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The Friday Ten: The ten best Warriors games ever made

October 19, 2018

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List by Matt S. As anyone who knows me knows, I am a massive fan of Koei Tecmo’s Warriors (or Musou, as it’s known in Japan) franchise. Where other people see “button masher” or whatever, I see action games that do a great job of taking real history (or a…

This Week’s Switch Port News: Friday, October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018

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News by Matt C. Every week, there are approximately 243523451 announcements for Switch ports of previously-released games. That’s great news for Switch owners, bad news for our wallets, and awful news for Lindsay, DDNet’s news editor. It’s a relatively quiet one this week, at least by Switch standards. Still, here’s…

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October 18, 2018

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News by Matt S. Fimbul is a good looking little game, set in the viking world of unending cold. You get to play as a berserker returned to life by the gods to prevent Ragnarok, and if that isn’t a awesome concept for a game, I don’t know what is.…

A new trailer for The Caligula Effect: Overdose has landed!

October 18, 2018

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News by Matt S. The Caligula Effect is a genuine work of genius. It’s deep, powerful, and philosophically dense, which, on the PlayStation Vita, made it one of those little gems that relatively few people discovered, but within that group, it found some real fans (including me). The Caligula Effect:…

Review: Reigns: Game of Thrones (Apple iPhone)

October 18, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Lindsay, DDNet’s news editor, is going to hate me for saying this, because she is constantly telling me know great Reigns is, but I’ve not actually played either the original, or its sequel (Her Majesty) before. As great as these games have always sounded, they’ve been…

Retro reflections: On the simple majesty of Penguin Wars

October 18, 2018

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Retro by Matt S. Whenever I’m in Japan, I like to pick up a couple of classic Game Boy games from Super Potato, or one of the other brilliant retro stores that are over there. This year was no different, and I wanted to briefly muse on the pick of…

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October 17, 2018

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News by Matt S. Everyone that follows film even mildly knows that Sean Bean is “the dude that dies.” The number of films where he plays someone who is killed at some point is truly astronomical. It’s become a bit of Hollywood in-joke. Like the six degrees of Bacon game.…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, October 18, 2018

October 17, 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…

Dating sim Dream Daddy coming to PlayStation 4 this month!

October 17, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. There isn’t often I feel let down by the game options the PlayStation 4 has to offer me, but darned if I haven’t been wishing for a laptop just so I could play Dream Daddy. Wishing no more! Dream Daddy: Dadrector’s Cut is coming to the…

Review: Soulcalibur VI (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 17, 2018

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Review by Matt S. It’s been a long time since my last “new” Soulcalibur title. I was a big fan of Soulcalibur 2 in both the arcades and on my GameCube, and I did enjoy the HD remaster of that on PlayStation 3. Otherwise, though, I’ve largely skipped this series.…

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