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Game Boy Color: Ten of the best games you’ve never played (or heard of)

April 30, 2020

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Video by Matt S. The Game Boy Color is one of my favourite consoles of all time. Sure it’s primitive by today’s standards, but some of the creativity that was on display as developers worked around the limitations are truly inspired. And it’s very nostalgic for me. It was a…

Port Royale 4 is so, so close

April 30, 2020

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News by Matt S. Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media have, for some years now, delivered a great little B-tier strategy/simulation series in Port Royale. The fourth game in the series now finally has a release date – we’ll all be playing it on September 25. Related reading: Our review…

Review: Predator: Hunting Grounds (Sony PlayStation 4)

April 30, 2020

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Review by Tyler T. The idea behind Predator: Hunting Grounds is a grand one, as it pits four highly-trained soldiers against the titular alien killing machine that has entertained audiences since 1987. However, boring mission design that has the human players trying to take out artificial intelligence-controlled drug lords and…

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

April 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…

What the hell has happened to Dragon Quest Monsters, Square Enix?

April 29, 2020

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Retro reflections by Matt S. It’s the Pokemon “clone” that deserves so much more than what it gets. For whatever reason, Dragon Quest Monsters (or, at times, Dragon Warrior Monsters) is one of Square Enix’s most inconsistent properties, despite being so very good. Perhaps even better than Game Freak’s thing…

the-destroy-all-humans-remake-finally

April 29, 2020

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News by Matt S. THQ Nordic snapped up the rights to Destroy All Humans! a long time ago now, and we’ve all been assuming that a new one is on its way. THQ Nordic has finally announced the date that the “new one” (a remake) will land, and it’s July…

review-esports-legend-nintendo-switch

April 29, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Esports Legend is so many unpleasant things all at once. It’s a shallow, vapid, mobile-game like “simulator”, and it is utterly without charm or depth. Esports can be an exciting thing – I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Esports but I know full well that…

What a gift! Warner Music Japan releases two hours of Miku Symphony on YouTube

April 28, 2020

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News by Matt S. I do love seeing how various companies are doing their bit to help encourage people to stay at home at this critical time. Warner Music Japan is pulling its weight too, releasing the 2018-2019 Miku Symphony concerts on YouTube, for free. Hatsune Miku does all kinds…

Get a proper look at all 51 games in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

April 28, 2020

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News by Matt S. Over in Japan, Nintendo has released a new trailer that gives you a proper look at the gameplay in all 51 of the board, card, and party games in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (simply known as 51 Worldwide Games here in Australia). This “overview” trailer…

Review: STATIONflow (PC)

April 28, 2020

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Review by Harvard L. The recipe for a successful management sim is taking a scenario which everyone is familiar with, and which everyone has at one point thought “I bet I could’ve done better than the clown who was hired to do this.” STATIONflow is exactly this for the subtle…

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