News by Lindsay M. The rumours have been confirmed, turning them into glorious fruit-shaped facts ready to be chomped up by an awesome little circle dude: Pac-Man 256 is ready for consoles!Related reading: Matt’s review of Pac-Man 256 for iPhone. The game will feature console-exclusive features, including playing with up…
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 MoreReview by Hamza A. A top down rougelike that involves upgrading, shooting, hacking, and a randomly generated level each time you get terminated? While I normally turn down a game that fits this description, Neon Chrome got my utmost attention from the very beginning. And by beginning I mean straight…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. There’s something really special about Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s a touching story of friendship and kindness, told through a simplistic story and a beautiful art style. Yet something so simple, and so beautiful is also one of the best games available. While the original…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. While best thought of as a collectible card game, Duelyst really does not look the part. It has a very stylised pixel art aesthetic mixed with a turn-based system that can make it a challenging game to drop into any one bucket. Perhaps that is the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Goichi Suda is my hero, and I’m not even joking about that. One of the most relentlessly creative and transgressive game developers out there, I’ve loved everything he has touched on some level – even the really controversial stuff like Killer Is Dead. Also, it helps…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. NORTH is a wonderfully thought out art game about the current refugee crisis, drawing influence from cyberpunk and surrealism. A lot of people are going to be scared off by this sentence alone and write the game off as a walking simulator. If you aren’t though,…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. By this time, it’s safe to say I trust Kalypso with all my city-building needs. I mean, one word sums up my trust quite nicely: Tropico. But Kalypso is now making the leap from city building to city ruling, publishing indie developer Fragment Productions’ Urban Empire.…
Read MoreReview by Hamza A. The Collider 2 is a tunnel racer that’s unlike most tunnel racers out there. With fantastic visuals and a sleek sci-fi setting that brings to mind the world of Mass Effect, The Collider 2 is as visually impressive as it is in its gameplay. Featuring high…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. It almost feels trivial to write about Western Press, a game with such a short runtime that you could feasibly finish a dozen rounds in the time it takes to read this review. A one-on-one twitch multiplayer game developed by Bandit-1 and published by Aussie favourite…
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