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Review: Giraffe and Annika (Nintendo Switch)

August 27, 2020

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Review by Matt S. In the grand scheme of things, you’re not going to remember Giraffe and Annika. It doesn’t do anything particularly eye-opening with its design and gameplay, and it’s not a substantial contribution to any particular kind of discourse. What it is, however, is blissfully sweet and good-natured,…

Review: Buried Stars (Nintendo Switch)

August 27, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Dear game developers and publishers: if you’ve got a visual novel that needs localisation, you really need to consider the process of finding a quality localiser to be an essential step in the publishing process. Your game exists exclusively for that story, and if you can’t…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, August 27, 2020

August 26, 2020

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News by Lindsay M., News Editor 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…

Fan service: There’s more nuance to it than we think

August 26, 2020

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Video by Matt S. A new game from the creator behind Senran Kagura launched this week, so of course there is commentary around fan service floating out there. The thing is, while we often attribute “fan service” to mean fleshy anime games, bikini DLC and the like, outside of games…

Review: Project Cars 3 (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 26, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Woah. Woah. Woah. What the hell did they do to Project Cars? That brutally hardcore and rather dry racing simulator that turned heads and got people to break out their driving wheels over the last few years has somehow been replaced with… Real Racing 3. That’s…

Pupperazzi has a publisher, and it seems like a perfect match

August 26, 2020

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News by Lindsay M. Pupperazzi is exactly the game I need right now, and I’m sure many others would agree. Originally announced last year by developer Sundae Month, the game is all about taking photos of cute dogs while making a career out of it. Needless to say, the game…

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August 25, 2020

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News by Matt S. Publisher, PQube, is responsible for finding some of the most eclectic games from across Asia for publishing (and boy do we love them for that). The latest was announced overnight. Coming from Indonesian studio, Mojiken, A Space for the Unbound is a slice-of-life adventure game about…

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August 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, Only God knows where we stuck it hieroglyphics Let me be Pacific, I want to be down in your South Seas But I got this notion that the motion…

There’s a Rilakkuma game coming to Nintendo Switch!

August 25, 2020

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News by Matt S. If you’ve somehow missed the phenomenon that is Rilakkuma so far, then you need to do yourself a favour and watch Rilakkuma and Kaoru on Netflix. Get to it, STAT. Then drop back here and join me in getting excited for Ouchi de Rilakkuma: Rilakkuma ga…

Romance of the Three Kingdoms lands on Nintendo Switch in the west

August 24, 2020

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News by Matt S. Koei Tecmo’s long-running Romance of the Three Kingdoms series has long been essential for fans of hardcore strategy. Based on the historical fiction novel of the same name, each game in the series challenges you to take a deeply fractured China and, through diplomacy and military…

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