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Review: LUNA The Shadow Dust (Nintendo Switch)

October 26, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. LUNA The Shadow Dust bears more than a little similarity to one of my favourite games of all time, Gorogoa. The hand-drawn, colourful art styles and surreal, dreamlike narratives of both games are enchanting and memorable, which is why I thought I’d love LUNA just as…

Review: The Red Lantern (Nintendo Switch)

October 26, 2020

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Review by Matt S. The Red Lantern is exactly what is wrong with the content-first obsession that the game industry has. What could have been an immensely powerful, evocative, two-hour-long story of survival and finding truths about oneself via a trial by fire within one of the harshest environments humanity knows,…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 26, 2020

October 25, 2020

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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…

The Retroid Pocket 2: The new standard for retro game fans?

October 23, 2020

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Hardware review by Matt S. I’ve picked up a new hobby this year: retro emulation handhelds. It started out as something to keep me distracted through all the lockdowns and isolation this year, but has since become something that I’ve really enjoyed doing; purchasing these little devices (usually from China),…

We have a release of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV on Switch

October 23, 2020

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News by Matt S.Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV is one of the best strategy games going around. It released on PlayStation 4 and PC earlier in the year, and we absolutely. Now there’s an expanded version that’s coming to PS4 and PC… but the real exciting news here is…

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October 22, 2020

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News by Matt S. Fire Emblem got a slow start in the western world. It seems hard to believe given how much weight Nintendo puts on it now, but it wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance that we got our first localised Fire Emblem title. There were all these other…

Review: Max’s Big Bust 2 – Max’s Bigger Bust (PC)

October 22, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Nothing is sacred in Aussie gender-flipping, boob-inflating, hyper-sexed buddy-cop drama visual novel, Max’s Big Bust 2 – Max’s Bigger Bust. If this game – and series – from Lached Up Games were more prominent it would almost certainly find a level of notoriety within certain circles…

Pretty girls everywhere in this upcoming VN series

October 22, 2020

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News by Matt S. Visual novels and pretty girls go together… well, very often. Except in the otome games. Then it’s pretty boys. But either way, everyone is always pretty. You’d think we’d be bored of games with pretty people in them given how many there are but, nope. It’s…

Review: The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia (PC)

October 22, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Over the last couple of years, there have been few games industry-orientated things that have excited me quite like the rise of China as a development centre. They might be bitter political rivals, but China and Japan share more than a few cultural similarities. Being both…

Gorgeous Lovecraftian board game primed for a console release

October 21, 2020

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News by Matt S.Asmodee Digital is known for some of the highest quality, premium digital board games out there. In partnership with developer, Luckyhammers, it is bringing Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace – based on the popular Arkham Horror series, to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Previously the game…

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