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Nintendo shake up could mean the end of Nintendo hardware as we know it

January 16, 2013

MCV just posted an incredibly interesting story. The news story itself just reports a merging of console and handheld hardware R&D division at Nintendo in Japan, but what is on the surface a dry organisational restructure news story has some dramatic between-the-lines ramifications. It means that no longer will Nintendo…

indie-jam-bundle-pack-launches

January 16, 2013

grotesque tactics/Indie Jam Bundle/PC/Special Effect

A brand new independent games bundle has officially dropped courtesy of website BundleStars.com including 10 indie games for just $5.30 USD, with some profits heading to charity. These bundles are a favorite of many PC gamers and it’s easy to see why, as you can usually nab a good sized…

Konami announces date for Metal Gear Rising demo

January 16, 2013

Demo/Kojima Productions/Metal Gear Rising Revengeance/PlatinumGames/PS3/Xbox 360

Draw your swords- the demo for the hotly anticipated Metal Gear spinoff Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be hitting the PSN and Xbox Live before the end of the month. Konami announced today that the demo, which will focus on Chapter one of the action title, will hit download services…

Microsoft announces ‘PLAY’ for Windows 8

January 16, 2013

Microsoft/PC/PLAY/Windows 8/Xbox 360

Microsoft Studios’ PLAY initiative brings Xbox back to the PC one more time. But unlike Games for Windows Live, PLAY’s focus on XBLA titles just might stick. Windows 8 hasn’t exactly had a great reception from players or the gaming developer community since its launch, but that might change (at…

A retrospective look at the Nintendo Wii – Part Two

January 16, 2013

Chocobo Mystery Dungeon/looking back/Nintendo/nostalgia/Wii

With Nintendo’s brand new home console, the Wii U, now sitting on store shelves and taking up many a headline here at Digitally Downloaded, we figured we’d start off this brand new year by paying respects to its motion controlled filled predecessor: Wii. The risks that Nintendo took with the…

(UPDATED) Dead Island: Riptide gets a “Zombie Bait” edition, contains disturbing “Figurine”

January 15, 2013

Dead Island Riptide/deep silver/PC/PS3/Ultimate Editions/Xbox 360

Do you remember Dead Island, Techland’s open-world zombie game? If so, good for you. Do you remember that Dead Island is going to have its successor released in three months under the name of Dead Island: Riptide? If you have forgotten, Dead Island and Dead Island: Riptide publisher Deep Silver…

Trailer: Zenonia 5 hacks and slashes the App Store

January 15, 2013

action RPG/Apple/iOS/Zenonia 5

The fifth installment of GAMEVIL’s popular Zenonia action/RPG series lands on Apple devices. Zenonia 5: Wheel of Destiny picks up “long after” Zenonia 4 ended and takes players on a quest through a world that’s fallen into corruption at the hands of some very bad folk. The game offers four…

s2-games-doubles-workforce-launches-new

January 15, 2013

Apple/Heroes of Newerth/iGames/PC/S2 Games

The guys behind Heroes of Newerth have been busy. Not only is their game a hit, but they’ve doubled their roster and launched a brand new division – one with an eye towards mobile games. iGames, which is wholly owned by S2, will focus on multiplayer mobile gaming exclusively (I…

An early look at The Game Ateliers’ two upcoming iOS titles for 2013

January 15, 2013

iOS/News/Preview/The Game Atelier/Upcoming Games

It was only a few months back when we reviewed Super TinyLeap. Published by The Game Atelier, who is well known for its vibrant titles Flying Hamster and SunFlowers, it showed that the team was taking up the publishing reigns to bring smaller indie developers’ titles to the gaming market…

dust-merges-with-eve-preps-open-beta

January 14, 2013

ccp games/dust 514/eve online/FPS/PS3/Sony

The EVE universe got a whole lot more action oriented as CCP Games’ PS3 exclusive DUST 514 has finally seen integration- and just in time for the open beta. DUST 514 is the free to play extension of the long running PC MMO, EVE Online. The game has been in…

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