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Review: Baroque (iPad)

January 7, 2013

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Baroque is one of the least well known games that keeps getting remade, I’ll wager. This exact title which is now an iOS download was originally a Sega Saturn and PlayStation 2 game, and then ported to the Nintendo Wii. Either it sells well enough each time to justify a…

Review: Ravensword: Shadowlands (iPad)

January 6, 2013

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If you squint, Ravensword looks like an Elder Scrolls game. It shares the breathtaking sense of scale in its visual art style as its clear inspiration, and it goes out of its way to cultivate a sense that the game is as non-linear and open as anything from Bethesda. And…

The weekly discussion: Your gaming New Year Resolution

January 4, 2013

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Digitally Downloaded is back from our break and will resume normal reviews and so on from Monday! In the meantime let’s kick off our first weekend discussion for the year, and let’s make it an obvious one: what’s your gaming New Year Resolution? Is it to finally knock off some…

Best games of 2012: PlayStation game of the year

January 3, 2013

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As voted by you! Through the month of November, we asked for you to vote for your favourite games of the year. You did (and in incredible numbers – thank you for that), and now it’s time to announce the finalists and the winners. Each day we’ll be revealing a…

Best games of 2012: Xbox 360 game of the year

January 2, 2013

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Best games of 2012: 3DS/ DS game of the year

December 31, 2012

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 31, 2012

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This time of year is brilliant for parties, isn’t it? We’d like to wish all of our readers a happy and safe 2013! We all survived the Mayan apocalypse, so now it’s time to look onwards to what we hope will be a productive and game-filled 2013. It’s certainly shaping…

Review: Mutant Mudds (iPhone/iPad)

December 31, 2012

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Now rockin’ your iOS devices One of the premier eShop platformers hovers over to iOS. When Renegade Kid’s Mutant Mudds landed on the 3DS eShop, it was a breath of fresh air for the relatively new handheld. Its platforming excellence stood its own with Nintendo’s first party titles and is…

The best games of 2012: PlayStation Vita Game of the Year

December 30, 2012

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Review: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Wii U)

December 30, 2012

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I’ve never quite ‘understood’ Tekken, so if you are a big fan of the series, please look away now. Where I can understand the controls and structures of most fighting games, Tekken’s complexities have always felt a little alien to me. Where I can decimate opponents through a combo string…

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