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Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 gets an early access release window

May 11, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The original Valthirian Arc was a pretty decent little game. It wasn’t something completely memorable, but as we noted in our review: “Valthirian Arc: Hero School offers a quaint, if not overly original concept… It’s easy to pick up and play for short bursts, and as…

Review: Total War: Rome Remastered (PC)

May 11, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I’m not much of a PC gamer. I prefer the console experience, and always have, but there are some games that just wouldn’t work anywhere on console. The Total War series is one such example. The combination of tense real-time (if pausable) combat and grand strategy…

Review: Beach Bounce Remastered (Nintendo Switch)

May 11, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Fan service is great. Done well it’s entertaining, aesthetically pleasing (yes, it’s nice to look at pretty people), and tends to make a game, and its characters, more memorable. That’s why Good Smile Company can make figures of those characters, and sell them for $500 a…

Game length doesn’t matter: It’s what you do with it that counts

May 10, 2021

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Video by Matt S. From the release of Resident Evil Village, the big debate about game length versus value has jumped up. Again. This is so exhausting. I realised that I haven’t actually done a video on game length to this point – I’ve written articles, sure, but no video.…

Review: R-Type Final 2 (Nintendo Switch)

May 10, 2021

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Review by Alex Kidman. Objectively, R-Type Final 2 has a remarkably daft name and a rather slow play style that won’t endear it all that much to fans of more modern, bullet-hell style shoot-em-up titles. Subjectively, I rather like it despite the stupid name. If you’re a long term fan…

Interesting games on itch.io: May 10

May 10, 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…

Catch up with last week’s gameplay streams: May 11

May 10, 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…

Review: Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2021

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Review by Matt S. The good people at EastAsiaSoft seem determined to singlehandedly bring every budget fan service game to the Nintendo Switch. Note, though, I’m not complaining (I’ve got a visual novel to pitch your way, BTW. Hit me up). Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Fantasy World Edition is the…

The Week in Review: May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Nintendo can’t stop selling Switches: https://www.siliconera.com/nintendo-switch-sales-worldwide/ 2) Some great news for the Aussie games industry: https://twitter.com/dippizuka/status/1390127610449981443 3) EA’s bought into baseball: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1390081320340975620 4) Good Smile Company turns 20: https://twitter.com/GoodSmile_US/status/1388330056901029889 5) Judgment sequel leaked: https://www.gematsu.com/2021/05/judgment-sequel-lost-judgment-reveal-leaked-by-japanese-playstation-store – Matt S. Editor-in-Chief…

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…

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