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Review: Siege Survival Gloria Victis (PC)

May 26, 2021

PC/PC Review/Reviews/simulation/Strategy

Review by Alex Kidman. Back when I was but a teenager – which wasn’t quite the middle ages, but was some time ago – I attended a medieval-themed fancy dress party. As was befitting my social status at the time, I went dressed as a humble peasant. Yes, I was…

Review: Maid of Sker (Sony PlayStation 5)

May 26, 2021

Gothic/Horror/Maid of Sker/PlayStation 5/PS5 Review/Reviews/stalker horror/Survival Horror

Review by Matt S. With a heavy dose of the same kind of 19th-century English countryside gothic aesthetic that was instrumental in making Wuthering Heights my favourite book of all time, Maid of Sker hits the ground running. This game is beautiful and, while it is only very (very) loosely…

So… which publisher so we need to beg to get THIS game localised?

May 25, 2021

JRPG/News/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Susanoo is one of the great deities of Japanese mythology. He’s the brother of Amaterasu, and was considered both a benevolent and, at times, malevolent kami (deity). In other words, he’s the perfect source of inspiration for a game, and that’s exactly what developer, Hachikumasoft and…

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May 25, 2021

Financial results/Game Theory/Opinion/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. It often feels like it’s impossible to talk about video games without ending up talking about their price, as though the capitalism is related to the quality of the artwork. I would argue that they’re independent of one another, and while the cost of games is…

Review: Undead Battle Royale (Nintendo Switch)

May 25, 2021

Arcade/Indie/local multiplayer/Multiplayer/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Shooter/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. You’ve got to be impressed with the kind of gonads a developer team would have to have to look at the whole zombie arena thing and think to themselves “hey let’s do a no-frills, budget version of that!” Undead Battle Royal is a perfectly playable game,…

Review: Biomutant (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 24, 2021

open world game/PlayStation 4/PS4 Review/review/Reviews

Review by Matt C. Biomutant comes with an intriguing premise: in a post-apocalyptic world where humans are long-gone and mutant animals have taken their place, a martial art called Wung-Fu rules the day. The future of even this broken world hangs in the balance thanks to the dying Tree of…

Review: Miitopia (Nintendo Switch)

May 24, 2021

casual game/JRPG/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Switch Review

Review by Matt S. The best way to think of Miitopia is as a silly little playground, and that it’s a very personal playground. The experience that you’re having with it is only ever going to make sense to you. A friend or family member, should they walk into the…

Interesting games on itch.io: May 24

May 24, 2021

Art Game/Indie/itch.io/list/Top 10/top 5

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…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: May 24

May 24, 2021

stream/streaming/Video/Video review

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…

The Week in Review: May 21, 2021

May 21, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! Please Note: THERE ARE SOME MINOR SOUND/VOLUME ISSUES THIS WEEK. I’m using a new microphone, which will result in better sound in the future, but it’s a learning curve. It should still be very listenable, though. Apologies for the…

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