Review by Matt S. Rise of the Tomb Raider does not get off to a good start. Utterly obsessed with hurling its infamous hero, Lara Croft, into rockfaces, having avalanches drop on her, and throwing her into perilous positions where she needs to desperately run across platforms crumbling from underneath…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I think we all chalked Dragon Quest Builders up as a fairly cynical project by Square Enix, where it looked at the success of Minecraft and then decided to try and get a piece of that pie. Before actually sitting down to play the game, that…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week 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 MoreBlog by Lindsay M. With the month coming to a close — this is my second to last post — I’ve realized I’ve been playing all these awesome games on my iPhone (and iPad, due to limited storage on my phone) and I’ve only written about Severed. For shame! With…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. For all its popularity in Japan (and it is really, really popular here – that 30th anniversary Dragon Quest art exhibition that recently ran in Japan was intensely busy), Dragon Quest has a checkered history in the west. Games have gone unlocalised. Other games have sold…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m actually too tired to do proper news articles on these announcements that were made today (lots more to share from here in Japan in the coming days, see), but I felt compelled to stick up these two trailers for DDNet readers, because both games have…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly news feature, Catch-up coffee Monday. Each Monday we will bring you the best news from the previous week 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 MorePreviews by Harvard L. For the Aussie readers out there, Bandai Namco Australia (which also represents Square Enix locally) has a real treat lined up in its publishing division through the rest of the year. With a stunning lineup of new releases in some heavy hitting franchises, you’re sure to…
Read MorePreview by Harvard L. I don’t know if the opening of Final Fantasy XV is a tongue-in-cheek joke or not, but I really want to believe that it is. Our first impression of Noctis is an insufferable sarcastic teenager making jabs at his father, the king, letting the audience know…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. While the rest of the world ponders and scratches their heads in confusion waiting for the Nintendo NX to actually be properly announced, developers seem to be actively making games compatible with the upcoming mystery console. Gematsu has translated an article from Nintendo Dream’s October issue,…
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