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Hatsune Miku is back! Also Final Fantasy XIV and arcade games! (Digitally Uploaded 2019, Episode #23)

July 9, 2019

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What an awesome week of news we had last week, headed by the return of Hatsune Miku to consoles! Yes! She’s getting a brand new Switch experience, and we chat about that, and some of the other exciting stuff that came last week. We also catch up on all the…

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July 8, 2019

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Article by Priscilla M. Today I took Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled’s adventure mode to the next level by stopping in at Thunder Road – an actual kart track here in the US. I was lucky enough to receive a variety of official merchandise thanks to Numskull – and so…

Review: Focus On You (Sony PlayStation VR)

July 8, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Most of us feel some kind of nostalgia for our youth and time at high school. Particularly the romantic side of our coming of age experience. The first crush. The first girlfriend. The consistently awkward, embarrassing, overly sentimental efforts at romance as we try to emulate…

Review: Scrap Rush (Nintendo Switch)

July 8, 2019

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Review by Harvard L. Scrap Rush is what you get when you combine the multiplayer hijinks of Bomberman with Pengo; an obscure arcade game about pushing blocks around an arena to squish enemies. Four little robots are dropped into an arena filled with scrap metal cubes, and they are tasked…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, July 8, 2019

July 7, 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…

We have a release date for the Space Invaders: Invincible Collection

July 5, 2019

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News by Matt S. For the last news story in a week that has been absolutely loaded with great news, Taito has announced the release date for its Space Invaders: Invincible Collection – the Switch-exclusive pack of classic Space Invaders titles. It launches in Japan on March 26, 2020. Related…

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July 5, 2019

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Video by Matt S. This week we got the first trailers and details regarding the next Onechanbara release: Onechanbara Origin. We don’t have a western release announced at this stage (fingers crossed), but all the excitement had me dusting my copy of Onechanbara Z2 Chaos off. Related reading: Our review…

Robotics;Notes coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

July 4, 2019

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News by Matt S. Spike Chunsoft has announced that two entries in the well-regarded Robotics;Notes series – Robotics;Notes Elite and Robotics;Notes DaSH, will be released in 2020. Elite will be released on PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC, while platforms have yet to be announced for DaSH. Robotics;Notes has been kicking…

Trailer: The new Story of Seasons is a sweet little delight

July 4, 2019

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News by Matt S. As we reported in the catch-up coffee this morning, there’s a remake of the Game Boy Advance Harvest Moon titles coming to Nintendo Switch. Now we also have a trailer to confirm that this is one adorable little game. It’s actually called Story of Seasons: Reunion…

This new trailer for Trails of Cold Steel III is spectacular

July 4, 2019

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News by Matt S. It’s no understatement to say that we’re greatly looking forward to Trails of Cold Steel III. The first two in the series did such an incredible job of setting up a brand new mini-franchise, and we’ve been aching to get stuck into the latter half of…

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