This is just for a bit of fun, but I thought I would share a really awesome infographic that I cam across today – Source. How to pick the perfect video game, in flowchart form. Enjoy!…
Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is yet another in an increasingly long line of App Store to eShop ports. Of course, since the 3DS is quite a different beast from the iOS line, there’s another set of expectations associated with a title released on Nintendo’s dedicated game device. If the…
I’m the kind of person who like games with strong characters. Thomas Was Alone stars, literally, coloured shapes. Plain geometric shapes; they have no faces and in fact barely any animation, and yet I struggle to think of characters that I have connected with more in any game I’ve ever…
We had already reviewed Gun Commando when it hit PlayStation Mobile, but Ripstone has seen it fit to port the game to Apple’s app store service. Considering the general scarcity of old-school FPS titles, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Regrettably though, there are some niggles that prevent it…
In the early days of game development, economic simulation games tended to focus in on one law of trading alone; buy low, sell high. Somehow, this incredibly simple (and often incorrect) economic theory drove dozens, if not hundreds of games, and turned many of them into genuinely compelling experiencing. Nostalgia…
Arc System Works is well-known for its work with the flashy fighting series Blazblue, and for good reason. This series exudes style and the combat holds up as well. Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma is currently set to release in Japan October 24th of this year, for the Sony PlayStation 3. In…
Yosuke Hayashi has had the ultimate trial by fire. Taking over one of the most popular game development teams within the Tecmo Koei group from Tomonobu Itagaki – that’s Team Ninja for the uninitiated – was always going to be a challenging mission. Itagaki is, after all, one of the…
We are pretty big fans of Ragnarok Odyssey here, so the news that there would be an enhanced ‘Ace’ version of the game for PlayStation Vita was something I was excited to talk about recently. Well, GunHo Online Entertainment just participated in a conference – and while the whole thing…
I had hoped against hope that Star Trek would be a great game. Despite being a licensed title, and despite a minimum of hype behind the game I had hoped that what was promised would deliver. So the game is a cover-based team shooter set in the Star Trek universe?…
Please excuse this rather self-indulgent story, but as Digitally Downloaded is my heart and soul, I just couldn’t resist sharing some great news with our readers. The Lizzies is the IT Journalism Awards for Australia. This year, Digitally Downloaded is in the running for two prizes (the website hasn’t updated…
