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There’s a new Peach Ball: Senran Kagura trailer and… it’s out there

October 11, 2018

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News by Matt S. Like pinball? Like ridiculous oppai? Have a sense of humour? Peach Ball: Senran Kagura looks like it’s going to do a great job filling that really specific niche. It’s quite literally a digital pinball game in which the Senran Kagura girls crawl over the table, and…

Review: The World Ends With You: Final Remix (Nintendo Switch)

October 11, 2018

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Review by Matt S. The World Ends With You was a cult hit on the Nintendo DS. Stylish, slick and sharp, its vibrant use of youth culture motifs and “street” style art combined with an inspired soundtrack and light, but engaging, JRPG mechanics to offer players something genuinely different. There’s…

DLC Review: Williams Pinball: Volume 1 (Nintendo Switch)

October 11, 2018

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Review by Matt S. There’s been such a resurgence of digital pinball in recent years. A good bulk of real pinball tables that exist in the real world have been digitised, and there have been so many original digital creations that have really pushed boundaries. It’s not hard to understand…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, October 11, 2018

October 10, 2018

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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: WWE 2K19 (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 10, 2018

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Review by Nick H. For better or for worse, WWE 2K19 is exactly what I expected it to be. The overall gameplay has not changed all that much from last year’s iteration, but the continued additions and improvements do make the experience more entertaining anyway. So the core gameplay remains…

Review: Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (PlayStation VR)

October 10, 2018

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Review by Matt C. Great though all the minigames in Playroom VR were, there was one that always stood out above the rest: Robot Rescue. Rejecting the assumption that VR games need to be first-person for the sake of immersion, Robot Rescue offered up a brilliant third-person platformer experience, with…

Death end re;Quest’s opening movie is lovely

October 9, 2018

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News by Matt S. For JRPG publishers that operate on a budget, the opening movie is the big opportunity to set the tone and introduce the world to players. Idea Factory has a new title in the works, titled Death End re;Quest, and based on the opening movie, it’s something…

Here’s the release date for FMV title The Shapeshifting Detective!

October 9, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. Great news, FMV-lovers! Wales Interactive and D’Avekki Studios have announced the release information for the The Shapeshifting Detective, as well as pre-order and guest voiceover details. The Shapeshifting Detective will launch on November 6, 2018 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One. Pre-orders…

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October 9, 2018

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Review by Matt S. One can never have too many Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros. clones. The era of the single screen arcade platformer is long over, but every so often something happens to delight fans of this particular niche. Case-in-point: I never knew Zupapa existed. Then it was released…

We need to stop defining “progress” in games as “better hardware”

October 9, 2018

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Opinion by Matt S. “Serious gamers need serious performance. Get ready for a new standard in gaming.” This ad on Twitter, by Intel, announcing some new hardware or other that it had developed, reminded me to get these long overdue thoughts down on the virtual paper: this idea that improvements…

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