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Hardware review: SteelSeries Free Mobile Wireless Controller (for mobile and PC)

April 16, 2013

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Well, this is embarrassing. It’s time to write my first hardware review for DigitallyDownloaded, but I seem to have lost the gadget in question. I’ve checked my laptop bag, my briefcase and my rucksack. I’ve scoured my man-shelf. I’ve even – radically, I thought – checked that I haven’t put…

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April 16, 2013

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Signal Ops is one of the many titles that proposes a fantastic concept, yet executes it in the most appalling way. On paper, a game that is part real time strategy and part first person shooter sounds unique and potentially enjoyable, but here in execution it’s an absolute mess. When…

Review: Evoland (PC)

April 15, 2013

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Although the video game is a relatively a young medium, it already has evolved in numerous ways. The technology behind video games has gone from not even managing 256 available colours, pixels, and sounds to providing over four billion available colours, over eight hundred thousand pixels for display, and an…

RPG Maker 3 – a surprise coming to PSN this week

April 15, 2013

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Well this was a cool but unexpected announcement – the PS2 Classic RPG Maker 3 is going to release on the North American PSN this week. For those unfamiliar with the software, you can create old school RPG games using a toolkit that allows you craft stories and drop in…

Review: Harvest Moon (3DS Virtual Console)

April 15, 2013

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Of all the Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles that we’ve seen released on the Nintendo 3DS to date, Harvest Moon is the one I have been looking forward to the most (well, that and the Final Fantasy Legends trilogy… Get to work Square Enix). Why? Because this is…

Review: Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet (iPad)

April 15, 2013

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A sequel to the PC game Magicka– released in 2011 – sees the charm and the gameplay that made the PC original so great, is now all re-created in the palm of your hands. What Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet offers is a great multiplayer experience for the iPad. Wizards…

Interview: Bubble Gum Interactive; growing from children’s games to games for everyone

April 14, 2013

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With all the discussions around hyper-violent games like the Call of Duty and Bioshock games that are out there, it’s often easy to forget there are successful developers out there making games without a drop of blood. That’s precisely what Bubble Gum Interactive does. Originally a children’s game publisher, the…

The weekly discussion: Strangest game that you’ve played?

April 12, 2013

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At some point we’ve all found ourselves playing a game that is just plain weird. Perhaps the box art attracted you, or perhaps you read about how weird it was and had to experience it for yourself. It must be said that the Japanese have a far firmer grasp on…

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April 12, 2013

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That’s right, the full game by FDG Entertainment is free at the moment, but only for one day. Here’s the description: Roar Rampage is a super fun destruction arcade game. Take control of a giant dino and letcities crumble to dust! The game is the result of cooperation between FDG…

Friday 10’s: Ten Nintendo DS games that need a 3DS sequel

April 12, 2013

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This week’s Friday 10s comes to us from Phil, of Super Philip Central. Be sure to visit his website – he is constantly throwing up interesting articles and top 10 lists. Be sure to check his site out by clicking here. A good number of Nintendo DS games have already…

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