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Review: Death Crown (Nintendo Switch)

May 18, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Death Crown is almost unplayable on Switch, and has given me a headache every time I have tried. Consequently, this is going to be a pretty short review, and that’s a pity because I love almost everything about it. The most immediately obvious quality about Death…

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May 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain (SIE Spain) and Aeternum Game Studios have announced that Aeterna Noctis, a “hand-drawn Metroidvania,” will release on PlayStation 4 and 5 on December 15. This game looks absolutely gorgeous. It’s going to be a huge game, with 16 levels, 100 regular enemies,…

Interesting games on itch.io: May 17

May 17, 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…

Review: The Colonists (Nintendo Switch)

May 17, 2021

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Review by Harvard L. The Colonists is like peaceful Age of Empires, or Forager with a more robust mission structure. If that sounds amazing, I’m sure you’ll already love this game. It’s a strictly single-player engine builder, with slowly growing cities mining primary resources and refining them into secondary and…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: May 17

May 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. As some of you will know, we’ve been doing regular streams over the last year or so on the DDNet YouTube channel, showcasing the latest and greatest games, while chatting with people about those games (and just about everything else) as we go along. If you’d…

Final Fantasy XIV’s next wave of stuff to do has been announced

May 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. Over the weekend, Square Enix hosted the annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival for 2021, and like usual, they used it as an opportunity to share all the upcoming content that fans can look forward to from this already ridiculously massive MMO. First up is Patch…

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May 14, 2021

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News by Matt S. I am super excited to say that the May 2021 edition of the Dee Dee Zine is now available! It has 48 pages of commentary, thoughts, and essays on games, literature, toys, art, history and culture, with a focus on Japan (of course). Features this month…

Review: Space Commander: War and Trade (Nintendo Switch)

May 14, 2021

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Review by Matt S. You do exactly what the box says in Space Commander: War and Trade. You trade stuff, and you go to war. In space. Where you’re a commander. The problem is that space is meant to be this big, open… universe… of adventure and promise and Space…

The Week in Review: May 14, 2021

May 14, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) The upcoming Wholesome Games Direct: https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2021/05/the-next-wholesome-games-direct-date.html 2) EA and Ubisoft plans: https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1392231459071528962 Sony PS5 Shortages into 2022: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1391800460554784772 3) Sony has 25 games in development: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/sony-interactive-entertainment-has-over-25-ps5-games-in-development 4) Project Zero 2 celebrates 20th anniversary in the worst way: https://www.siliconera.com/fatal-frame-receives-a-face-lift-and-revival-as-a-pachislot-machine/…

The next Wholesome Games Direct date announced

May 13, 2021

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News by Matt S. Wholesome Games are doing good work. The group is dedicated to highlighting games that have a different focus than much of the mainstream with its obsession with “mature” themes and violence. Wholesome Games aims to highlight the games that are bright and uplifting, and they’ve announced…

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