has practically gushed over…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I don’t think I’ve ever played a game as soulless of Jett Rocket 2. I’ve played plenty of bad games. Terrible games, even. I’ve played hopeless clones, and games so close to the original material to be legitimately arguable as plagiarism. But never have they been…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo has published some videos of Game Boy Advance games in action as part of its Virtual Console update to come soon. The first set of GBA games gets released in Japan next week, and includes Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, Wario Ware Inc,…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Cube Tactics is a curious and entertaining blend of a 2D straight lined Tower Defense styled game with RTS elements in a cubelike 3D world. The game starts off on a charming note with the introduction from the greatest Cube Master – Sir Knight who will…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We’ve reviewed Pure Chess in the past. It’s been across just about every game platform I own now, in fact, and the standard has been astronomical across the board (hah, there’s a pun for you in the opening paragraph). The Wii U version is the latest…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I can’t believe that it’s taken me so long to discover the Inazuma Eleven franchise. Well, actually, I know why it’s taken me so long to discover the Inazuma Eleven franchise; it’s hasn’t exactly been given the highest profile out of Japan in the past. Because…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. In case it was ever in question, Nintendo proved late last year with The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds that it still has the guns to meet (or surpass) its Super Nintendo glory days. Though borrowing much of its identity from its predecessor, that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Making a comedy game is a challenge. It’s one thing to have jokes in there, but there also needs to be a compelling experience around it that people want to play through from start to finish. After all, the running of a game is generally fairly…
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