We have a special guest this week, with Lachlan Snell, the Aussie developer behind the recent JRPG/visual novel blend, Alluna and Brie, jumping on to tell us all about his new game, from its Aussie humour to its stylish blend of Persona-style storytelling and copious fanservice. We also chat about…
Read MoreNews by 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 news anchor, Dee…
Read MoreWhile the awards themselves are junk (giving God of War “Game of the Year” is like giving The Avengers the Academy Award for best film), one good thing about The Game Awards is how many publishers now use it to announce new game projects, and we’ve got plenty of that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Let’s talk about bloat, because Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is perhaps the most clear example of the issue that I have with bloat in video games. As an attempt to give Smash Bros. fans absolutely everything that has been in previous editions of the series, right…
Read MoreThe Kung Fu Panda films were unexpectedly good in my eyes. Compared to most Pixar movies, I always saw DreamWorks as a cheap, unfulfilling alternative. But, surprisingly enough, the first Kung Fu Panda film was really great, and also game birth to a rather good adventure video game tie-in most…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve been playing the Smash Bros. series since its very first release way back on the Nintendo 64. You might think I’m old for saying this (actually, I guess I am getting older…) But nonetheless, some of my fondest gaming memories ever have come from this…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Nintendo recently released a limited number of codes to try out its upcoming Smash Bros. game on the Nintendo 3DS. We were fortunate to be able to test out the game, so we thought it would be worth doing a brief write-up about it. First things…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
Read MoreWhile we had a couple of issues with Nintendo’s E3 show this year, there was one game that is impossible not to get excited over; Smash Brothers 4. To be released on both 3DS and Wii U the game looks spectacular on both platforms, and there’s a couple of new…
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