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July 9, 2013

Digitally Downloaded continues to go from strength to strength, and we’ve grown to the point where we need more talented writers to help cover all that we want to cover. Essentially what we’re looking for is dedicated gamers who love games, respect the industry games are made in, and have…

goodbye-ryan-you-will-be-missed

July 9, 2013

Ryan Davis/sad news

“Ryan Davis passed away on July 3rd. He was 34” The news is sad and devastating. Ryan Davis, Senior Editor and Co-Founder of the wildly popular gaming website, Giant Bomb, passed away last week at the young age of 34, having married just a few days before. Ryan meant a…

the-film-industry-is-apparently-facing

July 9, 2013

film/film industry/Opinion

Well, this is interesting; I’ve come across an article looking at the very real concern that the film industry analysts and critics have regarding its ongoing viability, and in that article, I saw a lot of parallels with the games industry. The article; The Lone Ranger Represents Everything That’s Wrong With…

Why region locking is bad for business

July 8, 2013

Financial results/Opinion/region locking

Nintendo’s “last hold-out” stance on region locking has become something of a rolling boulder of controversy over the last few weeks, and it continues to gain momentum. Over the last couple of days there’s been a couple of apologist stories that have emerged defending the use of region locking, even…

Microsoft and Zynga? More and more evidence that it might be a thing

July 8, 2013

Don Mattrick/Microsoft/Zynga

Not long ago I wrote an opinion piece about how Microsoft’s track record of having execs leave the company to bring their new employers into the Microsoft fold painted an intriguing picture for the potential of Zynga – Ex Xbox head, Don Mattrick’s new gig – and Microsoft becoming a…

preview-star-conflict-pc

July 8, 2013

MMO/PC/Star Conflict

Star Conflict is a free-to-play MMO space-flight game. Players are divided into three factions; the Empire, the Federation, and the Jericho. The factions mostly serve to differentiate player gameplay styles by doling out faction-specific player boosts and to give context to the game’s main player vs. player (PvP) battles in…

NISA announces two ultra-niche games for 2014 release

July 8, 2013

Dangan Ronpa/Demon Gaze/News/NISA

Nippon Ichi America (otherwise known as NISA) has always been the one that we could rely on to localise niche JRPGs to western markets – the recent release of Time and Eternity is a perfect example. So it’s not a surprise that the team is bringing across two very… unique…

Review: Colin McRae Rally (iPad)

July 7, 2013

Apple/Codemasters/Colin McRae Rally/iPad/iPhone/Racing/Reviews

While we’re still ripping up the tracks in GRID 2 on our consoles, Codemasters has surprisingly brought the much beloved Colin McRae series back to drift all over our iOS devices. Built upon the Colin McRae Rally 2.0 version that was found on the original PlayStation, this upgraded version of…

The weekly discussion: Do you Let’s Play (or watch them)?

July 6, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

Let’s Plays are becoming more and more popular over on that YouTube site thing. For whatever reason there’s something quite entertaining about watching another player play through your favourite game. For other people, Let’s Plays are a useful resource in working out how to get through a tough boss for…

Friday 10’s: The best moments of Metal Gear Solid (Spoilers alert!)

July 5, 2013

Friday 10s/Metal Gear Solids/Top 10

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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