News 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 MoreNews by Lindsay M. It’s like Square Enix was reading my mind: just yesterday I thought, “Hmm, I Am Setsuna is out soon but things have been relatively quiet on that front.” And bam! the publisher drops a boatload of new goodies to showcase the upcoming game by Tokyo RPG…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nier: Automata, the absolute surprise of E3 last year (given the original Nier was such a commercial failure that it sent its developer out of business), is inching ever closer. Thanks to E3 this year we now have a launch window; the game lands in early…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. God bless Square Enix. After its entire fan base (which may or may not be an exaggeration, but there are a lot of us) begged for years for a HD remaster of Final Fantasy XII, the publisher finally listened. We’re getting a HD remaster of Final…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Stop everything. You must see this trailer now. It is urgent. The first gameplay trailer for I Am Setuna has dropped, and for the first time we get to experience a small taste of the art, music, and story of the game. My first thought on…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. (premium article) If you were to think of Square Enix’s classic JRPG franchises, you’re likely going to think of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. If you cast your thoughts beyond the JRPG genre, you’re probably going to think of the likes of Tomb Raider and Deus…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Square Enix is celebrating NieR’s sixth birthday in style, holding an event later this month. NieR Music Concert & Talk Live will be held on 16 April (this Saturday!) at the EX Theatre in Roppongi, Tokyo. For the Talk part of the event, series director Yoko…
Read MoreVideo by Sam M. Since kicking off with the new, episodic, Hitman, there’s one particular scene that I simply can’t get out of my mind: the fashion show. It has all the hallmarks of a classic setting for something dramatic; it’s visually striking, it mixes high society and class. It’s…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. The countdown has begun for the launch Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, as the game is set to arrive in the West on 28 June of this year. That’s right, you’re mere months away from joining Fidel and his friends on a fantastical journey to protect…
Read MoreArticle by Sam M. Would you like to order FINAL FANTASY XV? That’s what you’re prompted to do once completing the Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo, and it’s the general feeling from the Unearthed presentation that occurred earlier today. Square Enix has realised that people are going to spend big…
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