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Review: Undead Darlings ~no cure for love~ (Nintendo Switch)

October 5, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Five years in the making, a failed Kickstarter effort, and lord knows what else in the interim, developer, Nick Doerr, and his team has finally pushed Undead Darlings ~no cure for love~ out the door. If nothing else this game is admirable for the sheer willpower…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 5, 2020

October 4, 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 Dee)!…

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October 2, 2020

Clouded Leopard Entertainment/Indie/News/Nintendo Switch/PC/PlayStation 4

News by Matt S. Clouded Leopard Entertainment is a new Japanese publisher, founded in 2019 by CEO Yuen-Yuen Chen. The company has just launched an indie-focused venture to bring some creative games from within Japan to the world and based on the first two… this is a publisher you want…

Review: Warsaw (Nintendo Switch)

October 2, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. In Warsaw, players take the role of the Polish resistance against the occupying Nazi forces towards the end of World War 2. It’s a tactical role-playing game which is heavily weighted towards combat and resource management. Developers Pixelated Milk set out to make a harrowing game…

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October 2, 2020

Australia/News/Optus/Telco

News by Matt S. Optus, a telecommunications company in Australia that still hasn’t managed to figure out how to provide a mobile phone signal for the hour-long train ride between Australia’s #1 and #10 largest cities, has decided to launch an application that gives a big-time advantage to gamers… provided…

On making a game about life in rural Indonesia

October 1, 2020

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Interview by Matt S. Earlier this week we ran an interview with Geraint Evans, from PQube, one of the most eclectic publishers going. PQube has been highly active in finding games from unusual development markets across Asia-Pacific, publishing Ciel Fledge from Indonesia, and AeternoBlade II, which came from Thailand. Another…

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October 1, 2020

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Article by Matt S. I’m going to say this up-front: these comparisons between The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact highlight just how superficial we can be in the way that we talk about games. Structurally, thematically, narratively, in terms of character design and in almost…

Ghost of a Tale lands on Switch on October 8

September 30, 2020

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News by Matt S. We need more games that make a hero out of a mouse. We felt that Ghost of a Tale did that with style, and was a truly delightful little stealth puzzle game when we played it on PlayStation 4 last year. Now it’s going to get…

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September 30, 2020

CD Projekt Red/Crunch/Cyberpunk 2077/Opinion/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Crunch culture kills creativity in video games. The human cost is the biggest priority – and that cost is discussed at great length and excellent detail by many outlets – but there’s a secondary casualty, and that’s creativity and artistry. In this video, I outline why…

Review: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition (Nintendo Switch)

September 30, 2020

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Review by Matt S. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a beloved simulator, and with Atari since driving the property into the dirt, it’s the one that people look to as the classic in the theme park sub-genre (eclipsed, perhaps, only by the very recent Planet Coaster). With a better-than-pedestrian port to…

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