Review by Matt S. Dark Souls III is a superb game that mixes a gothic, melancholic atmosphere with genuinely challenging combat and a narrative that obscures the true, startling revelations behind its thick fog and inky, unforgiving darkness. It obscures, but it doesn’t hide; you can learn Dark Souls III,…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. TrackMania is a series that made its name on PC and Nintendo consoles in the mid-2000s, without any such release on a Sony or Microsoft console for over ten years. After nine games in the series, that trend has finally been bucked with the release of…
Read MoreA copy of this game was provided to us for review from Play-Asia. If you are interested in the game, please consider purchasing it from Play-Asia, and support DDNet in the process. Thank you! Review by Matt S. I kid you not, but after playing Dead or Alive Xtreme 3…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I was not the biggest fan of Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf when it originally landed on the iPad back in 2013. As I was playing it, I was constantly reminded that the game was messing with my nostalgia for the classic gamebooks that I would play…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s been a long time since I last played a game that was truly operatic in tone. There have been titles that have effectively latched on to some of the thematic pulls of the art form, such as Pandora’s Tower and Nier, but to find the…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. Ever wonder what it would be like for you and your family to survive a post-apocalyptic world in an underground shelter? In Sheltered, you do just that. Related reading: This plays a little like a premium version of Bethesda’s Free-to-Play Fallout Shelter. Lindsay’s review of that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I had seen this rumoured, but SEGA has now confirmed that Hatsune Miku’s other upcoming PlayStation 4 game, Future Tone, is so big that it’s being split into two separate releases, and together they’ll total a whopping 220 music tracks. To put that in context I…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. It’s been a long time coming, and the time to rejoice is now: Gust’s Atelier series is finally coming to the PlayStation 4 after release upon release ignoring the current-gen console. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book will be released for PlayStation 4 and…
Read MoreArticle by Sam M. Agent 47 is back. The bald man branded with a barcode who is also a master of disguise returns in a new episodic format, an increasingly popular way to release big titles nowadays. Games like Life is Strange and the King’s Quest reboot have implemented episodes…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Tigger, from Winnie the Pooh, would love Senran Kagura. “Why?” I hear you ask? Well, it’s simple; Tiggers like bouncing, and there sure as hell is a lot of bouncing going on in this game. Related reading: The second issue of the DDNet Magazine focuses entirely…
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