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Review: Chopper I (PS Minis)

August 27, 2012

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Ah, arcade shooters. Who doesn’t love the feel of dodging devious bullet patterns and firing streams of bullets whilst reliving the ‘80s? Alas, not all games of the era were able to recreate this thrill successfully. With a title like Chopper I, it seems the developers were more focused on…

MonkeyPaw announces PSOne catalog for Vita

August 27, 2012

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PSOne classics start to trickle onto the Vita tomorrow (huzzah!) with the newest system update. MonkeyPaw Games has a very solid initial lineup chock full of classic RPG goodness. The name ‘MonkeyPaw’ didn’t really ring a bell when I heard it, but their stable of classics from Sony’s first console…

Orcs Must Die! 2 – Fire & Water DLC

August 27, 2012

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I was a huge fan of Orcs Must Die! 2, scoring it 4.5 out of 5 stars upon release. The game has a ton of replay value already, but Robot Entertainment has announced yet one more reason to give the game another go. This DLC is being called a ‘booster…

Review: New Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)

August 27, 2012

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The best part of New Super Mario Bros. 2 is the opening scene the first time you turn it on to play. Suddenly the realisation hits: you’re about to play an entirely new 2D Mario game. Those memories of childhood come flooding back, and though the graphic style is looking…

Review: Papo & Yo (PS3)

August 27, 2012

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Journey into the heart of a child in this emotional PSN indie game. Many of the world’s great musicians take their troubles in life and turn them into inspiring, oftentimes sensitive music to help soothe their sufferings. Painters craft images to tell a story that promote their world views. Writers…

Preview: War of the Roses (PC)

August 27, 2012

Fatshark/Paradox Interactive/PC/Steam/War Of The Roses

War of the Roses is an experience-gaining, melee-centric third-person multiplayer action game that borrows from history the real War of the Roses, a civil war between knights that took place between the mid-to-late 15th Century. You have got my interest, Paradox Interactive. Ever since the beginning of the seventh console generation, the…

Review: Time Soldiers (PS Minis)

August 26, 2012

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Take a trip through time and face off against belligerent Legionnaires and missile loaded Triceratops’ in this classic SNK shooter. SNK’s Time Soldiers was released in the midst of the arcade boom of the late ’80s. Personally, I don’t remember the game, but I probably shouldn’t be too surprised that…

The world ends tomorrow…With You

August 26, 2012

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The world is ending tomorrow. Well, at least if you consider the re-release of a video game to be an unavoidable global calamity… Four years after its original release on the Nintendo DS, Square-Enix’s critically acclaimed JRPG, The World Ends With You, is making its way to the App Store.…

The Sunday Board Game: Dungeon Command

August 26, 2012

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Welcome to a new feature at Digitally Downloaded! We’re gamers of every kind here, but one thing is constant amongst us – we go to where the good gaming is. A lot of gamers forget that games go beyond the TV console, so each week we’re going to highlight one…

The weekend discussion: Let’s talk about game soundtracks

August 24, 2012

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People often say that the only thing they care about in a game is the “gameplay,” so it’s just as well the soundtrack is part of this “gameplay” thing, because it’s crucial to the gameplay. A good soundtrack elevates a good game into a great one, bringing emotional depth and…

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