The recent passion for retro remakes has seen a whole host of titles updated and refreshed, though with mixed results – I’m still stinging from the disappointment of Bubble Bobble 4 Friends and maintain that Snow Bros Wonderland isn’t much of an upgrade over the original, really, even though clearly…
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Love Too Easily ties hard, and I’ll give it props for tackling an enormously difficult genre for the video game medium: rom-coms are difficult in literature and cinema, and both of those mediums are far more nuanced for storytelling that extends beyond physical conflict. Unfortunately, Love Too Easily also highlights…
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It’s our first episode of 2025, and we’re rolling January and February together, as the team is busy with lifestyle activities like getting married. For this first episode, we run through the intimidatingly big release line-up for February, and then talk in-depth about the Switch 2 – what we saw…
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All the best titles on PlayStation Vita were experimental little efforts with a lot of heart and very nearly no brand pull. The people who loved the console the most weren’t there for Call of Duty, God of War, GTA or whatever other big properties were turning Sony into a…
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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. I will bring you the best news you may have missed with each issue. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…
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As a rule I don’t think it’s worth “reviewing” games that are locked behind subscription paywalls and “free” to those that are subscribers. If you’re a subscriber then you don’t need to spend however many minutes reading my review to just download and see the game for yourself. If you’re…
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There has been little news posted to DDNet this week, thanks to me being more sick than I have been in years, but I have risen from my half-dead state because this news is just too important to miss. Today, Nintendo released a first-look trailer for its Nintendo Switch successor,…
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I feel bad that this is going to be copy-paste review, but there really isn’t much to say about Donkey Kong Country Returns HD that I didn’t say in my review of the port of the game to the 3DS several years ago. I don’t think that this is a…
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Got some money to burn and want a headset that will allow you to truly zone out and enjoy whatever you’re playing? The AceZone A-Spire, released right at the end of last year, has you covered. Excessively so. Splashing out the AUD$700 is decadent, to be sure, but if you…
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It’s kind of amazing to consider that the last several years have been the longest period between Dynasty Warriors releases since the series began back in 1997. Dynasty Warriors 9 was a full seven years ago. And, on top of that, there has only been one of the Dynasty Warriors…
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