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The Week in Review: March 19, 2021

March 19, 2021

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Video by Matt S. Activision can screw off. That’s the big bit of news this week after the company announced that it was going to axe 200 people while giving CEO, Bobby Kotick, a bonus of $200 million. I’d say “stop supporting Activision,” but the video game industry does love…

Space Invaders AR? Yeah, I’ll leave the house to play that

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. Square Enix hosted the first of its “Presents” shows overnight (for Aussies), giving us an update on everything that the company is working on. Or, at least, what its western publishing arm and developers are working on. The overall event overlooked the Japanese games in development,…

A first look at the backgrounds of A Week on the Water

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. Howdy visual novel fans! We’ve got a small little update to share for A Week on the Water, the next game in the My Time With Dee Dee series of visual novels. This time around we’re going to give you a first look at some of…

Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami is a stalker horror with a lot of fan service

March 18, 2021

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News by Matt S. When you play a game from Qureate, the publisher behind Fantasy Tavern Sextet, TroubleDays and NinNinDays, you can be sure of one thing if nothing else; a whole lot of panties, boobs, and other such fan service things. None of these games are what you might…

Review: Noble Armada: Lost Worlds (Nintendo Switch)

March 18, 2021

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Review by Matt S. Just as Dungeons & Dragons dominates the pen-and-paper RPG space, Warhammer dominates the tabletop gaming space. It’s not the only tabletop miniatures game, though if you were to look at the video game industry, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was the only one;…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, March 18, 2021

March 17, 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)! Devotion…

if-you-missed-el-shaddai-previously

March 17, 2021

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News by Matt S. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was one of the real artsy games of the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era. In that it was wildly beautiful and thematically rich… and sold peanuts. That didn’t stop it from gaining a niche following though… and indeed I even remember…

hell-let-loose-is-kind-of-game-we-need

March 17, 2021

Opinion/propaganda

Opinion by Matt S. As far as I’m concerned, the biggest problem that faces gaming as an art form is how easy it is proving to be for developers to use it for the purposes of pure propaganda. Whether it is an explicit recruitment tool for the army, or simply…

Review: Battle Brothers (Nintendo Switch)

March 17, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I’m all for games being complex, challenging, and unforgiving. Just this week I reviewed a simulation title, in A-Train, that comes dangerously close to being a genuine degree in urban planning and an MBA, rolled into one. But, if you are going to go down the…

Getting into Saviors of Sapphire Wings: What you need to know

March 17, 2021

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Video by Harvard L. DDNet contributor, Harvard, was the one to review Saviors of Sapphire Wings/Strangers of Sword City for us. In addition to his in-depth, 2,000-word review, he’s also created this “Let’s Play” video, highlighting the early game of Saviors of Sapphire Wings, and giving you some hints and…

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