Article by Matt S. Every so often that debate about whether games are art – or indeed what art is – flares up. Typically it happens when someone overreaches and suggests that games, in being art (which we are generally happy to accept), are also more than entertainment as a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Gal*Gun: Double Peace is being localised into English, and it is going to be utterly slaughtered by the media. And that’s going to be completely unfair, because Gal*Gun is great. This game was provided to us by Play-Asia for review. If it looks good to you,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. It’s not long now until June 21, when Grand Kingdom releases. To give us an early look at it, publisher NISA has provided a demo – sorry, beta – and if the quality of this is any indication of what to expect from the full game,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Dead or Alive 5: Last Round has embarked on its fourth season of DLC costumes, stages and, occasionally, characters. Some people think that’s ridiculous, when the changes are cosmetic, and, to those people, expensive. You’re looking at over $100 for the season pass. For each season.…
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 MoreA duo of former NISA employees have broken away to live the indie dream, and have formed Mr. Tired Media. After diligently working away on getting its first game up to a state where it can show it off, the new studio has taken to Kickstarter to fund Undead Darlings…
Read MoreZen Pinball 2 seems destined to hang around forever. Years after the original tables were released, Zen Studios can continued to support it with more tables in the form of DLC, with everything from licensed properties (Marvel, Star Wars, South Park) through to original creations. There are dozens tables in…
Read MoreVideo by Brad L. Every year at the EB Expo Ubisoft does a big Just Dance thing where they get people from the crowd to get up on stage and jig away. Usually this creates some amusing results, but this is perhaps the funniest Just Dance session that we’ve seen…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. While I am a fan of racing games, I don’t tend to get hooked on them quite as much as Gran Turismo 6 has hooked me in… and the reason is the cars. GT6 has 1200 cars or thereabouts, and that means the “stable” of cars…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. We are massive fans of Warriors games at Digitally Downloaded. Or, more accurately, I am. I don’t know about the rest of the team. Anyway, I digress. When Nintendo announced that it was working with Tecmo Koei to produce a Warriors game set in the Legend…
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