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Review: Arcade Spirits (Nintendo Switch)

May 11, 2020

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Review by Matt C. With romance games, there’s often an attempt to try and gamify the whole process of falling in love. Getting the good ending with your chosen lover should be at least a little bit of a challenge, says common wisdom, so getting there involves just the right…

Did you miss any of our streams last week? Catch up here!

May 11, 2020

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Article by Matt S. Last week we delved into an all-time classic Final Fantasy for our retro stream, played a bit of beach volleyball for the DDNet After Dark fanservice session, and continued the adventures of Hinako and her friends in Blue Reflection. Then we undertook a disasterous military campaign…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 11, 2020

May 10, 2020

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News by Matt S. 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…

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May 8, 2020

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News by Matt S. It is an objectively good thing that the Chinese game development scene and market is opening up to the rest of the world. If you want proof of that, you just need to look at Lianhai Billiards Club, because no western developer would ever think to…

Review: The Dresden Files: Cooperative Card Game (Nintendo Switch)

May 8, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I don’t know actually know much about The Dresden Files. In fact, I only discovered that it was such a popular series of novels when I typed the game’s name into Google to see where it came from. I do, however, know and love both card…

Tokyo Game Show 2020 cancelled

May 8, 2020

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News by Matt S. Devastated. Tokyo Game Show has been my thing for the last half decade (or is it more, now?). It’s the one event I go out of my way to attend, and it means a lot to this site too, because we get all kinds of interviews…

Well, the Xbox Series X is getting one Japanese game at least…

May 7, 2020

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News by Matt S. Last night (for us Aussies), Microsoft held a digital event where it showed off a lot of content that is coming to the Xbox Series X. There’s some interesting stuff in there – I’ll leave it to our esteemed coffee catch-up writer, Lindsay, to refresh the…

Spirit of the North: A beautiful attempt to recapture Journey’s magic

May 7, 2020

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Video by Matt S. Spirit of the North has released on the Nintendo Switch and PC, having previously been released on PlayStation 4 (I mention in my video that it’s on Xbox One. It’s not, sorry about that!). It’s a gorgeous, heartfelt game that takes heavy inspiration from Journey, and…

Review: Spirit of the North (Nintendo Switch)

May 7, 2020

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Review by Matt S. I love foxes. They’re smart, fluffy, and noble animals, like wolves but more petite and less terrifying if you happen to just come across one (yes I know that wolves aren’t actually the dangerous monsters that popular culture likes to depict them as, but they are…

SEGA announces the last DLC pack for Hatsune Miku on Switch (for now)

May 7, 2020

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News by Matt S. If you were like me and purchased Hatsune Miku Project Diva Mega Mix from the Japanese eShop store on day one, then you’ve been looking forward to the DLC drops that have been drip-fed in the months since. We’re up to our sixth DLC pack now,…

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