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Assassin’s Creed IV sells well, but Ubisoft total sales down

February 10, 2014

Assassin's Creed/Financial results/sales figures/Ubisoft

News by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed IV hit Ubisoft’s expectations with 10 million units shipped, according to the company’s third quarter financial report. Just Dance 2014 also performed strongly at six million units, but the news aside from those two titles was not as rosy for the publisher. For the…

what-i-learned-from-running-my-own

February 10, 2014

kickstarter/Opinion/The Interactive Canvas

Opinion by Matt S. As followers of Digitally Downloaded will know, we recently ran a Kickstarter to try and get enough money to publish a book about games. The Kickstarter itself was wildly successful in that it essentially became a pitch; after a publisher read it, they were prepared to…

immanitas-entertainment-takes-crack-at

February 10, 2014

Immanitas Entertainment/News/Parseh Game Studio/Rush For Glory/Tower defence

News by Matt S. Every so often a developer takes a crack of bringing big production values to the tower defence genre. It’s not a genre that I would have thought could work for more “serious” strategy gaming, but I remain open to the idea that someone will come along…

Win a copy of Ys: Memories of Celceta!

February 10, 2014

contest/contests/Ys: Memories of Celeta

Ys: Memories of Celceta is due to be released in Europe and Australia very shortly on the PlayStation Vita, and to celebrate that fact, the publisher of the game, NISA, has kindly given us three copies of the game to give to our readers, anywhere in the world. There are…

It’s time to pull those warriors out again

February 10, 2014

Dynasty Warriors/Dynasty Warriors 8/Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends/News/release date/Release Dates/Tecmo Koei

News by Matt S. Tecmo Koei has confirmed the release date for the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends. In Australia and New Zealand, it will be available on Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on April 3. A couple of things worth noting about this game; it’s a stand…

postmortem-flappy-bird-was-success

February 10, 2014

.Gears/Flappy Bird/iOS/iPad/iPhone/Opinion/Vietnam

Opinion by Harvard L. You’ve probably heard of Flappy Bird by now. The new smartphone and tablet sensation that’s heralded as the next Angry Birds or Candy Crush Saga (because every notable release on smartphones needs to be heralded as such) and lit up both social networks and the fuses…

preview-beatblasters-iii-pc

February 9, 2014

BeatBlasters/BeatBlasters III/PC/Preview/rhythm game

Preview by Shaan J. I’ll be the first one to say that I love rhythm and music video games. It’s refreshing to see a merger of music of all kinds and games; from standard games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, all the way to hybrids like Rez or Child…

Review: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Vita)

February 8, 2014

Danganronpa/Monokuma/Nippon Ichi Software/NISA/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/Spike Chunsoft/visual novel/vita

Review by Matt S. If anyone ever again argues with me that games can’t hold literary merit, I’m going to point them to Danganronpa. Spike Chunsoft’s visual novel is very much like the original Saw film that heavily inspired it; what could have easily been a standard horror narrative reveals…

Friday 10s; great game soundtracks

February 7, 2014

Donkey Kong Country/Final Fantasy VII/Friday 10s/Journey/Kingdom Hearts/mass effect 3/Metal Gear Solid/Opinion/Silent Hill/Suikoden 2/Super Mario Bros/Top 10/Zelda

Opinion by Jim S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

Last chance! Nab a copy of Danganronpa!

February 7, 2014

contest/contests/Danganronpa

Earlier this week we launched a competition to win a copy of Danganronpa. There’s still a couple of days before the competition closes, so be sure to get your entry in before it’s too late! Thanks to the fine folks at Nippon Ichi Software America, we’ve got three physical copies…

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