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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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October 8, 2018

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News by Matt S. I don’t think anyone expected to see another Onimusha again. For all the success the series enjoyed on PlayStation 2, it looked like one of those franchises that Capcom had grandfathered. But it’s back, in a sense. We don’t have a new game just yet, but…

Review: Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 8, 2018

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Review by Matt S. It makes sense that the team behind SEGA’s wildly successful Yakuza series would be the one tapped to produce a Fist of the North Star title. Despite the blatantly obvious (and extreme) differences between both franchises they do share a common core, which makes it quite…

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October 8, 2018

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Travel by Matt S. I’m back in Australia now, so writing this piece on Japan is my way of dealing with the post-travel blues. That being said, I wanted to write about Gifu city anyway, because I visited it for the first time this year, and it made a powerful…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, October 8, 2018

October 7, 2018

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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 philosophy behind the most brilliant JRPG you haven’t played

October 5, 2018

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Interview by Matt S. Yamanaka Takuya is the perfect example of the benefit of having the director of a video game come from outside of game development. Young for a game director, and appearing more like an indie rock musician than game developer (which is amusing, because he shares a…

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