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Review: Shenmue 3 (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 26, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The development story behind Shenmue is a long and convoluted one, and well known enough that I’m not going to repeat it here. What is pertinent is that, many years after SEGA pulled the plug on the series, leaving it on a narrative cliffhanger with Shenmue…

Game of the Year 2019! Non-Violent Game of the Year

November 26, 2019

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Awards by the DDNet Team It’s that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was, and pick our top three games across a host of categories! As with years past we’ll reveal one award winner per day, and this year we’ve got a massive 17…

Review: Need for Speed: Heat (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 25, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. Need for Speed is a franchise which needs little introduction; it’s celebrating its 25th anniversary with 2019’s entry, Need for Speed: Heat, and for its long and illustrious history it’s always been a fixture on the console market. The series has been EA’s eminent basically-one-release-a-year homestay…

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November 25, 2019

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Video by Matt S. Shenmue 3 released last week, and unsurprisingly, it has proven to be polarising. It’s perfectly fine if it’s not the kind of game for you, of course – it is indeed a very striking artistic vision, and much like Death Stranding just a couple of weeks…

Review: Planet Zoo (PC)

November 25, 2019

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Review by Matt C. I wonder how long it will be before “tycoon games” start to instead be known as “planet games”. That certainly seems to be the goal of Frontier Developments — after a very successful spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon in 2016’s Planet Coaster, the studio has now…

Game of the Year 2019! Australia/New Zealand GOTY

November 25, 2019

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The catch-up coffee: Monday, November 25, 2019

November 24, 2019

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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: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Sony PlayStation 4)

November 22, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Finally. FINALLY. It only took three years, but 2K Games has finally released Civilization VI onto a console that we all knew was perfectly capable of playing Civilization VI from day one. When the PC version landed back in 2016, 2K sidestepped the question of a…

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November 22, 2019

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Video by Matt S. Civilization finally comes to the PlayStation 4, and of course that was the perfect excuse to leap right back into it and get hooked all over again. I’ve been playing Civilization since the second edition, and I’ve never lost my love for the series. One of…

Yay! We have a release date for Langrisser I & II in the west!

November 21, 2019

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News by Matt S. NISA’s upcoming Langrisser I & II is one of our most anticipated games of 2020. Promising plenty of in-depth tactical action, with a brand new coat of paint, it will hopefully be a renewed start for what by rights should be the competition to Fire Emblem.…

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