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Video review: Zen Pinball 2 (PS3/ Vita)

September 10, 2012

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Anyone who’s been following us a while knows that we at Digitally Downloaded are big fans of Zen Pinball. Both Zen Pinball 3D, and the Marvel Pinball “sequel” are some of our favourite games on the Nintendo 3DS. And they pale, absolutely, objectively pale in comparison to Zen Pinball 2…

Review: Wipeout (iPad)

September 10, 2012

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No, not that Wipeout- the gameshow… from TV! Activision and The Blast Furnace bring the water-logged game to iOS, but does it manage to reach the finish line? I wasn’t super familiar with the ABC gameshow Wipeout before I fired up the game of the same name on my iPad.…

Feature: Steam Greenlight Staff Picks

September 8, 2012

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Steam Greenlight is now up and running, but it’s gotten off to quite the bumpy start. Just a few days ago we talked about Valve’s controversial censorship issue when they deemed a game to be “inappropriate” for the service, instead of letting the gamers make that decision themselves through voting.…

The weekend discussion: What are your “next generation” gaming desires?

September 8, 2012

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It’s that time again! The long work week has finally come to a close and the weekend has arrived, which can only mean one thing – chat time! This week, let’s take on a topic that’s been the centre of numerous heated debates over the past few months, “next gen.” Wii U is…

Review: They Bleed Pixels (PC)

September 8, 2012

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There is a certain “sweet spot” when it comes to difficulty in video games. If the game developer can make the player fail a-dozen-or-two times before succeeding, the game ultimately delivers a grand sense of accomplishment without severely punishing the player for attempting the challenge in the first place. Lots…

Closure makes its Steam debut

September 7, 2012

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Back in March, the PlayStation Network saw the release of Eyebrow Interactive’s fantastic indie game, Closure. This puzzle/ platform game is built around an innovative light manipulation gameplay mechanic that finds you traversing levels where the only things that can be interacted with, are the things that can actually be…

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September 7, 2012

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No JRPG would be complete without long subtitles! The hit Playstation Portable and fast-paced role-playing game Half-Minute Hero will be released for personal computers on September 27th for both Steam and the newcomer Playism. Fun fact; that previous sentence has 30 words.Yes, the speed-oriented RPG is receiving a third edition,…

La-Mulana is releasing on WiiWare September 20th

September 6, 2012

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The last great WiiWare release? Back in May we brought you the disheartening news that La-Mulana’s WiiWare release was officially canned. Well, thanks to Spanish publisher EnjoyUp Games, La-Mulana has been revived and will release in Europe, Australia and the U.S. in just a few weeks on Sept. 20th for…

Atelier Totori Plus – tons of screenshots

September 6, 2012

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We already recently touched on the upcoming Atelier release for the PlayStation Vita. This plus release comes with some new outfits, recipes and all of the game’s DLC from the PlayStation 3 release. Slated to release November 29th of this year in Japan, this is an RPG title I expect…

Defend your dungeons on the Mac

September 6, 2012

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The Mac App Store is now home to one of the fastest selling digitally released games of all time- Dungeon Defenders. Mac gamers are finally be able to join their console and PC cousins in defending some cartoony dungeons today as Dungeon Defenders has hit the App Store for $14.99…

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