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Review: CastleStorm (Vita)

November 13, 2013

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Review by Matt S. CastleStorm bustles with energy, creativity, and humour. It combines Zen Studios’ impeccable sense of aesthetics with a combination of some of the most popular gameplay systems that we’ve seen in recent years. There’s a bit of Angry Birds in there, as well as some button-mashing action…

The indie development bubble; when will it burst?

November 13, 2013

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Opinion by Matt S. Jeff Vogel, one of the true veterans of the industry, has survived as an independent developer for longer than most AAA-studios have been around. His company, Spiderweb Software, was founded in 1994, when shareware was still king and the games industry looked very different to it…

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November 12, 2013

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Warner Bros. has had a patchy track record with Middle Earth since acquiring the license. Where EA gave us some classic games (I maintain that Battle For Middle Earth 2 is one of the finest RTS games I’ve ever played), Warner Bros has lumped us with tripe like War In…

Review: Garfield Kart (iPad)

November 12, 2013

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Review by Matt S. Ever since the original Super Mario Kart, it’s been far to easy to throw a collection of loved characters together in a package where they race around tracks in karts throwing random weapons at one another. Typically these games have been less than successful because a…

Review: Treasure Seekers 3: Follow The Ghosts (iPad)

November 12, 2013

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Review by Andrew M. G5 Entertainment definitely knows its niche in developing games that have worked well for years as time-wasters on computers. Whether they are games for people that aren’t inclined to dedicate the time that an AAA game demands or that don’t really see the appeal of more…

Developer diary; check out the newest goss on Dracula

November 12, 2013

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Konami has released a new developer diary to give players insight into the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. This is a game that we have been keeping our eyes on, because we rather liked the first and playing as Dracula is always good value. Developer diaries often provide tantalising…

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November 12, 2013

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For many of us at Digitally Downloaded, Mario Golf on the Nintendo 64 was one of the finest games created for that very fine console. It’s available on the Virtual Console right now if you’ve got a Wii or Wii U, and we consider it one of the most essential…

Review: Shape Jam (iPhone)

November 12, 2013

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Review by Andrew M. Recently I succumbed to the advertising on several of the Podcasts I listen to and started playing Lumosity. It’s a good app, a little restricted for people who don’t want to buy a yearly subscription, but overall pretty good. Basically the idea is brain training by…

Interview: Invictus Games, representing the Hungarian games industry since 1992

November 11, 2013

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Interview by Matt S. One of the oldest independent game developer/ publishers in Eastern Europe, Invictus Games has been operating our of Hungary since 1992. It fulfils two roles – to develop its own games, and then to also port and publish third party games and has worked with some…

Like writing fan fiction? Want to get published? Well here’s the gig for you!

November 11, 2013

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Do you remember Worlds of Power? Probably not, but to sum it up for you; these were truly horrible novels that were published back in the day that were based on popular NES-era video games. Those books were fan fiction, with money involved, basically. So here’s a nostalgic rush for…

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