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mattrick-out-as-xbox-boss

July 1, 2013

Don Mattrick/Financial results/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Zynga

Xbox boss Don Mattrick is making the move from Microsoft to Zynga. Updated portion: Zynga has officially named Mattrick CEO and he will indeed join Pincus at the company that the former Zynga boss started. Pincus isn’t really going anywhere though as he’ll be taking the Chief Product Officer position…

Review: Project X Zone (3DS)

July 1, 2013

3DS Review/Capcom/JRPG/Namco Bandai/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Project X Zone/Reviews/Sega/tactics game

What do you get when you mix in a little bit of everything to a tactics strategy game? In the case of Project X Zone, what you get is moments of humorous dialogue sprinkled into a ridiculously thrown together story. And that makes for a fun game that is definitely…

Review: Warhammer Quest (iPad)

July 1, 2013

Apple/board game/Games Workship/iPad/Reviews/warhammer/Warhammer Quest

It has been a while since we’ve had an authentic Warhammer experience. THQ mishandled the license with extreme prejudice, even going so far to publish a game that was a generic action clone with that awful Space Marine game that I’ve tried to purge from my memory. So as far…

Interview: MURA Interactive on Dub Wars and the future of Ouya

June 30, 2013

Dubstep/Interviews/Intinterview/MURA Interactive/Ouya

Here at Digitally Downloaded, a few of our team has been spending a substantial amount of time with the recently released indie gaming console, Ouya. In doing so, we came across a unique hybrid indie title that creatively mixes Dubstep music and twin-stick shooting mechanics together in such a way…

The weekly discussion: Gaming on the go edition

June 28, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

These days there are no shortage of options for gaming on the go. In addition to the traditional handheld consoles – the 3DS and the Vita – there’s very powerful gaming laptops and the ever reliable iPhone and iPad and Android devices. But if you’re like me and you own…

review-zorbie-iphone

June 28, 2013

Apple/Arcade/iOS/review/Reviews/The Game Atelier/Zorbie

I’ve played some strange games in the 27 or so years that I’ve been playing video games, but Zorbie is one of the most extraordinarily strange titles I’ve ever come across. Zorbie, the game’s titular hero, is an escaped convict from a French prison and like all good prison escapees,…

Interview: SpikySnail on The Splatters and the love of making games

June 27, 2013

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When The Splatters first released for Xbox 360, we liked it well enough here in our review to score it four out of five stars. Needless to say, we were also pretty excited to hear that the title would be released on Steam in a game titled Super Splatters. This…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap 6/27/13

June 27, 2013

Brutal Gamer News Wrap/Doodle Jump/id software/Rezzed expo/Splinter Cell

We go hands on with Splinter Cell Black List and Doodle Jump for Kinect, there’s a shakeup at iD Software, and we chat with a developer who’s game is currently in Kickstarter; all in today’s BGNW. Sam Fisher is a Splinter Cell One of the very few ‘big name’ games…

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June 27, 2013

Atlus/Financial results/Index Holdings/sad news

Niche developer/ publisher, Atlus, is in the thick of a filing for bankruptcy by its parent company, Index Holdings. Currently in more than a little hot water, Index Holdings is under investigation for ‘improper accounting’. The company has just filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo District Court and allegedly is some…

Devil’s advocate: gamers still need to work to earn the right to mature games

June 27, 2013

Censorship/Classification Board/devil's adovcate/Opinion/R18/Saints Row IV

Over the last couple of days the gamers in Australia have experienced something that is nothing short of a farce with two games in two days being refused classification for some truly ridiculous reasons. Saint’s Row IV was effectively banned because it features a weapon that looks like a sex…

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