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Review: Liberation Maiden (3DS)

October 11, 2012

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Every so often the games industry throws up an auteur – a true artist whose games are not necessarily understood, let alone liked. Like foreign films though, these auteurs find small, committed fan bases of people who appreciate what they are trying to do, even if they occasionally miss the…

The upcoming games to look forward to (EB World Expo)

October 11, 2012

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The Digitally Downloaded team spent all of last weekend playing all the upcoming games at last weekend’s EB World Expo. We’ve each put together our top five of the games from the show. Or in other words, here’s the games of the coming weeks and months that we’re looking forward…

Review: Samurai G (3DS)

October 11, 2012

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You’ve got to admire the logic and historical accuracy of video games. According to Samurai G, Tengu (the famed “Harbinger of War”) sealed his devastating power inside thousands of gold coins. These coins are conveniently scattered throughout a linear path whilst suspended in mid-air. Despite the presence of an enemy…

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October 10, 2012

Android/casual games/Gibbets 2/Reviews

Casual developers have greatly benefitted from the iOS platform – invent a simplistic concept, add easy controls, mix in the ‘x factor’ of fun and combine to provide hours of entertainment and reach even the most inexperienced of gamers. A perfect example of one of these addictive, fun games is…

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October 10, 2012

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Thanks to our friends at Nintendo Nation, there was a bit of bad news on the wire this morning – THQ is shutting its Australian office. The Darksiders 2 publisher had already shut down multiple Australian development studios, and was functioning purely as a marketing and logistics function in Australia,…

New Little King’s Story gets big new content

October 10, 2012

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Konami announced today that they’ll be releasing a veritable flood of DLC for New Little King’s Story on the PSV over the next two months. Every week Konami will release a DLC pack for the game that will include a gaggle of new weapons, costumes, power-ups, and more. And when…

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October 10, 2012

Panic on Funkotron/PS3/Sega/ToeJam and Earl/Xbox 360

Rumored earlier in the year, Sega is indeed bringing two more of their biggest names from generations past to the Xbox Live. Before you get overly excited though, there’s nothing all that new about what the publisher will be bringing to XBLA and the PSN. ToeJam & Earl and its…

The Walking Dead are Around Every Corner

October 10, 2012

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The subtitle to the game’s fourth episode says it all as the game reaches its penultimate chapter on PSN, PC and XBLA today. Available pretty much everywhere as you read this (except iOS- later this year for that), episode 4 is written by Book of Eli scribe (and former gaming…

Serious Sam 3: BFE shoots up XBLA next week

October 10, 2012

Croteam/Serious Sam 3: BFE/Xbox Live

Giant guns, dozens of monsters, blue jeans… yep, looks like Sam Stone is on the way to Xbox Live. Apparently since the raging arcade shooter arrived on the PC last year, fans have been asking developer CroTeam to bring the series’ third outing to Xbox Live. Well, ask and ye…

Ghost Recon’s Khyber Strike launches today

October 10, 2012

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The third DLC pack for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier drops onto the virtual battlefield today with new maps, modes and ‘cheevos. Click on through for the trailer. There’s a total of three new maps, one new mode each for Guerrilla and standard multiplay, a level cap bump (+10),…

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