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Review: Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 25, 2019

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Review by Matt S. In the grand scheme of things, the complete re-development of the original Senran Kagura Burst is about as pointless as a game development project gets. The original Senran Kagura Burst, on the Nintendo 3DS, was a side-scrolling brawler that was equal parts pure controversy (because games…

Wow, A Plague Tale: Innocence looks like powerful stuff

January 24, 2019

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Review by Matt S. There is perhaps no period of European history more terrifying and bleak than the years of the Black Death. This was a time when, across Europe, not only was violent religious zealotry an everyday reality, but there was a plague that no one had an answer…

Review: The Raven Remastered (Nintendo Switch)

January 24, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The influence of Agatha Christie on The Raven is thick, to the point that I needed to go back through the Christie catalogue to confirm that it was an original story and not an attempt to bring a Christie novel to the videogame medium. Christie’s influence,…

Video: Dead or Alive 6 full version play time! I go hands-on with NiCO

January 24, 2019

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Video by Matt S. It’s getting closer and closer to the full release of Dead or Alive 6! I’m so very excited for this one, as I’ve been waiting for a new entry in the series for quite some time now. A little over a month out, and I’ve finally…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, January 24, 2019

January 23, 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: Fight of Gods (Nintendo Switch)

January 23, 2019

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Review by Matt S. On the one hand, Fight of Gods his hilarious. The very idea of pitting Jesus Christ against Buddha, or Santa Claus (hilariously the “God of capitalism”) against Amaterasu, Shinto’s highest goddess, is such nonsense, and the game knows it, and runs with it. Sadly, on the…

Gadget Review: Roccat Renga Boost Gaming Headset

January 23, 2019

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Review by Nick H. The Roccat Renga Boost has a tough job in front of it: deliver quality sound at a modest gaming budget. By and large, this gaming headset does produce those results, though there are compromises made in order to get that price point down. This is an…

Review: The Shrouded Isle (Nintendo Switch)

January 22, 2019

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Review by Matt S. The Shrouded Isle is immediately appealing because of the aesthetic. Like the yellowed pages of a book from antiquity, the deep sepia tones, combined with the promise of a dark narrative of sacrifice and worship, is very hard to ignore. The actual game isn’t even remotely…

Review: Resident Evil 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 22, 2019

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Review by Lachlan W. I’ve never been flighty or easy to scare. I’m not bragging – it’s just kind of a fact. Like most Australian boys, I got my first exposures to real horror media through illicitly obtained VCRs from the local Video EZ secretly watched at night with my…

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January 22, 2019

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With the recent news that EA is dropping a large-scale open world Star Wars game, we look at how poorly the publisher has handled its Star Wars license, since gaining exclusive rights to it from Disney almost a decade ago. We also talk about the pressing need for Nintendo to…

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