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Dead or Alive 6 update: Hairstyles, panties, Chinese dresses, and so much more!

February 26, 2020

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Video by Matt S. FINALLY! Finally I can give Marie Rose green hair and she can cosplay as Hatsune Miku, bringing the two greatest things together. Unfortunately, the most recent updates to Dead or Alive 6 haven’t been without controversy, because Koei can’t seem to stop attracting anger about this…

PQube’s latest is a game about flying schoolgirls

February 25, 2020

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News by Matt S. While I do wish that PQube would hurry up and partner with Kadokawa to bring us one of the LoveR series (they just look so good), the localisation outfit’s newest announcement is for a game that has been deserving of its own chance in the west…

Review: Rune Factory 4 Special (Nintendo Switch)

February 25, 2020

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Review by Matt S. The swan song for the incredibly talented Japanese developer, Neverland, Rune Factory 4 was one of the finest titles released on the Nintendo 3DS. A beautifully elegant little game, Rune Factory 4 perfectly blended action JRPG dungeon crawling with everything that we love about the pastoral…

Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 25, 2020

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Having originally launched on the PC back in 2015, the final chapter of Van Helsing and his ghostly companion Lady Katarina is coming to a close on consoles. Having defeated his foes and stopped the civil war in Borgovia’s city of Borgova, Van Helsing now faces…

Developer Q & A: The Minit devs are back with a razor-sharp “disc survival game”

February 24, 2020

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Interview by Matt S. The talented development team behind Minit really hit onto something special with that low-fi, high-concept little game about iterative progress. Now they’re back, in partnership with Devolver Digital, to announce something very different: Disc Room, a hardcore action game that’s all about surviving brutally sharp, rapidly…

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February 24, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Ciel Fledge doesn’t hide the source of its inspiration: the game wants to be a Princess Maker title in all but name, and largely succeeds at that. Your task is to take a 10 year old girl, and by managing her routines and making the right…

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February 24, 2020

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Video by Harvard L. Speed dating for ghosts is one of those funny little games that you’ll start playing, not expecting too much, and ultimately become charmed by its energy and style. It’s simple and minimalist in just about every way, but importantly it’s also a big success in every…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, February 24, 2020

February 23, 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…

Review: Hunt: Showdown (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 21, 2020

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Review by Matt S. Hunt: Showdown so desperately needed to be a different type of game. As a multiplayer shooter, it works, and indeed works really well. But it needed to be a single player, narrative-driven experience (and, you have to suspect, was at some stage designed that way) because…

Hunt: Showdown is great fun… but should have been single player

February 21, 2020

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Video by Matt S. As a fan of horror, I was really keen to check Hunt: Showdown out, now that it has finally landed on PlayStation 4. Crytek’s multiplayer horror-em-up always looked like it was going to deliver something special as a deep south B-grade Gothic horror experience. Unfortunately, while…

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