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Video: The ten best fighting game characters

July 27, 2018

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Video by Matt S. One of the main reasons that I enjoy fighting games is for the characters – I’m not good at the games themselves, but if I enjoy the characters, I end up playing them for many, many hours. So I’ve made a video listing my ten favourite…

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July 27, 2018

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Review by Matt S One of my goals, somewhere down the track if I ever find the time to do it, is to design and build my own pinball table. I’ve got this great idea for a Hatsune Miku-themed one, and while a pinball table is a complex thing to…

Here’s some footage of Super Neptunia RPG in action

July 26, 2018

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News by Matt S. Super Neptunia RPG is an interesting. It’s the first time that a game using Neptunia and her wild gang has been developed by a studio outside of Japan. There have been titles developed from outside of Compile Heart’s internal teams (Tamsoft, for example, has done a…

Review: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2018

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Review by Brad L. Capcom was never going to be content releasing just one collection of Mega Man X games; And so here we have a review of the second “collection,” which contains the second half of Mega Man X Legacy; X5 through to X8. For the most part, these…

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July 26, 2018

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News by Matt S. Good try, 1C Company and Layopi Games. We all see what Devil’s Hunt is really about. Just as that DC comic series, Constantine, was about a dude that could trip his way into hell to kill demons and things, so too does Devil’s Hunt have a…

Review: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2018

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Review by Brad L. Hot on the heels of the excellent Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Capcom has seen fit to provide the world with even more nostalgia by releasing not one, but two Legacy Collections for the Mega Man X series. Not to be confused with the other two…

Review: All-Star Fruit Racing (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 26, 2018

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Review by Matt S. All-Star Fruit Racing is a clever parody, first and foremost. When you’re entering a genre (the kart racer) where you know that you’re going to be instantly compared to something of the sheer prominence of Mario Kart, you surely know that any license that you might…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, July 26, 2018

July 25, 2018

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News by Matt S and Matt C. 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: Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 25, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Realms of Arkania: Star Trail is two things; firstly, it’s a really fine RPG in its own right, hearkening back to the very most traditional ideals of the genre. This is a game for people who fondly remember the first and second editions of Dungeons &…

Review: Path of Motus (PC)

July 25, 2018

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Review by Tyler T. It’s only fitting that Path of Motus, a game centered around learning from one’s mistakes and self-betterment, is in fact a remake of Sententia, one of the Xbox 360’s ugliest and critically dismissed titles. When it was released in 2012, the title had little going for…

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