Tekken 7 has landed, finally! What a great game it has proven to be. This week on the podcast, the DDNet team talks all about the new addiction that we have to the big new fighting game. Because there have been so many fighting games released recently, we also take…
Read MoreUsually June is one of the quieter months for games. It’s the month of E3, after all, and usually people are too busy getting excited for the games in development than the ones being released. But no, 2017 just can’t let up, and June has an incredible lineup of game…
Read MoreLet’s get this disclaimer out of the way from the outset; we really like our JRPGs, RPGs, and other games that take dozens and dozens of hours to play though. But. But is it possible that these games are just too long, and unnecessarily so? Wouldn’t it be better to…
Read MoreWhoo! The podcast recording technology worked this week, the technical demons have been squashed, and we’re back after a week’s forced hiatus! Because the DDNet awards cycle runs from December to November, we’re actually six months in to the “year” this month, so we thought we’d look back at the…
Read MoreHi everyone, Just a quick note with a bit of unfortunate news (it’s shaping up to be one of those weeks…), the DDNet podcast unfortunately hit some snags in recording last week. By which I mean it didn’t work at all. Despite chaining Alan to his desk for the past…
Read MoreTekken 7 is just around the corner, and DDNet’s Matt was privileged to be able to sit down with the producer of Tekken, Katsuhiro Harada, to talk about the new game, some of the design philosophies that the team has taken, and their wonderful approach to diversity in the cast.…
Read MoreWe can’t stop talking about Person 5, it seems. This past week, there’s been a lot of criticism over the game’s localisation, so the DDNet team decided to discuss that this week, and more generally how localisation should work, versus how people think it does. We also have a good…
Read MoreNintendo held another of its Nintendo Direct web shows, which was mostly there to show off what’s coming up for the Nintendo Switch. So, naturally, we had a chat about that this week. We have been really pleasantly surprised by the Switch so far, and we chat about how Nintendo…
Read MoreNote: Apologies for this in advance, but Matt had some issues with his microphone when recording the podcast. As a result, there’s a little bit of cutting in and out. It shouldn’t be enough to stop you enjoying the ‘cast though, so please do kick back and enjoy! This week…
Read MoreHappy Persona 5 week! As you listen to this podcast, the game is hitting shelves, and flying right back off them as people get stuck into what is sure to be one of the most popular and well-regarded games of the year. We talk through some of our first impressions…
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