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Review: Actraiser Renaissance (Nintendo Switch)

October 5, 2021

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Review by Alex Kidman. One of the biggest surprises of the most recent Nintendo Direct was the announcement of Actraiser Renaissance. Long-held as one of the early jewels of the SNES library, it was an utterly dormant IP, right up until the moment it was revealed for a quick release…

Review: Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Barons Workshop (PC)

October 5, 2021

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Ask me what my all-time favourite game is, and I’ll tell you that it’s Bubble Bobble. Ask me for my top five, and I’ll list off five different variants of Bubble Bobble before expanding my tastes out to other titles. I can’t play Bubble Bobble all the time. I mean,…

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October 5, 2021

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Impressions by Matt S. “Miku is so amazing,” goes one early line in the story that comes with Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! on mobile. She sure is, people. She sure is. Anyhow, SEGA and developer, Colorful Palette, just released Colorful Stage! for a global public beta. It will only run…

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October 5, 2021

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News by Lindsay M.If you were to ask me about what I love most, I have three answers: video games, arts, and cats. And let’s be real, those three things rarely combine, but it’s okay: when two of the three come together I consider it pure perfection. Cats knocking down…

Review: Fighting Fantasy Legends (Nintendo Switch)

October 4, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Nomad Games and Tin Man Games are a tale of two companies, and since I don’t have all that much to say about Fighting Fantasy Legends (you’ll see why soon enough), I may as well weave that tale instead. Tin Man Games started out, many years,…

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is the case for “world games” – this is brilliant

October 4, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is a brilliant little RPG out of Taiwan. In playing it through I was reminded of one of the discrepancies between video games as an art form and other art forms: In other art forms we tend to encourage and promote “foreign art”…

Interesting games on itch.io: October 4

October 4, 2021

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List by Matt S. 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…

Poll of the week: Which Koei Tecmo 2022 release are you most looking forward to?

October 4, 2021

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Poll by Matt S. We thought we’d start doing a weekly poll at DDNet, and give people a chance to share their thoughts regarding various topical… topics. Each week on YouTube and Twitter we’ll have a different question, and then we’ll collate your thoughts and share the results each week.…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 4, 2021

October 3, 2021

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News by Lindsay M.Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we 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)! Atelier…

Review: Xuan-Yuan Sword VII (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 1, 2021

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Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is exactly why I am glad that Taiwanese game development is becoming as robust as it is, and the involvement of EastAsiaSoft in this global release is an incredibly positive development. I first played Xuan-Yuan Sword VII when it was released in English in Hong Kong –…

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