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Review: Devil May Cry 5 (Microsoft Xbox One)

March 7, 2019

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. While it has “only” been six years since Ninja Theory’s DMC, it has been over a decade since Capcom’s last numerical release of the series, in Devil May Cry 4. Returning once again to fight the demonic forces of hell and those that control them, series…

Finally! The best Mortal Kombat character has been announced for MK 11

March 7, 2019

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News by Matt S. Warner Bros. has been cruel in making me wait for this one. The best Mortal Kombat character of all, Cassie Cage, has finally been confirmed for Mortal Kombat 11, and her trailer is just perfect. Cassie Cage is the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, March 7, 2019

March 6, 2019

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News by Lindsay M. and 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…

Review: History 2048 (Nintendo Switch)

March 6, 2019

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Review by Matt S. After slogging through utterly mammoth reviews of Dead or Alive 6 and The Caligula Effect: Overdose – games that have a great deal of personal resonance with me – I needed to play something empty that I could be done with quickly. About the highest compliment…

Going hands-on with Days Gone; the redneck apocalypse

March 6, 2019

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Preview by Matt S. Sony has a developed such a strong formula for its big blockbuster titles. From The Last of Us to Horizon, God of War and Spider-Man, the games produced by Sony-owned studios have wildly disparate themes, but a comfortingly cinematic, structural similarity to one another. Sony does…

Review: Anodyne (Nintendo Switch)

March 6, 2019

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Review by Brad L. An ever-growing trend over the past decade has been a resurgence of games with a decidedly retro feel. We have seen the rise of many titles that represent parts of video game history from the 1980’s and 90’s. Anodyne is certainly one example of that… and…

One Piece is going open world, and its opening cinematic looks good

March 5, 2019

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News by Matt S. If any anime property could benefit from going open world, it is One Piece. The anime is about high adventure on the open seas, after all, and what better way to achieve than than to give you the freedom to get yourself involved in adventure on…

Review: The Caligula Effect: Overdose (Nintendo Switch)

March 5, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The original The Caligula Effect is the NieR (not Automata) of this generation. By that I mean that the game’s smart – genius smart – and has thematic and philosophical depth that few other games even come close to. But the packaging was a bit rough,…

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March 5, 2019

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It’s all about upcoming games this week on the Digitally Uploaded podcast. First we chat about A Plague Tale – a suspenseful stealth game set during the Black Death that we had a couple of hours hands-on time with. Then we chat about the next game from the studio behind…

AeternoBlade II looks like it might be decent!

March 5, 2019

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News by Matt S. The first AeternoBlade, but Thai developer/publisher Corecell Technologies, didn’t exactly set the world on fire, but you could see that the ideas behind the game were both noble and sound. The sequel to AeternoBlade, AeternoBlade 2, has been in development for a long time now, and…

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