I’m not sure who asked for a Bayonetta origin story, but I’m glad they did. I’m only the first five chapters into Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, and I am loving every minute of it. Related reading: Our review of the most recent Bayonetta game – Bayonetta 3.…
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This month on the Digitally Uploaded podcast, we have a bumper episode where we talk through the GB and GBA games that we’d love to see on Switch. How do games from that era hold up, or are they just for the nostalgic, and will we get the full breadth…
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At first glance, it’s definitely the artwork that makes me want to play Trinity Trigger. It’s designed to capture the look and feel of ’90s action RPGs, and the ’90s were my formative years of video games so there’s a strong nostalgic tug there. Dig a little deeper, though, and…
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The reception to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet wasn’t great. Critics generally had positive or mixed opinions, landing the game with a score of 72 on Metacritic. Users, though… they weren’t so reasonable, and it’s currently sitting at a score of 4/10. Here at DDNet, Matt gave the game five stars…
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I do feel for indie developers that take a crack at the horror genre. I know that they’re typically passionate fans of the genre, that they go into projects with the best of intentions, and they’ve got plenty of peers that have done amazing work within horror. Many of the…
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I am, in many ways, the worst possible person to review a Raiden game. It’s not because I hate the series, or can’t appreciate the beauty of a vertical shmup. Quite the reverse. I’ve loved Raiden ever since the first time I lined up a 20c piece against a grubby…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. With each issue I will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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Inti Creates is one of the most talented retro-style platform developers out there. While Nintendo continues to look for ways to modernise the 2D platformer in its Mario, Donkey Kong, and other properties, Inti Creates focuses on pixels, classic level design, and challenging, taut mechanics. Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is…
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Remember the last Nintendo Direct? It was so good that I was practically drooling at my keyboard for its entirety. For this PlayStation State of Play, though, my mouth is pretty much dried up. There are very few highlights for me here, so take a look at the gems amongst…
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Ocarina of Time’s Link isn’t what you’d picture when you think of a video game protagonist – at least not at first. Not the first time you play it. There’s nothing special about Link. He’s a kid in the Kokiri Forest, the only one without a fairy. When he finally…
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