SongPop Party is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the finest party games in existence. It takes something that is fundamentally compelling – music trivia – and gives people a no-frills way of playing that and, importantly, doing so with the music that they actually like. Now the…
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I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…
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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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If you love your games and art from Japan, then the Dee Dee Zine is for you. Each month we pack 56 pages of analysis, interview, feature and essay on everything to do with Japanese art, entertainment and culture. The September 2022 issue is no different… in fact, this is…
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The Legend of Heroes series is famous for being impenetrable for newcomers and also having a fanbase that likes it that way. They’ll insist that you absolutely cannot play any game in this series without having magically played all the other games first. And if you like the wrong ones…
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BINGOBELL is an independent game development studio based in China, and while it’d be an understatement to describe them as new to the indie dev market, that’s never stopped anyone from creating hit games and absolute bangers! KAKU: Ancient Seal is BINGOBELL’s first attempt at this, having begun development back…
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Anker Innovation’s Soundcore brand isn’t going to be as well-known to most people as the likes of Sony, EPOS, Beats, Bose or Apple’s AirPods. However, when you’ll generally be expecting to pay $200 – $300 for a set of earbuds from those companies, the Soundcore Space A40 is a relatively…
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It’s become a bit of a modern craze to take a vintage video game and remaster and rerelease it, tugging at the nostalgia strings of the hearts of potential gamers, and recapturing the success that these old video games had once had. While we’ve covered a few old visual novels,…
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I think we all know about the recently-released cult game. You know, the one with the lamb (Matt’s review can be read here). Well, there’s another one set to launch this year; this time, there’s no dungeon crawling or lambs in sight. Honey, I Joined a Cult is a groovy…
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Asymmetric multiplayer is a genre that needs a new wave to recapture interest. With some classics like Dead by Daylight looking a bit long in the tooth now, a breath of fresh, indie, innovative air has been long overdue, and that might just be where Goonya Monster fits in! Goonya…
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