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The Xbox Live update is Blitz-ed *Updated

August 30, 2012

Assassin's Creed Revelations/Rock Band Blitz/XBLA/Xbox 360

Rock Band Blitz (RRB) headlines this week’s show on Xbox Live, but forget the plastic guitars because this isn’t the Rock Band that you’re used to. RBB is a throwback in a lot of ways. The game uses the controller instead of the familiar guitar, drums, and bass ‘instruments’ that…

Professor Layton – 3DS screenshots and information

August 30, 2012

Level-5/Nintendo 3DS/Professor Layton/Release Information/screenshots/the Remains of an Advanced Civilization

Level-5 has announced that the sixth game in the series, Professor Layton & the Remains of an Advanced Civilization, will be releasing in Japan in 2013. Not much has been revealed about the storyline yet, though it is thought to be set one year after the events of the last…

Mercia: Fractured Realms is now available in PS Home

August 30, 2012

F2P/Free-to-play/Lockwood Publishing/PlayStation/PS Home/PS3/PSN/RPG

A few days ago we let you in on Lockwood’s Free-to-Play dungeon crawler, Mercia: Fractured Reams in PlayStation Home and today we’re happy to announce to you that you can now jump in and start lootin’ to your heart’s desire. Promising a gameplay experience that’s the closest we’ve yet seen…

Review: The Next Space (PSN Minis)

August 30, 2012

PlayStation/PlayStation Minis/Reviews/SHMUP/Space Shooter/The Next Space

Do you ever crave a good retro shoot-em-up? The feeling of blasting space foes into pixels with your trusty space blaster. Originally released on the SNK back in 1989, The Next Space provides the endless fun of arcade shoot-em-ups in the palm of your hand. Now rereleased as a PS…

Games and sex themes: getting things right

August 30, 2012

3DS 3D Classics/Ar tonelico Qoga/Clock Tower 3/Dead or Alive/Devil May Cry/Heavy Rain/Lollipop Chainsaw/Love Plus/Pandora's Tower/Prince of Persia/sex/Tomb Raider/Top 10

As gamers we are now well familiar with the use of violence in games – as a plot device, as an artistic tool, and even as a bit of good, old-fashioned fun. There are games that heroise violence, games that criticise it, and games that question the use of violence…

Atelier Totori Plus – PlayStation Vita announcement

August 29, 2012

Atelier Totori Plus/PlayStation/release date/Release Information/Sony PlayStation Vita

We have a few people here who are fans of the Atelier series, and a modified version of Atelier Totori has been announced for the PlayStation Vita. It will arrive in Japan this November and is said to include new types of items, recipes and equipment. While this release has…

vita-goes-16-bit-in-early-2013

August 29, 2012

indie games/iOS/iPad/iPhone/mac/Muteki Corporation/News/PC/PlayStation/PS Vita/PS3/RPG

Sony’s PlayStation Vita might be the most powerful dedicated gaming handheld in existence, but its power isn’t what we’re all excited about here at Digitally Downloaded today. No, instead we’re excited to blast back to the 16-bit pasts of our childhood memories. Courtesy of the PlayStation Blog, today we’ve found…

nba-2k13-all-star-trailer-and-dream-team

August 29, 2012

All Star Trailer/Basketball/Dream Team/NBA 2K 13/Release Information/Scottie Pippen

NBA 2K basketball has been the top hoops title for some years now, but instead of sitting back and taking it easy the last few years, the series has generally made some really impressive strides instead. A couple of the more interesting and talked about features was the inclusion of…

Funcom’s The Secret World failure: more evidence MMOs have a free-to-play inevitability

August 29, 2012

Financial results/Funcom/PC/sad news/The Secret World

Yet more evidence that the free-to-play model is the future for MMOs, it seems, with Funcom’s highly-rated The Secret World crashing miserably. The subscription MMO has sold just 200,000 copies since release, and has been blamed for some less-than-positive financial results for the developer. This is despite it having a…

Disorganized Crime pack blasts onto consoles and PC today

August 29, 2012

Disorganized Crime Pack/max payne 3/PC/PS3/Rockstar/Xbox 360

The newest (and free) DLC available for Rockstar’s crime-noire shooter, Max Payne 3’s Disorganized Crime pack is now available. Finally- you can bring the rooftops of Hoboken home. And aside from the new level that takes players on a multiplayer romp through the remains of Max’s New Jersey apartment, there…

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