News by Matt C. Every week, there are approximately 2394875629384756 announcements for Switch ports of previously-released games. That’s great news for Switch owners, bad news for our wallets, and awful news for Lindsay, DDNet’s news editor. In an effort to cover the flood of announcements without cluttering the site or…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Following on from the healthy success that the Yakuza series has enjoyed in the western markets of late, the development team behind the series is on a high. And that’s why the upcoming Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise title by SEGA is so exciting;…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. SEGA has announced a tiny, tiny update to Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone on PlayStation 4. It’s so small that normally it wouldn’t be worth mentioning, but given that SEGA has all but given up on our favourite digital idol, it’s nice to be able…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Just think about this; the Yakuza series was once very, very niche outside of Japan. Now, this is the fourth title released in English in the past two years. Something has clicked with players, and SEGA has been ready to capitalise in a big way. Related…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. R.A Salvatore, the author of the Dungeons & Dragons Drizzt Do’Urden novels, is not one of the great philosophers of all time, but his books always have a bit of philosophical reflection in them to open each chapter. His reflections on nostalgia, found in one of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The release of a new Yakuza game is always a good thing, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 is just around the corner. This video has plenty of footage of what to expect from the game. But I also wanted to take the opportunity to discuss something that…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. “Welcome to the job” is the kind of tag line that could go so, so wrong for a video game. Games aren’t meant to be jobs, after all. And yet, it’s an appropriate tag line for Football Manager and, further to that, these games are somehow…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. We’re big fans of the Yakuza series here at DDNet. Between the urban playgrounds that they provide us to mess around with, to the oddball and often hilarious storylines, right through to the violence yakuza fantasies, each Yakuza title is an mesh of so much stuff…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Sonic Mania Plus is just a repackaging of the original Sonic Mania with some DLC and enhancements, but the numerous touchpoints and improvements throughout take an already fantastic game and make it even better, and absolutely worthwhile to play whether you are new to the game…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It has been a long time since we saw a game in SEGA’s Shining franchise released in English. A very, very long time. Because of that, there are no doubt more than a few people out there who are curious by Shining Resonance Refrain, but not…
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