News by Matt S. Of all the games that Sony showed off at its E3 conference this year, the most fundamentally interesting one must have been Moss, a game about a mouse that is being developed by Seattle, USA-based developer, Polyarc. As an introduction to the adventure we are provided…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The organiseers of Tokyo Game Show have unveiled the official art and theme of TGS2017, and, unsurprisingly for anyone who has been following entertainment trends throughout Asia, VR and AR is going to be placed front and centre. Related reading: My thoughts from TGS 2016. The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It was meant to happen last year, but Koei Tecmo delayed the release of the VR update of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 a couple of months in order to get it right. But tomorrow, January 24, it all happens; you’ll finally be able to get…
Read MoreArticle by Harvard L. If the golden rule of writing is “show, don’t tell”, then the equivalent for game development is surely “feel, don’t show”. The greatest strength of video game storytelling is the ability to make the player an agent: for the actions they take to affect the overarching…
Read MoreList by Lindsay M. With the arrival of Sony’s PlayStation VR a couple weeks ago, the medium has seen a sharp increase in interest. People who love the unit rave about it, and those who has no interest prior are wondering if VR really is as neat as it seems.…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. With all the excitement around new VR games on the PlayStation 4, there’ve been a fair few older games that have quietly had updates and patches to make them compatible with PlayStation VR. In between all the new games I did want to quickly highlight a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Apologies to all the DDNet readers for the delay in getting this review up; tracking down a PlayStation VR unit when you made the mistake of not preordering it was a challenge. Thankfully one of the DDNet team was able to find a unit on sale…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. With PlayStation VR released this week, we are of course very excited that, finally, quality VR is available in the homes for a large majority. No longer does it require a high up-front investment (Oculus VR), and nor is it cheap and tacky (many of the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. At the moment, VR is all the rage. It’s new technology. It’s promising a lot. The units are selling out, despite their high cost, and people are looking forward to interacting with their games in a new way. But will the technology prove to be more…
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…
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