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Let’s talk about Assassin’s Creed: Unity and the boy’s club

June 13, 2014

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Opinion by Matt S. It wouldn’t be an E3 without controversy. This year that controversy is a statement that an Ubisoft spokesman made to the effect of “there are no playable female assassins in Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s multiplayer component because animating women is too much work.” I actually wasn’t going…

Review: Fantasy Grounds (PC)

June 13, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Fantasy Grounds isn’t a game in and of itself. But it’s almost certainly going to end up being my most valued piece of Steam software. For Fantasy Grounds is a bit of software that allows you to play pen-and-paper (PnP) RPGs with family and friends from…

Review: Pulstar (PC)

June 12, 2014

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Review by Harvard L. Simplicity can be both a good and a bad thing. At the best of times, simplicity makes a game feel second nature, and at the worst the game becomes tiresome all too soon. And Pulstar is an example of the latter. Billing itself as a twin…

E3 2014: Nintendo unveils another new IP, Code Name: STEAM

June 12, 2014

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News by Clark A. It seemed like most major Nintendo news had been outed after the Nintendo Digital Event at E3, but a certain fellow by the name of Reginald quickly reminded us of a 90 minute conference for a “surprise” new 3DS game. Naturally most fans threw around the…

Review: How To Survive (Nintendo Wii U)

June 12, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Take Dead Island, and cross it with Diablo. Sounds great, right? This is the game that How To Survive aspires to be. The good news is that it’s perfectly serviceable. The bad news is that that’s all it is. How To Survive is a story that…

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June 12, 2014

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Review by Sam M. The Vita has one of the strongest mobile games libraries, and the gameplay of Lemmings perfectly fits in with what the console does best. The main premise behind this classic series is that the player indirectly directs little creatures known as Lemmings from the entrance of…

Review: Anomaly Defenders (PC)

June 11, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Anomaly Defenders is the latest and final game in 11 Bit Studios’ franchise that tells the story of a war between a race of aliens and the humans they had sought to control. While the previous games in this series defined a new sub-genre that turned…

E3 2014 Trailer: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2nd features Hatsune looking adorable and stuff

June 11, 2014

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News by Matt S. Rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f absolutely took me by storm when it was released earlier this year. It was challenging, it had great music, and Hatsune Miku is a star. The E3 trailer for the sequel promises pretty much the same thing, but I’m…

E3 2014 Trailer: People say the Vita hasn’t got games coming? Pfft

June 11, 2014

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News by Matt S. One of the things that continues to vex me is this argument that many people seem to be making that the PlayStation Vita somehow “lacks games.” Apparently if a console hasn’t got AAA-stuff from the platform owner, people mistake that to mean it hasn’t got ANY…

E3 2014 Trailer: Kingdom Under Fire II is one mighty fine looking free-to-play game

June 11, 2014

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News by Matt S. Kingdom Under Fire II is one free-to-play game that we’ve had a close eye on at Digitally Downloaded. We loved the two original Kingdom Under Fire games on the original Xbox as a clever mix of squad-based RTS, that allowed players to then take control of…

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