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These are the winners of the Dead or Alive 5 fan costume competition

July 28, 2014

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News by Matt S. This is a couple of days old now, but I know we have quite a few Dead or Alive 5 fans at Digitally Downloaded, so I thought I’d highlight this – Koei Tecmo has picked the winners of its recent “design a costume competition.” Dead or…

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July 28, 2014

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News by Clark A. If you happen to fancy hundreds of pages of high-quality artwork, boy does Udon Entertainment have your back. In an announcement at Comic Con International’s official Udon 2014 panel over the weekend, the company revealed it would be licensing a whole slew of art books from…

Review: Alpha Kimori: Great Doubt Episode 1 (PC)

July 28, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Getting right into it, the first episode of Alpha Kimori, Great Doubt, is a perfect example of an excellently crafted indie JRPG. While having been built while using RPG Maker, just about every element has been created from scratch which generally would be impressive alone, however…

Interview: The mind behind Ar nosurge (Part 2)

July 27, 2014

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Interview by Matt S. Last week, we published the first half of an interview with Akira Tsuchiya, the director of Koei Tecmo’s upcoming JRPG Ar nosurge. In that interview we talked about his ideas for the game, and how he hopes critics and players in the west respond to it.…

Check out Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord; it looks awesome

July 27, 2014

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News by Matt S. NISA like to keep us busy. Come November we’re going to be very, very busy playing Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord, which is a seriously good looking strategy JRPG. The plot seems to be very traditional JRPG fair. Players take on the story…

The games of August; you are going to be busy this month

July 25, 2014

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List by Matt S. After the relatively quiet July, we’re now in for a heck of a month of game releases in August. Arguably the best month of the year to date, in fact. From the most quirky of Japanese quirky games, to intense RPGs, and the latest in the…

Interview: The mind behind Ar nosurge (Part 1)

July 25, 2014

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Interview by Matt S. Akira Tsuchiya is one of the GUST’s most experienced artists. Joining the company in 1998 as a sound designer, his first project with the developer was Atelier Elie, and as time went on, he started to take a more leading role in the company’s projects, beyond…

Hands on with FIFA 15

July 25, 2014

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Preview by Matt S. FIFA 15 is a big deal for EA. Coming in the year of a World Cup it’s an opportunity to capitalise in a greater level of global interest in the sport. And it’s going to be the first “true” next-gen soccer/ football game with an exclusive…

Review: Fearless Fantasy (PC)

July 25, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Fearless Fantasy… FF… where have we seen this acronym before? Must be my imagination. Fearless Fantasy is an interesting take on a combat heavy turned based RPG. Where this differs from other RPGs is that it takes a page from Sony’s Legend of the Dragoon in…

Early Access preview: Habitat (PC)

July 24, 2014

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Preview by Trent P. If Habitat had an opening sequence implemented at this stage, I imagine it would go along the lines of the following: There’s a collision above Earth with a conspiracy theorist’s wet dream, the Black Knight Satellite, and like hitting a piñata, objects lost in time clutter…

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