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Review: Pokémon Rumble U (Wii U)

August 20, 2013

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Back when the 3DS didn’t have much software to speak of, I found myself hopelessly addicted to Pokémon Rumble Blast. It was addictive in short bursts and offered a nice little level structure that had me wanting to replay levels over and over again to catch all the critters. Pokémon…

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August 19, 2013

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Nic Watt (left) Twitter has proven to be a great resource; both for finding news and for finding like-minded people. For Australian independent developer, Nnooo, Twitter also found it its first business opportunity as a publisher. “We hadn’t actually met Seon (Rozenblum, CEO of 3 Sprockets) before we had organised…

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD announced, screenshots inside

August 19, 2013

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate already hit the 3DS earlier this year during March, but fast-forward half a year later and the game is slated for a multi-platform console release. Konami revealed the re-release as well as a batch of screenshots via the game’s official Facebook page…

4-for-four-classic-strategy-games-take

August 19, 2013

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We don’t usually report on game bundles, because if we did, and reported on every single one of them, we’d be doing nothing else. But I did feel the need to report on a particularly good looking bundle for strategy game nuts. If for some reason you are a fan…

Review: Don’t Look Back (Ouya)

August 19, 2013

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Terry Cavanagh is a name that I expect that most any of you reading this here at DDNet will be quite familiar with (Super Hexagon, anyone?). He’s been developing short freeware indie games and publishing them on numerous digital services for quite sometime now, and Don’t Look Back is one…

Review: DuckTales Remastered (Wii U)

August 19, 2013

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Wayforward has an interesting track record. When the developer is working on a passion project, it is unbelievably good. When the team cares about the material they drip their hearts and souls into creating gorgeous, personality-filled animation and characters, and classic 2D level design. The other half of Wayforward’s business…

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August 18, 2013

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Phil Gaskell To hear the small and independent publishers talk about the Wii U, it does not matter that the console has only managed to shift a couple hundred thousand units in the last quarter; it’s still a big opportunity. In fact, it works to their benefit that the likes…

sony-deal-with-viacom-could-be-big-deal

August 16, 2013

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony is very close to reaching a deal with media giant Viacom to stream live TV over the Internet. TV is one of the few areas that Sony’s entertainment portfolio doesn’t cover, and in the face of the sheer focus on TV that Microsoft…

The new look Xbox One is a marketer’s nightmare

August 16, 2013

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As a quick summary for the people that haven’t been following the Xbox One that closely; it’s a console that was originally announced as always-online, would not play second hand games and required Kinect to work. None of that was especially popular amongst the vocal kind of people that inhabit…

Disney Infinity is going mobile, too

August 16, 2013

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Disney Infinity is one of the more interesting games on the way from the House of Mickey. It’s a Skylanders clone in theory, where players will use physical miniatures of a range of Disney properties to summon characters into their console for play. There’s going to be Tron stuff too,…

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