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September 25, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Hades landed on my Switch out of nowhere this week – I had no idea the game was even in development, but I am immediately in love with it. What a beautifully slick, intelligent, refined roguelike it is. This is just my first impressions from the…

Tokyo Game Show 2020: Thursday’s major announcements

September 24, 2020

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News by Matt S.Tokyo Game Show 2020 kicked off last night (for Australians), with a couple of shows from Microsoft, Square Enix, and Lightning Games. There are a few full-day schedules of streams ahead now, so rather than trying to cover these announcements or interesting tidbits separately, I’m going to…

Review: Mafia: Definitive Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)

September 24, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. As it did with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 trades gameplay for narrative in its remake of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, and the results are glorious. For those who were fans of the 2002 cult classic by Illusion Softworks (no, not that Illusion), Mafia: Definitive…

Want to write or make videos about games? Come join the DDNet team!

September 24, 2020

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News by Matt S. At DDNet, we take great pride in being a vocal, alternative voice in video games. Across our reviews, features, videos, podcasts and visual novels, we are committed to providing a genuine resource for people who enjoy their games a little creative and artistic, love games out…

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September 24, 2020

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News by Matt S. I’ve never played Misshitsu no Sacrifice, a Japanese-only PSP “suspense adventure game,” but it looks great. Thankfully for me, D3 Publisher is about to make it much easier to experience, teaming up with developer Intense to announce a remake (western translation of its name and all),…

Nekopara Vol.4 coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

September 24, 2020

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News by Matt S. Fanservicey cat ’em up (what a great term) visual novel series, Nekopara, has been a bit of a hit on console across the first three episodes and now, thanks to CFK, we have the fourth to look forward to in December. Related reading: Our review of…

Review: Nevaeh (Nintendo Switch)

September 24, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Naveah tries to channel the same kind of melancholic mood and challenging puzzle-platformer action that drove the likes of A Rose In The Twilight and The Firefly Diary. It’s nowhere near as robust or evocative as NISA’s own efforts, but this game is not without its…

Undead Darlings will finally release… and soon!

September 23, 2020

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News by Matt S.What an epic story this has turned out to be. Back in 2015, a couple of former NISA employees broke away to do their own thing, and that game would be called Undead Darlings – a dungeon crawling JRPG with some really cute characters. The developer has…

Why do games so rarely draw inspiration from the “high arts”?

September 23, 2020

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Opinion by Matt S. Video games are very good at drawing inspiration from outside of the industry. Popular authors, from J.R.R Tolkien to Tom Clancy, Andrzej Sapkowski through to Franz Kafka have all been tapped, and frequently, to inspire various video games. Popular film is a happy hunting ground of…

Great Conqueror Rome and other EasyTech Switch strategy games: Perfect accessibility

September 23, 2020

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Video by Matt S. This week, EasyTech and Circle Entertainment have released the third in the “Conqueror” series of strategy games on Nintendo Switch. These are excellent, highly accessible games, and I do think they’re the perfect entry point for anyone who has been a little hesitant to step into…

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