News by Lindsay M. and Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt C. Gal*Gun: Double Peace was a much smarter game than most people gave it credit for. It was trashy—and I don’t mean that pejoratively—but through that B-grade tone it achieved a pointed satire of a lot of common tropes seen in anime and games. Gal*Gun 2 has…
Read MorePreview by Harvard L. The recent stories about harsh indie gamedev working conditions, triple-A microtransaction scandals and oversaturation of digital platforms are necessary, but they can have a nasty side effect making the general public forget that game design can be fun and exciting. There is a palpable barrier between…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Gal*Gun 2’s full release in the west is only a few weeks away now, so we’re busy playing through it for a review at DDNet. Meanwhile, we’ve had the opportunity to do a hands-on preview video, showcasing our first hour with the game. This game will…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Get ready for the waves of controversy, folks! The sequel to Gal*Gun: Double Peace, which turned more than a few heads when it was released back in 2016, will land on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on April 13 in Europe, and April 24 in…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Japan, we need to talk about the way you go about naming your games. As a general rule, I’ll take creative Japanese titles over generic Western ones (does anyone really prefer The Evil Within to Psycho Break?), but there’s a limit. When I have to look…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. This time it’s the PQube-localised Omega Labyrinth, as is being reported by a number of outlets. This decision hasn’t been published on the Australian Classification Board’s own website, but that usually takes a few days after these decisions are made to reflect on there. The game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. God bless PQube. The publisher is set to bring western Nintendo Switch owners their first pretty ladies visual novel, Song of Memories, in the not too distant future. The game will also be released on PlayStation 4 but… we know the platform we want to play…
Read MoreNews by Ginny W., Lindsay M., and Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news 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 MoreVideo by Matt S. PQube will launch French Bread’s latest 2D fighter, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], in early February for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 (no, really), and PlayStation Vita. We’ve got a solid month before we can run a review of the game, but we figured we’d give people a…
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