News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The upcoming Wholesome Games Direct: https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2021/05/the-next-wholesome-games-direct-date.html 2) EA and Ubisoft plans: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1392231459071528962 Sony PS5 Shortages into 2022: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1391800460554784772 3) Sony has 25 games in development: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/sony-interactive-entertainment-has-over-25-ps5-games-in-development 4) Project Zero 2 celebrates 20th anniversary in the worst way: https://www.siliconera.com/fatal-frame-receives-a-face-lift-and-revival-as-a-pachislot-machine/…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. From the release of Resident Evil Village, the big debate about game length versus value has jumped up. Again. This is so exhausting. I realised that I haven’t actually done a video on game length to this point – I’ve written articles, sure, but no video.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Nintendo can’t stop selling Switches: https://www.siliconera.com/nintendo-switch-sales-worldwide/ 2) Some great news for the Aussie games industry: https://twitter.com/dippizuka/status/1390127610449981443 3) EA’s bought into baseball: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1390081320340975620 4) Good Smile Company turns 20: https://twitter.com/GoodSmile_US/status/1388330056901029889 5) Judgment sequel leaked: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/judgment-sequel-lost-judgment-reveal-leaked-by-japanese-playstation-store – Matt S. Editor-in-Chief…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. (Apologies that there’s some background noise in this video – there was a heavy rain storm going on as I recorded the voice track for this one) Resident Evil Village is the latest in Capcom’s long-running series, and it’s also one of the most different entries…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Sony and Microsoft enjoy good financial results: https://www.siliconera.com/sonys-game-and-network-services-revenue-totals-25-billion-dollars/ And https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/28/xbox-sales-up-50-as-microsoft-has-best-year-of-sales-ever-14485047/ 2) A lost Castlevania game is re-found: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/04/now-you-can-play-the-cancelled-dreamcast-castlevania-prototype/ 3) A new The Last Of Us has been conceived: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1387339043185246209 4) SEGA and NFTs. Sigh: https://www.siliconera.com/sega-will-begin-selling-nft-based-on-its-ips/ 5) Citizen Kane…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. First released way back in 1988, Nintendo’s Famicom Detective Club, a duology of two mystery-themed visual novels, is finally getting a localisation and release into English. I love these games. I can’t wait to review them, but what I can say, right now, in the preview…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. One of the most common words you’ll hear from people when talking about video games is “consumers”. People who buy and play games are “consumers.” The game developers and publishers are creating “products” and “content” for their fans, the “consumers”. This way of thinking hurts the…
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