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Review: Thunder Wolves (PC)

June 3, 2013

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The video game industry is in a transitional phase. Yes, it is reaching that period every five or six years where new consoles start replacing old consoles, but this phase is much more complicated than just that. Along with those new consoles bringing uncertainty and doubt to the biggest corporations…

Review: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (iPad)

June 3, 2013

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And just like that that iPad has one of the greatest BioWare RPGs, and the greatest Star Wars game, ever developed. The port of Knights of the Old Republic to the iPad has lost nothing in translation. It has picked up no bugs along the way. This is the game…

Interview: Syrenaica on making games in Chile

June 2, 2013

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It always interests me to come across a game developer operating outside of the main centres the US, Canada, Japan the UK and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Outside of these centres the challenges of being a developer increase exponentially. Companies don’t have…

The weekly discussion: Your favourite gaming websites?

June 1, 2013

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As much as we would like to think that Digitally Downloaded is your favourite games website out there, we don’t think that we’re the only one that you read! There are a lot of great gaming websites out there, but separating the great ones from the rest can be challenging…

GungHo; the Japanese developer/ publisher to watch, though the media doesn’t seem to know why

May 31, 2013

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Hang on… this isn’t Puzzle & Dragons! There was a bit of a stir around some recent comments made by GungHo’s CEO and President, Kazuki Morishita. “I want to top Nintendo’s sales by the time I retire,” Morishita said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek. That same story delves quite deeply…

A look at Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

May 31, 2013

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We were big fans of Dead or Alive 5, both of the Vita and the PlayStation 3/ Xbox 360 versions. So when Team Ninja announced Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, a few of us were pretty excited. Designated as the definitive Dead or Alive 5 game, Ultimate will bring together new…

Friday 10s: Ten essential RPGs and JRPGs for serious gamers on the iPad

May 31, 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…

Fairy Fencer F gets a writer and release date

May 31, 2013

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Last week I posted a bunch of very nice screenshots of the upcoming Fairy Fencer F game, and now we have a bit more information about the game itself. The team working on the game has rounded out to include screenwriter Toshiki Inoue of titles like Dragon Ball Z and…

Interview: A peek at Wizards’ latest Magic tricks

May 30, 2013

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We got a great reaction from our article with upcoming information about both Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers as well as what we shared out about the actual 2014 core card game release. I have to say that the more I hear about the upcoming game, the more…

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May 30, 2013

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Hot on the heels of one of our most hotly-anticipated titles, Project X Zone, it looks like the character mash-up is a theme at the moment in the games industry; Namco Bandai has announced a “girls-with-guns” one. Super Heroine Chronicles’ title tells you most of what we know about this…

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