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Review: Fairy Tail (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 29, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I have been looking forward to this. Gust, the developer behind the Atelier series and Blue Reflection, might operate on shoestring budgets, but the developer understands the classical JRPG form and delivers, without fail, every time. Meanwhile, Koei Tecmo, Gust’s parent company, has a long history…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, July 30, 2020

July 29, 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…

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July 29, 2020

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Feature by Harvard L. This is an unexpected opportunity to delve into a backburner project of mine which I never thought was going to come to light. A few months ago I was having fun with 51 Classic Games for Nintendo Switch (which I’m just going to call Clubhouse Games…

Subscriptions are not good for video games

July 29, 2020

Financial results/Opinion/subscription services

Opinion by Matt S. There’s a great piece over at Gamasutra, titled “are platforms devaluing games to gain market share?” It looks at how, between free game giveaways by the likes of the Epic Game Store, and subscription-based services such as what Microsoft’s doing, people are accumulating more games that…

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July 28, 2020

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News by Matt S. No more changing settings on consoles. No more buying US cards for the premium in-game purchases. Phantasy Star Online 2 will finally be available in Australia itself, for PC via Steam, on August 5. One of the most popular free-to-play MMOs, Phantasy Star Online 2 has…

are-transgressive-games-really-that

July 28, 2020

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Video by Matt S. There’s been a couple of big “transgressive” games that have had movement in recent weeks – Succubus and Lust From Beyond had new trailers, demos, the works. In this video, we look at transgression as a theme. In video games we often talk about it as…

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July 28, 2020

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News by Matt S. As anyone who knows me knows, I rather like when eroticism and dark narratives combine. Heck, I’ve even written a visual novel along those lines myself. It doesn’t happen all that often in the games industry because video games remain reticent in dealing with erotic themes…

You’ll be able to pre-order this gorgeous “modern GameBoy” on August 3

July 27, 2020

Analogue/Analogue Pocket/Gadget/handheld/Hardware/News/Retro

News by Matt S. Ever since I discovered the Analogue Pocket, I have been looking forward to the opportunity to secure one of these devices. A retro machine designed to play old cartridges (and I have dozens of Game Boy games thanks to trips to Japan), the Pocket is a…

Review: Hotel Sowls (Nintendo Switch)

July 27, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. I’ve been coming to appreciate short games more and more in recent times. With a shorter run time, the challenge is on the designer to provide a consistent and structured experience, and often this is done by cutting out the chaff from an otherwise longer game.…

Review: Destroy All Humans! (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 27, 2020

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Review by Matt C. Playing Destroy All Humans! for the first time in 2020 is an… odd experience. This is a remake of a game that first came out in 2005, created as a parody of Cold War-era science fiction B movies, yet its satire feels as relevant and pointed…

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