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Review: Bad North (Nintendo Switch)

August 21, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Bad North’s description: “minimalistic, real-time tactics roguelite,” sounds like it’s the latest in the ongoing irritating habit that indie developers have to throw every buzzword they can think of into their descriptions. It’s almost always a desperate bid to try and make their game stand out…

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August 20, 2018

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News by Matt S. Well, here’s a delightful bit of news. Grandia and Grandia II are coming to Nintendo Switch. As HD remasters no less. And they’ll be available in “Winter”, or Summer for those of us in the southern hemisphere, which means, likely, early next year. Both Grandia and…

Life Is Strange 2 will feature brothers fleeing to the Mexican border

August 20, 2018

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News by Lindsay M. The Life Is Strange 2 reveal trailer is finally here, and we’ll get to that… but first, the most important LIS2 news of the day: Jonathan Morali is returning to compose an original soundtrack for the game, which will be supported by a new licensed soundtrack.…

Review: Shenmue I & II (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 20, 2018

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Review by Matt S. R.A Salvatore, the author of the Dungeons & Dragons Drizzt Do’Urden novels, is not one of the great philosophers of all time, but his books always have a bit of philosophical reflection in them to open each chapter. His reflections on nostalgia, found in one of…

I have a lot of faith in Space Hulk: Tactics

August 20, 2018

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News by Matt S. Space Hulk: Tactics, in development by the ever-reliable Cyanide (Blood Bowl demonstrating that the team understands how to do Games Workshop), is looking like it might just be one of the best release based on a Games Workshop property in quite some time. Now we have…

Review: Crossing Souls (Nintendo Switch)

August 20, 2018

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Review by Matt C. Nostalgia-bait is all the rage at the moment, across seemingly every medium. From Stranger Things to that Ghostbusters reboot to all those NES-style retro platformers at keep popping up, there’s this fixation on ’80s pop culture. When those references work in concert with the narrative to…

The catch-up coffee: Monday, August 20, 2018

August 19, 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…

On making the first 2D Neptunia adventure; Super Neptunia RPG

August 17, 2018

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Interview by Matt S. Super Neptunia RPG is a big deal for the ever-expanding Hyperdimension Neptunia series. For the first time, ever, it’s a game that is being developed outside of Japan. That developer is Artisan Studios, a Canadian-based outfit that, in addition to being the first non-Japanese studio to…

The Friday Ten: The ten most visually stunning games

August 17, 2018

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List by Matt S. We often get so wrapped up in the ongoing technology development of video games, that we celebrate enhancements in raw processing power and “realism” that we forget that, as an art form, art direction is as important, if not more so, in giving us a beautiful…

Yakuza Kiwami 2, and why “weird” is the wrong word to describe Japanese games

August 17, 2018

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Video by Matt S. The release of a new Yakuza game is always a good thing, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 is just around the corner. This video has plenty of footage of what to expect from the game. But I also wanted to take the opportunity to discuss something that…

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