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Review: Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims in HD (Vita)

September 3, 2013

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Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims was originally a PS Mini title for the PSP, and one that was held in high acclaim. It was a unique horizontal shooter in the same vein as The Game Atelier’s Flying Hamster, but wasn’t quite as much fun as, in my view, the…

Review: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Xbox 360)

September 3, 2013

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Watching the Splinter Cell franchise develop from its Playstation 2 genesis is like watching the very industry itself go through its stages from that generation to the end of this. Those wonderful, early Splinter Cell games were for their time an incredible achievement in stealth gameplay. Back in the PS2…

Review: Madden NFL 25 (iPad)

September 3, 2013

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Everything about Madden NFL 25 reminds me that this is a free-to-play game. And that’s why I hate it so much. EA, in its quest to take every single one of its franchises and shove it into a free-to-play model that often doesn’t work for the game in question at…

Interview: The mind behind SteamWorld Dig on Nintendo and indie development

September 2, 2013

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A few weeks back developer Image & Form released a rather spectacular little platformer on the 3DS eShop. SteamWorld Dig is a hugely creative and charming game, and promises some great things for the SteamWorld franchise into the future. While Image & Form doesn’t restrict itself to Nintendo platforms, it…

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September 2, 2013

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Whore of the Orient started out as a Team Bondi game, and was to be its next project after the rather brilliant L.A Noire. Then Team Bondi imploded and the project was taken up by the KMM Interactive Productions, which is essentially a reskinned Team Bondi. Despite a rumour that…

Review: Sonic Labyrinth (3DS)

September 2, 2013

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Calling Sonic Labyrinth one of the less beloved titles in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is something of an understatement. A frequent contender for worst game in the series during fan discussions, Sonic Labyrinth makes its debut on the 3DS to virtually zero applause. Yet in some perverse way, it…

Review: The Curse of Nordic Cove (PC)

September 2, 2013

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Variety in video games is usually seen as a good thing. People appreciate varied character creation tools, varied gameplay activities, and varied skill trees; these all fall under the banner of positive things we like to see in a game. However, I propose that variety can also be seen as…

Welcome to the new-look Digitally Downloaded!

September 1, 2013

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In our recent readers survey (which you can still fill out if you’d like) overwhelmingly you requested a new website design. The previous one had served Digitally Downloaded well, but clearly it was time to move on. We’ve heard you, and courtesy of our technical editor, Clark, welcome to the…

Review: Europa Universalis IV (PC)

September 1, 2013

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Have you read Matt’s masterful review of Europa Universalis IV? If you have, I’m pleased to award you a permanent +0.15 modifier to your Administrative Power and a congratulatory text message from me. If you haven’t, do it now and receive a one-time bonus of +0.3 to your Diplomacy rating.…

Friday 10s; Ten game franchises that need a rest

August 30, 2013

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Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week 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 in the world and this…

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