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Review: Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness (PS3)

October 8, 2013

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Review by Matt S. Disgaea is a series that is quite happy with sticking with what it does best. It’s a franchise that isn’t really known for innovation, but then fans keep buying the games for one great reason – it doesn’t actually need improvement. No tactics RPG has come…

Review: Rugby League Live 2 Gold Edition (iPad)

October 8, 2013

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Review by Andrew M. As a sport lover and rugby league tragic, I am so pleased that there is a developer that is interested in making rugby league games. With sports that are purely Australian or – hell, I’ll say it – just not American, there doesn’t seem to be…

The top 10 games to look forward to: EB Games Expo 2013 edition

October 8, 2013

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EB Expo was bigger and better in 2013. Much bigger and better. It was a who’s who of the Australian games industry, from the big international publishers right down to the tiny local indies churning out top quality stuff for PC and mobile. We’ve got an absolute wealth of hands-on…

Review: Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360)

October 7, 2013

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Review by Rexly P. The last time players explored San Andreas was in 2004 with the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Nine years later, we return to a redefined San Andreas consisting of the urban sprawl of Los Santos and the vast landscapes of Blaine County in Rockstar…

Show Report: EB Games Expo 2013 (+ gallery)

October 7, 2013

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Article by Matt S. As you would have seen on the site, Digitally Downloaded attended the EB Games Expo that took place over the weekend. The event gave us a chance to play the upcoming games and consoles, and gave us the opportunity to mingle with other gaming fans from…

Review: Dragon’s Crown (PS3)

October 7, 2013

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Review by Matt S. It’s been a wait for people in Europe and Australia, but one of the more controversial games this year has finally been released. Dragon’s Crown is controversial, not because of how it plays, but for its art style. That’s probably just as well because I can’t…

Hands on with Ryse: Son of Rome

October 7, 2013

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Preview by Owen S. One game that really stood out for me at the EB Expo 2013 was a launch title for the Xbox One; Ryse: Son of Rome A cinematic action adventure title that Microsoft seems to be heavily relying on to sell consoles, the expectations of this remarkable…

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII-3; Getting hands on with Lightning

October 7, 2013

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A convention is never a good environment to trial a game that is likely to last 50 or so hours. If I had played a random 20 minutes of Final Fantasy XIII I would never have been inspired to pick up the final game, and that would have been a…

Idea Factory International’s CEO on Sony, working with NISA and censorship

October 6, 2013

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Article by Matt S. It’s a piece of news that was largely overlooked by the mainstream games press: Idea Factory, better known in the west as “the owner of that Compile Heart developer that makes those weird Hyperdimension Neptunia games,” has set up an office in the US. For fans…

Gallery: Cosplayers at EB Games Expo 2013

October 5, 2013

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Ah cosplayers. No gaming, anime or movie convention would be quite the same without them. This year I must say there were fewer cosplayers hanging around the EB Games Expo than there was last year, but the Just Cos cosplay competition that is a major part of the event drew…

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