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

January 15, 2013

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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…

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January 14, 2013

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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…

A retrospective look at the Nintendo Wii – Part One

January 14, 2013

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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…

PlayStation Vita: Destined to be history’s most under-appreciated console?

January 14, 2013

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The PlayStation Vita seems destined to become the most under-appreciated console in the increasingly likely event that it fails to see major sales figures. One of the most common comments you’ll see on discussions about the Vita on websites and message boards is that it apparently lacks for games worth…

Review: Imaginstruments (Vita)

January 13, 2013

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The PlayStation Vita has an impressive range of free games and applications for people to play around with. Even if you don’t have access to PlayStation Plus, you can count on games like Ecolibrium and applications like the excellent Twitter interface to drain plenty of battery charge. Imaginstruments is the…

Wii U sales data – not as impressive as Nintendo’s press release would have you believe

January 12, 2013

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Analysing Nintendo’s recent Press Release from a certain perspective makes it seem that there is something funny up with the reported sales figures. It has barely been over 40 days since Nintendo dropped their hot new home console, Wii U, on the market and the madness of the holiday rush…

MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship shreds into North America next month

January 12, 2013

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There was a time when motocross videogames ripped their way onto store shelves several times a year, but those days are long gone. If you’re one of those fans that grabbed nearly every motocross release back then, it’s time to grab your gear once again, because Namco Bandai just announced…

The weekly discussion: Your hidden gems

January 11, 2013

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Most gamers will have at least one of these games in their collection; a game they wouldn’t normally buy, but on a whim (or lack of anything else to play), they picked a game up and was surprised by it. Perhaps it’s a game that you hadn’t heard of before…

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January 11, 2013

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Last year, I wrote up a nice big review on Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection for the Sony PlayStation 3. Seeing as this game was a remake, it was only natural that I would have some nostalgia toward Dragon Ball Z games. This is especially true when you consider…

CD Projekt Red trailer: Yet another symptom of a sexist games industry

January 11, 2013

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Last year a Hitman game was released with a trailer that was widely derided for a poor (read: offensive) portrayal of the women’s role in the games industry. It was a fair call, too. The games industry is now the most important entertainment industry on the planet, and with that…

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