Digitally Downloaded – Page 1088 – Your specialist source of news and reviews for games, anime, manga, film and literature

The original Shin Megami Tensei is finally getting a proper localisation… for iOS

February 28, 2014

News by Matt S. Good news, Atlus fans! The original Shin Megami Tensei, released many years ago now in Japan (22 to be exact), is finally being localised for the western audience. Yes, there are fan translations out there, but this one is a proper localisation by Atlus, and we…

Review: Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (3DS)

February 28, 2014

Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Retro/Retro Reviews/Reviews/Super Mario Bros/Super Mario Bros Deluxe/Virtual Console

Review by Matt S. Nintendo was doing “HD” remakes before they were cool. Long, long before they were cool. Wind back to when the Game Boy Color was released, the company wanted to demonstrate just how much more powerful it was when compared to the original grey brick Game Boy.…

Gadget Review: CoolerMaster CM Storm Reaper

February 27, 2014

CoolerMaster/CoolerMaster CM Storm Reaper/Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware Review/Mouse/Reviews

Review by Matt S. Earlier this week I reviewed a gaming keyboard from CoolerMaster. It is a good keyboard, and assuming you’ve got a good headset to drown out the noise of the keys I fully recommend it. But a keyboard needs a mate to be fully functional. So now…

Nintendo Wii and DS online services are being shuttered. Already

February 27, 2014

Nintendo/Nintendo DS/Nintendo Wii/Online Services/sad news/servers offline

News by Matt S. Most publishers wait for a game’s online community to really die before switching off the servers. But not Nintendo. Oh no. On May 20, 2014, it’s switching off its Wi-Fi Connection rendering everything from Mario Kart Wii to the DS Pokemon games unplayable online. “As of…

Review: Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (PlayStation 3)

February 27, 2014

Atelier/Atelier Escha and Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky/Gust/JRPG/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/Sony/Tecmo Koei

Review by Matt S. Being acquired by Tecmo Koei has done the world of good for GUST. After some teething pain with its first Tecmo Koei release, Atelier Ayesha, GUST’s second project under the publisher, Atelier Escha & Logy, is a true masterpiece. It’s intelligent, mature, and faultlessly charming. It’s…

Review: Autumn Dynasty: Warlords (iPad)

February 27, 2014

Apple/Autumn Dynasty/Autumn Dynasty: Warlords/empire builder/grand strategy/iOS/iPad/Reviews/RTS/Singapore/Strategy/Touch Dimensions

Review by Matt S. I like playing empire-building strategy games on my iPad. The genre works great on touch screens thanks to its slow and methodical pace, and when done well they are so strategic; not only are you in control of the rank and file during direct conflict, but…

Free-to-Play Rise Of Mana looks awesome

February 26, 2014

News/Rise of Mana/Square Enix/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. I know it’s cool to hate Square Enix for its free-to-play iOS games, but the upcoming Rise of Mana looks really, really, really good. This action RPG is the latest in a franchise which, it’s fair to say, hasn’t really been a big deal since the…

review-line-of-defense-tactics-pc

February 26, 2014

Line of Defense Tactics/PC/Reviews/Strategy/tactics game

Review by Pierre-Yves L. It started off like any other routine mission. Turns out that you forgot that you had a base out in the recesses of space and now the enemy has taken it and is using it as a staging point. How did you forget that you had…

risen-3-yes-please

February 26, 2014

deep silver/News/Piranha Bytes/Risen/risen 2/Risen 3

News by Matt S. Sitting underneath Skyrim, Dragon Age and Mass Effect is a “B-grade” of western RPG development. These games are always ambitious projects, where inevitably budget constraints mean the games simply can’t compete with the big guns. If this were the film industry, the B-grade RPGs would be…

Review: Senran Kagura Burst (3DS)

February 26, 2014

brawler/Fighting game/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Reviews/Senran Kagura Burst/sexy

Review by Matt S. Normally, when writing a review for a game, convention would suggest that the author stick to analysing the game itself. But with Senran Kagura Burst I find that impossible, because in the lead up to its release the game has been tainted thanks to a ill-informed…

Latest