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The September issue of the Dee Dee Zine is now live!

September 19, 2021

News by Matt S. Hello friends! It’s magazine day! I’m very happy and proud to launch the September edition of the Dee Dee Zine. As always it’s 48-pages filled with features on Japanese games, entertainment, and culture goodness, and I think we’ve got an absolutely fascinating mix of features for…

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September 17, 2021

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Article by Matt S. This isn’t really a review, since there’s not much to review – we’re about to talk about a game that is “free” on Apple Arcade, and outside of extreme circumstances, I’m not a fan of reviewing those. However, I felt the need to write something because……

Review: Nexomon (Nintendo Switch)

September 17, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Nexomon’s console releases have come in an odd order. Last year, at around this time, PQube released Nexomon: Extinction on various platforms. I think it was a surprising success for the publisher (and it did rightfully deserve to be a success since it is excellent), and…

Lost Judgment: What makes this game absolutely brilliant

September 16, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Lost Judgment is brilliant on just about every level; it has the same sense of humour as the Yakuza series, and the same quality action. At the same time, just like with Judgment before it, the shift in perspective, from yakuza members to detectives, offers up…

Review: Lost Judgment (Sony PlayStation 5)

September 16, 2021

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Review by Matt S. In many ways, I prefer Judgment to Yakuza. This is by no means a slight directed towards my beloved Yakuza, but the mobster film tradition that that series taps into is just not as interesting to me as the noirish thriller that was Judgment. Now that…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, September 16, 2021

September 15, 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)! Nintendo…

Review: Deathloop (Sony PlayStation 5)

September 15, 2021

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Review by Matt R. Ask any fan what they like about Dishonored, Deus Ex, Thief, and the like—”immersive sims”, as they’re often referred to, because the game industry has a weird obsession with genre descriptors that are vague to the point of being meaningless unless you’re already familiar with them—and…

Aussie-made Age of Darkness: Final Stand has an Early Access date

September 15, 2021

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News by Matt S. Publisher, Team17, has announced that it will publish Age of Darkness: Final Stand for Australian studio, PlaySide Studios. This dark fantasy RTS looks like it has a lot of promise, and it’s not long away now – the Early Access release of the game is on…

Review: BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites (Nintendo Switch)

September 15, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I barely remember the BloodRayne Betrayal I played back on the PlayStation 3. When I heard that there was going to be a remaster of it, just two things came to mind: firstly that it was brutally difficult and that it was one of the most…

NISA’s upcoming Monark sure looks great

September 15, 2021

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News by Matt S. NISA has released a new trailer for its upcoming Monark, a game being developed by Lancarse (Lost Dimension, Zanki Zero) and published by FuRyu. This trailer, titled “Allies, highlights just how visually interesting this game is shaping up to be. The game has a pretty deep…

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