Digitally Downloaded – Page 1068 – Your specialist source of news and reviews for games, anime, manga, film and literature

Making a beautiful game: Child of Light has a new trailer

March 18, 2014

News by Matt S. Child of Light is an upcoming platformer/ RPG from Ubisoft that makes use of the Ubiart framework (which also powered Rayman Origins and Legends) to create a truly spectacular looking experience. We don’t know how it plays right now, of course, but the visual style alone…

so-this-is-match-made-in-heaven

March 18, 2014

kickstarter/News/obsidian entertainment/paradox/Paradox Interactive/Pillers of Eternity

News by Matt S. Obsidian’s upcoming RPG, Pillars of Eternity, will be published by Paradox in what should be one of the best unions since someone came up with the idea of adding chocolate and milk together. Pillars of Eternity is the game that raised nearly $4 million through Kickstarter,…

Developer column: Finding the logo for Double Happy

March 18, 2014

Developer Column/Double Happy/Logo/Logo Design/Opinion/The Infinite Sadness/Troy Bellchambers

Developer column by Troy Bellchambers. Developer columns are articles penned directly by a developer, and published verbatim at Digitally Downloaded. These columns cover all kinds of themes around the creation of games and the business of selling them. Today’s column comes to us from Troy Bellchambers, the art director at…

Review: SteamWorld Dig (PlayStation Vita)

March 18, 2014

Image and Form/platformer/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/puzzle platformer/Reviews/Sony/SteamWorld/SteamWorld Dig

Review by Matt S. I was truly impressed by SteamWorld Dig when I reviewed the original release of it on the Nintendo 3DS last year. It was a hugely creative little game that successfully merged platformer and Mr Driller-style play together, and mixed in a really neat steam punk theme…

Here’s your first look at the next Atelier game

March 18, 2014

Atelier/Atelier A16/Gust/News/Tecmo Koei/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. It’s no secret that I love Atelier games, with the recent Atelier Escha & Logy getting a maximum score from me for being, well, exceptional. So it should come as no surprise that I was very excited indeed to see the first teaser trailer of Gust’s Project…

gauntlet-is-back-and-its-looking-very

March 18, 2014

Gauntlet/News/PC/trailer/Trailers/Warner Bros/Warner Bros. Interactive

News by Matt S. Overnight, Warner Bros. announced a revival of the classic Midway franchise, Gauntlet. Those of us old enough to remember spending time at arcades will also remember Gauntlet as a top-down dungeon hack, where players would need to continue either adding more coins to the machine, or…

Review: Final Fantasy X/ X-2 HD Remaster (PlayStation 3)

March 17, 2014

Final Fantasy X HD/Final Fantasy X HD Remaster/Final Fantasy X-2/Final Fantasy x-2 HD Remaster/JRPG/PlayStation 3/Reviews/Sony/Square Enix

Review by Matt S. I find it amusing that Final Fantasy X is one of the most fondly remembered games in Square Enix’s near-eternal series, when thematically it shares so much in common with the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, some of the least fondly remembered games in the series. Thematically…

Review: Democracy 3 (PC)

March 17, 2014

Democracy/Democracy 3/educational game/Indie/PC/political activism/politics/Reviews/simulation

Review by Matt S. When the people of Australia voted the head of the Socialist Alliance to the top political job, they had no idea what they were in for. My first act was to mandate that schools taught evolution, rather than creationism. This would lead to an increase in…

RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 is coming, it’s iOS-exclusive, and fans might want to look away now

March 17, 2014

Apple/Atari/iOS/News/On5 Games/Roller Coaster Tycoon/RollerCoaster Tycoon 4

News by Matt S. Everyone loves RollarCoaster Tycoon; the theme park management sim that originally came to us courtesy of genre legend Chris Sawyer, the mind behind other classics such as Transport Tycoon. Atari owned the rights to RollarCoaster Tycoon, but following the brand’s temporary bankruptcy, there were many left…

The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot is off to a great start, says Ubisoft

March 17, 2014

Financial results/News/The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot/Ubisoft

News by Matt S. We are fans of Ubisoft’s The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot, and in our recent review we argued that it’s one of the better examples of a free-to-play game. And it seems that the balance and effort that the publisher put into making something of a…

Latest