News by Matt S. Almost two years ago, we first reported that a Chinese developer, Azure Flame Studio, was building a fascinating-looking tactics RPG. Banner of the Maid, it’s called, and it’s about the French Revolution and Napoleon, with one exception… all the characters are women. That’s right. You’re going…
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Review by Matt S. It is my pet theory that Nintendo, desperate for content on the ailing Wii U, went and had a meeting with Atlus. There, Atlus showed some clips of a discarded Persona game… or perhaps an internal concept demo. Nintendo then said “we’ll give you some money.…
Read MoreNews 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…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Verlet Swing is odd. It’s creative. It’s different. It’s a fever dream. It’s everything that we like to see indie games be, and it also happens to be quite a bit of fun to play. In his first Let’s Play of 2020, Harvard takes a swing…
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Review by Matt S. Wizardry is the elder dungeon crawler. The first one, developed by Sir-Tech, came out way back in 1981. It’s older than I am, and there aren’t many properties that are still around and in active development that can claim that.. For context: Final Fantasy 1 was…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Coma was a 2D, sidescrolling stalker horror game that had a strong premise, but ultimately failed to back that up in a substantive way. The good news is that it sold well enough for the developers to take a second crack at it, and The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Given the success of the remake of Resident Evil 2, it should probably come as no surprise that Capcom would do the exact same thing with Resident Evil 3 at some point and… that’s exactly what has happened. And of course it looks good. This new…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I love Gust’s Atelier series. I love it to bits. I love it to death. So I was over the moon by the news that the Dusk trilogy – previously left languishing on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, would get a re-release onto the current platforms.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve already reviewed each of the three titles in the Atelier Dusk series. In fact, in some cases I’ve reviewed them twice. Given that the PlayStation and Nintendo Switch ports of these titles are by the book, and don’t add anything to any of the titles,…
Read MoreFinal Fantasy X turns 19 years old this year. Over that time it has been frequently re-released – originally exclusive to the PlayStation 2, you can now play it on your PlayStation 3, 4, Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC, and probably a few other platforms I’ve forgotten about. It’s one of…
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