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February 6, 2013

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It goes without saying, but Digitally Downloaded exists to serve you, our readers. As much as we are great fans of games (and the games industry) ourselves, our hard work would be for nothing if we didn’t have you, our readers. Because we want to write the stuff that you…

PS2 Classics Review: Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS3)

February 5, 2013

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The Disgaea series has always been renowned for one reason above all others: its incredible depth. The good news is that unlike previous-gen visuals and antiquated gameplay conventions, raw depth is something that doesn’t age, so when it comes to re-experiencing the Disgaea games as PlayStation 2 Classics, they are…

Final Fantasy sees PSN Discount

February 5, 2013

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Square Enix is putting up several of its Final Fantasy titles for half-off on the PlayStation Network. Seeing as we are all about the downloaded games here, I thought I would share the news! This deal will last for the next two weeks. Here is the list of games to…

Star Wars coming to Zen Pinball 2

February 5, 2013

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There is little in the way of information or hard dates at this point, but it sounds like there will be multiple Star Wars tables joining the Zen Pinball roster. We are huge fans of Zen Pinball here at Digitally Downloaded (Matt just reviewed the Wii U version here if…

Giana Sisters flip the script on PSN and XBLA

February 5, 2013

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams/Microsoft Xbox 360/PC/PlayStation 3

Old school platform fans take note, PC side-scroller Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is on the way to consoles. It was pretty much already known that Giana Sisters would be coming to the PSN, but the announcement today that the game would also be arriving on Xbox Live (and at retail…

Review: Zen Pinball 2 (Wii U)

February 5, 2013

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True story: Zen Pinball was the game that got me interested in pinball all over again. Where I could take or leave pinball beforehand, after playing Zen Studio’s flagship game and coming to realise the artistry behind developing a compelling pinball experience I am now a big fan of pinball…

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February 5, 2013

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters/American McGee/Apple/PC/Spicy Horse

With a little over $200k USD pledged, American McGee’s Akaneiro: Demon Hunters will indeed see a debut on the PC – and then some. The free to play action/RPG will be getting ‘crafting’, co-op play, Linux support, and iOS and Android editions thanks to reaching the lofty sum of $204,680…

Trailer: Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet

February 5, 2013

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The four wacky wizards of Magicka are on the move, literally, with a new mobile game for iOS and Android. Publisher Paradox promises an all new story line for the series’ first mobile outing as well as “thousands of spell combinations” and four player co-op. And in a cool twist, that…

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February 4, 2013

Facebook/Team 17/Worms

It’s not that often that a Facebook game launch is worth getting excited over, but Worms is one of those. Social leaderboards, multiplayer, achievements… oh yes my wall is going to be spammed to high heaven with this. The press release from Team 17: Team17 Digital Limited is excited to…

Looking back at Resident Evil 6: was it that bad?

February 4, 2013

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Resident Evil 6 was one of the more controversial games from last year. It disappointed many, and for many others it was a guilty pleasure. So now that we’ve had a while to play it, replay it and think on it, where do we feel it really sat? Read on…

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