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Oh, nice! The good Baldur’s Gate Diablo clone is getting a surprise drop imminently!

May 6, 2021

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News by Matt S. The quality of Dungeons & Dragons games has been up and down over the years, but Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance was one of the better ones. While it shares its name with the greatest western RPG ever, Dark Alliance isn’t the same kind of turn-based narrative-driven…

Review: New Pokémon Snap (Nintendo Switch)

May 6, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I have been waiting 22 years for a new Pokémon Snap. That Nintendo 64 original was a brilliant example of pure, unadulterated, quality game design, and it’s crazy that Nintendo has gone through multiple generations of consoles that are absolutely perfect for games based around photography…

Through gritted teeth: The Australian government did the right thing for the games industry

May 6, 2021

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For years now the games industry, media, and community has been calling for the Australian government to do something to support the games industry. We look over at places like Poland and Canada, which have become thriving hubs of game development and the arts thanks to government investment, and can’t…

Nintendo is aiming to make it fun for kids to learn game development

May 5, 2021

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News by Matt S. Nintendo has announced a new “educational” software/game application, Game Builder Garage, which has been designed to be the perfect way for kids to start learning the logic and structure of game development. “For anyone who has always wanted to make their own video games, Game Builder…

Resident Evil Village: Why I love this gothic horror masterpiece

May 5, 2021

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Video by Matt S. (Apologies that there’s some background noise in this video – there was a heavy rain storm going on as I recorded the voice track for this one) Resident Evil Village is the latest in Capcom’s long-running series, and it’s also one of the most different entries…

Review: Resident Evil Village (Sony PlayStation 5)

May 5, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Resident Evil Village is not what I expected. At all. I’d kept myself in the dark about the game pre-release so that I could go in without having PR-set expectations, and so, I went in expecting a Resident Evil game. You know, zombies and stuff. You…

I don’t know why Flashback needed a sequel, but it’s getting one!

May 5, 2021

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News by Matt S. Now, in fairness, Flashback is a genuine classic video game. Weirdly enough it’s one that we’ve never covered at DigitallyDownloaded.net, but you can get it on modern consoles, and while it’s a brutally tough and unforgiving game, it’s also a truly visionary project that continues to…

Well-regarded horror game, Apsulov: End of Gods, getting a console release

May 4, 2021

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News by Matt S. Apsulov: End of Gods first launched on PC back in 2019, where it ended up getting a very positive response. Now it’s finally getting a console release, across PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch. One thing that helps the game stand…

Review: World End Economica Complete (Nintendo Switch)

May 4, 2021

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Review by Matt S. World End Economica has something going for it, since I was able to complete the three tome-length epic, and I’ll rarely finish one visual novel (let alone three) if there isn’t something captivating about them. These are rambling, wordy, indulgent things, too, which under normal circumstances…

Video games are being treated like Schrödinger’s art form, and it’s becoming silly

May 4, 2021

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Opinion by Matt S. We had another round of the discourse last night in the Australian video game scene. Our national broadcaster (the ABC, but no, that’s not America’s ABC) published an investigative report, titled “Are you being played,” which was, principally, a look into microtransactions, loot boxes, and whether…

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