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All the games of June, and kart racers! (Digitally Uploaded 2019, Episode #17)

May 28, 2019

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Can you believe we’re already halfway into the year? Where has 2019 gone? Anyway, with June just around the corner, we chat about the (many) interesting games that will be coming out in and around E3. As this week saw the release of Team Sonic Racing, we also talk about…

Review: Blood & Truth (Sony PlayStation VR)

May 28, 2019

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Review by Matt S. Is the “AAA” of virtual reality really to be found in glorified light gun games? Is the pinnacle of this medium really to be a throwback to those days in the arcade where kids crowded around SEGA’s The House of the Dead cabinets because of the…

Here’s a gorgeous visual novel that you should be paying attention to

May 27, 2019

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News by Matt S. Who doesn’t like a good visual novel with gothic sensibilities? That’s what Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants looks like, and it looks good Coming to PlayStation Vita on May 28 (i.e. right about now), and PlayStation 4 on June 11, the game actually features a…

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May 27, 2019

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Article by Matt S. SEGA and Creative Assembly have pulled off something truly remarkable. Total War: Three Kingdoms has become the most successful title in the Total War series, and a massive hit for what remains an incredibly niche genre. With over 150,000 concurrent players at once at a point,…

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May 27, 2019

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News by Matt S. Pengo is one of the best arcade games ever made. You play as an adorable penguin, who needs to run around icy levels, hurling ice blocks across the play field at adorable blobby things. It’s like if Pac-Man had destructible walls, and those walls could be…

Who needs Bomberman when Butasan exists?

May 27, 2019

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Retro by Matt S. A couple of weeks ago one of the ongoing series of Arcade Archives titles landed on Nintendo Switch. There’s so many of these that land these days that it’s hardly worth writing about, especially when we also get so many compilations of classic games now. Releasing…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, May 27, 2019

May 26, 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…

The ten best games of 2019 so far

May 24, 2019

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List by Matt S. As May winds down, we’re now nearly halfway through 2019, and with E3 and the like, June is generally a quieter part of the year as far as new releases go. There are certainly some gems to look forward to, but nonetheless I felt that now…

Going hands-on with Catherine for the first time

May 24, 2019

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Preview by Matt S. One of my most stand-out blind spots, in terms of games that I have not played, has always been Catherine. As a game that has the reputation for offering up an unflinchingly adult look at relationships and sex, as well as Japanese youth culture, it’s something…

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May 23, 2019

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News by Matt S. Koei Tecmo’s JRPG house, Gust, has teased its next project, with a 35-second trailer that tells us almost nothing about the game, except for a bit of text at the end that says “our adventure is about to begin”. But the trailer shows an absolutely gorgeous…

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