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Review: Total War: Three Kingdoms (PC)

May 16, 2019

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Review by Matt S. It surprises me that it has taken the talented group at Creative Assembly so long to take a swing at bringing its Total War formula to the ancient conflict depicted in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As a conflict that spread across the entirety of China,…

Video: Dead or Alive 6 gets sexy pirate costumes

May 16, 2019

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Video by Matt S. The newest DLC for Dead or Alive 6 has landed. This time around, it’s pirate costumes for the characters! From the amusing, to the short skirted, to the downright sexy, there’s a whole lot of amusing new costumes to add yet more value to the game.…

Review: Blades of Time (Nintendo Switch)

May 16, 2019

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Review by Matt S. I’m all for game developers and publishers bringing back the more obscure older titles for re-release on modern console. Games that perhaps didn’t get a fair outing the first time can be “discovered” by people a second time around, or games that proved to be influential…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, May 16, 2019

May 15, 2019

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News by Matt S. 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 anchor, Dee…

PlayStation State of Play – a bust? And we talk about spoilers! (Digitally Uploaded 2019, Episode #15)

May 15, 2019

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Sony held a PlayStation State of Play last week, so we talk about what we saw in there, and whether Sony has its event formula nailed down properly yet (it probably doesn’t). We also have a good chat about spoilers, and whether people are starting to take that too far…

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May 14, 2019

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News by Matt S. Capcom has announced that it is developing a Sengoku Basara mobile title. Titled “Sengoku Basara: Battle Party” it promises to be an action game in which you “put together their own own team of military commanders from the series and aim for the unification of Japan.”…

Words and phrases you should never use if you have any respect for games

May 14, 2019

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Opinion by Matt S. Indulge me a little in some semantics, because I think it’s important. How you talk about games reflects how you think about them, and I’d argue that the way we talk about games, as an overall community, suggests that we don’t really respect them. Certainly not…

Review: World End Syndrome (Nintendo Switch)

May 14, 2019

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Review by Matt S. World End Syndrome plays with fire a little. On the first play through, it’s impossible to avoid getting the “bad ending,” because you’re only presented with one decision to make, with that decision giving you a single option to “choose” in leading up to that ending.…

Review: A Plague Tale: Innocence (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 13, 2019

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Review by Matt S. A Plague Tale: Innocence is a game of two parts. One is its narrative, and Innocence tells an absolutely cracking narrative. In it, 14 year-old Amicia and her little brother struggle to survive the perfect storm of the Black Death, the Inquisition, and the Hundred Years…

Community is key in Life Is Strange 2, Episode 3 – Wastelands

May 13, 2019

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Opinion by Lindsay M. The wait between the second and third episodes of Life Is Strange 2 was a reasonable length; it feels like I just finished the second episode, Rules. But truth is, that was back in January, and so I always welcome the recaps at the beginning of…

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