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Koei Tecmo is ending ongoing development of Dead or Alive 6

March 31, 2020

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News by Matt S. Devastated. Koei Tecmo’s excellent Dead or Alive 6 looks like it has become a commercial drain, and the company has announced that following an update in April it will no longer produce new DLC, characters, or other content for the game. Given that the previous Dead…

Review: Resident Evil 3 (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 30, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Resident Evil 3 is both really well made and not good at all. As a big action gorefest it gets the job done, and like a Michael Bay film Resident Evil 3 barely gives you a second to breathe before it kicks into high gear. What’s…

Developer Q & A: On building a game for the purposes of meditation

March 30, 2020

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Interview by Matt S. It’s difficult to wrap your head around the concept of SoundSelf, and the game’s descriptions don’t help matters, given that it claims to be a “transformative meditation experience guided by your own voice.” Just what do all those words actually mean? As it turns out, it…

Review: Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 30, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Say what you like about the quality of the Arc System Works licensed fighters (no, I’m not a massive fan of that Dragon Ball one), one thing that is undeniable is that the team make sure that every fighting game spin-off they work on is reflective…

Exit The Gungeon: Harvard Let’s Plays

March 30, 2020

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Video by Harvard L. Exit The Gungeon was a nice surprise drop recently, as fans of the original Enter The Gungeon (and there are a lot of fans of that game) have been eagerly anticipating what would come next for the series. In this video Harvard takes a first look…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, March 30, 2020

March 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…

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Fighting games never looked this good

March 27, 2020

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Video by Matt S. I’m a bit late to this particular party, but I’ve just started playing Granblue Fantasy Versus for the first time, and I can’t believe I’ve taken so long. I’ve got a review coming on DDNet next week, but I’ve done this first impressions video because I…

Review: Space Invaders Invincible Collection (Nintendo Switch)

March 27, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Space Invaders is my game. In fact, were it not for Space Invaders I may have never become so invested in video games as I am today (though the jury’s out on whether that’s a good thing or not). I had played other games before Space…

The Japanese Nintendo Direct mini was the content we crave

March 26, 2020

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News by Matt S. Overnight (for us Aussies – we’re always waking up to the good stuff) Nintendo dropped a solid half hour of game announcements and footage reveals for all the stuff we’ve got to look forward to as we suffer through self isolation… it doesn’t seem so bad…

Idea Factory has announced the third (and final) Mary Skelter game

March 26, 2020

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News by Matt S. Idea Factory has decided to call an end of the Mary Skelter series while also announcing a third title. If a trilogy sounds like a short series it’s actually two more games than I thought we’d get, since the original Mary Skelter was a super-niche PlayStation…

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