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Kirby Fighters 2: More Smash Bros. than Smash?

October 6, 2020

Fighting game/Kirby/Nintendo/Nintendo Switch/Video/Video review

Video by Matt S. Kirby Fighters 2 is an excellent little fighting game that has oodles and oodles of charm going for it. Something else going for it is that it captures the local multiplayer magic of the early-era Smash Bros. that I do think has been lost a little…

Interesting games on itch.io: October 6

October 5, 2020

Indie/itch.io/list/News

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…

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

October 5, 2020

comedy/dungeon crawl/harem/Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/satire/Switch Review/turn based/Undead Darlings

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

catch-up coffee/News

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

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Roguelike/RPG/Switch Review/turn based/Warsaw

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

A Space For The Unbound/Indie/Indonesia/Interview/Interviews/PQube

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

action RPG/F2P/Free-to-play/Genshin Impact/JRPG/PC/PlayStation 4

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

Ghost of a Tale/News/Nintendo Switch/release date/Release Dates/trailer/Trailers

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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